Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Times Interest Earned (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported Times Interest Earned of $1.9 for Q1 2026, down 5.16% year-over-year from $2.0 in Q1 2025, and up 2.92% on a QoQ basis from $1.84 in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at $1.9 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 5.16% year-over-year to $1.9 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.82 (down 11.06% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.84, down 10.94% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned climbed to $1.9 in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $1.84 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $2.64 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $1.67 in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $2.09 (2024), against an average of $2.14.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Times Interest Earned climbed 25.17%; it then fell 19.98% in 2023.
  • Tracing ARCC's Times Interest Earned over 5 years: stood at $2.6 in 2022, then fell by 13.37% to $2.25 in 2023, then fell by 11.77% to $1.99 in 2024, then slipped by 7.36% to $1.84 in 2025, then grew by 2.92% to $1.9 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC Times Interest Earned figures stand at $1.9 (Q1 2026), $1.84 (Q4 2025), and $1.67 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 21.00
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 11.62
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 552.52
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 19.81
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 1.03
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 1.53
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 6.35
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 1.44
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 7.16
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - 1.90

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.90
Dec 31, 2025 1.84
Sep 30, 2025 1.67
Jun 30, 2025 1.86
Mar 31, 2025 2.00
Dec 31, 2024 1.99
Sep 30, 2024 1.91
Jun 30, 2024 2.29
Mar 31, 2024 2.09
Dec 31, 2023 2.25
Sep 30, 2023 2.01
Jun 30, 2023 2.27
Mar 31, 2023 2.30
Dec 31, 2022 2.60
Sep 30, 2022 2.52
Jun 30, 2022 2.64
Mar 31, 2022 2.27
Dec 31, 2021 2.38
Sep 30, 2021 2.01