Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Tax Rate (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital has reported Tax Rate over the past 6 years, most recently at 3.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 62.0% to 3.14% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.27% through Mar 2026, up 84.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 6.47% for FY2025, 121.0% up from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 3.14% for Q1 2026 at Ares Capital, down from 9.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 11.02% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 1.1% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 5.78% (2024), against an average of 5.83%.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate tumbled -991bps in 2023 and then soared 470bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 7.96% in 2022, then rose by 8bps to 8.63% in 2023, then plummeted by -37bps to 5.41% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 78bps to 9.6% in 2025, then plummeted by -67bps to 3.14% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ARCC's Tax Rate are 3.14% (Q1 2026), 9.6% (Q4 2025), and 7.86% (Q3 2025).