Ares Capital (ARCC) Return on Invested Capital (2022 - 2025)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 4 consecutive years, with 0.27% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.

• In Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 17.0% year-over-year to 0.27%; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at 0.27% (up 17.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 0.42%, up 21.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital grew to 0.27% in Q3 2025 per ARCC's latest filing, from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.27% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q3 2023.
• Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.11% across 4 years, with a median of 0.1% in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital fell 7 bps — and 2025, when it grew 17 bps.
• Ares Capital's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.13% in 2022, then slumped by 55 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then surged by 72 bps to 0.1% in 2024, then surged by 168 bps to 0.27% in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows ARCC's Return on Invested Capital at 0.27% in Q3 2025, 0.17% in Q2 2025, and 0.12% in Q1 2025.