Ares Capital (ARCC) Net Margin (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 24.25% in Q1 2026.

• Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 24.25%, down 21.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.37% (down 386.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.38%, down 373.0% from the prior year.
• Net Margin grew to 24.25% in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from 20.18% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 32.57% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 16.5% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 25.07% and a median of 24.25% in 2026 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Net Margin surged 1092 bps in 2022, then plunged 930 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 32.5% in 2022, then fell by 22 bps to 25.46% in 2023, then fell by 9 bps to 23.06% in 2024, then decreased by 12 bps to 20.18% in 2025, then grew by 20 bps to 24.25% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows ARCC's Net Margin at 24.25% in Q1 2026, 20.18% in Q4 2025, and 16.5% in Q3 2025.