Growth Metrics

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

Ares Capital (ARCC) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 3 consecutive years, with 0.1% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A to 0.1% in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jun 2025 was 0.1%, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.06%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.1% for Q2 2025 at Ares Capital, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.12% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.05% in Q4 2024.
  • A 3-year average of 0.08% and a median of 0.07% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Invested Capital was -2bps in 2024; the steepest drop was -5bps in 2024.
  • Ares Capital's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.07% in 2023, then decreased by -27bps to 0.05% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 88bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.1% (Q2 2025), 0.07% (Q1 2025), and 0.05% (Q4 2024).