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

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 4 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.27% in Q3 2025.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 17.0% year-over-year to 0.27% in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.27%, a 17.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at 0.41%, up 19.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 stood at 0.27%, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for ARCC reached as high as 0.27% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 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.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital dropped 7 bps in 2023 and advanced 17 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.13% in 2022, then sank by 55 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 71 bps to 0.1% in 2024, then jumped by 168 bps to 0.27% in 2025.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.27% in Q3 2025, 0.17% in Q2 2025, and 0.12% in Q1 2025.