Ares Capital ARCC Peer Comparison

NASDAQ ARCC
$19.66 -0.04 (-0.20%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT
Peer Comparison

55 Comparable Companies

Industry Business Development Companies

Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) is the 2nd largest of 55 Business Development Companies companies by market capitalisation, at 14.12 Bn, behind Blackstone Inc. at 103.57 Bn. It trades on a P/E of 22.80, 14% above the peer median of 20.03. The table below compares all 55 on 8 financial metrics.

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# Ticker Company match industry_code industry_group industry_group_code Market Capitalization P/E P/S Enterprise Value
1 ARCC Ares Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 14.12 Bn 22.80 4.54 13.73 Bn
2 BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 5.69 Bn 17.22 4.18 5.42 Bn
3 OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 5.52 Bn 33.48 3.25 5.28 Bn
4 MAIN Main Street Capital CORP primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 5.26 Bn 15.33 9.14 5.20 Bn
5 OTF Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 5.05 Bn 113.94 3.87 4.84 Bn
6 HCXY Hercules Capital, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 4.64 Bn 20.03 8.19 4.59 Bn
7 FSK FS KKR Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 3.37 Bn — 2.57 3.27 Bn
8 GBDC GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 3.34 Bn -38.36 4.17 3.30 Bn
9 PFLA PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 2.48 Bn 157.26 9.13 -0.13 Bn
10 MFICL MidCap Financial Investment Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 2.07 Bn 110.34 6.88 2.03 Bn
11 TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.70 Bn 27.98 4.15 1.50 Bn
12 TRIN Trinity Capital Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.64 Bn 9.60 4.87 1.61 Bn
13 CSWC Capital Southwest Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.48 Bn 21.29 6.23 1.42 Bn
14 MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.25 Bn 35.88 3.34 1.17 Bn
15 CICB CION Investment Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.24 Bn -134.16 5.36 1.24 Bn
16 FRBP Franklin BSP Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.14 Bn 1,380.96 2.82 1.10 Bn
17 OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.11 Bn 20.56 2.45 1.07 Bn
18 GSBD Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.09 Bn 2.87 3.56 1.09 Bn
19 PSEC Prospect Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 1.05 Bn 35.88 1.06 1.00 Bn
20 BBDC Barings BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.92 Bn 162.34 3.44 0.87 Bn
21 KBDC Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.87 Bn -10.76 — 0.87 Bn
22 CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.80 Bn 21.51 3.07 0.75 Bn
23 BCSF Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.75 Bn 32.51 2.83 0.65 Bn
24 FDUS FIDUS INVESTMENT Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.74 Bn — 4.36 0.70 Bn
25 NMFC New Mountain Finance Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.69 Bn 61.71 2.40 0.63 Bn
26 SLRC SLR Investment Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.68 Bn 7.61 3.24 0.68 Bn
27 GAIN Gladstone Investment Corporation\De primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.64 Bn 208.08 6.18 0.64 Bn
28 NCDL Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.60 Bn — 3.15 0.56 Bn
29 MSIF Msc Income Fund, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.57 Bn 21.59 4.05 0.54 Bn
30 GLAD Gladstone Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.44 Bn 10.23 4.49 0.44 Bn
31 SAJ Saratoga Investment Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.41 Bn -23.21 4.22 0.03 Bn
32 CCAP Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.38 Bn 6.09 2.41 -1.18 Bn
33 TCPC BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.34 Bn 1.69 — 0.18 Bn
34 PSBD Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.32 Bn 3.53 2.76 0.32 Bn
35 HRZN Horizon Technology Finance Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.31 Bn 4.48 3.26 0.31 Bn
36 RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.27 Bn -2.93 2.06 0.26 Bn
37 NSLR Neostellar Capital Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.26 Bn -5.96 — -0.15 Bn
38 SCM Stellus Capital Investment Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.24 Bn -61.77 2.49 0.24 Bn
39 PNNT Pennantpark Investment Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.24 Bn -96.00 2.24 -1.00 Bn
40 LIEN Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.23 Bn 7.50 4.12 0.23 Bn
41 TPVG TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.21 Bn 2.59 2.32 0.21 Bn
42 WHF WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.15 Bn -59.76 2.33 0.14 Bn
43 OXSQ Oxford Square Capital Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.13 Bn 4.48 3.40 0.13 Bn
44 BCIC BCP Investment Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.09 Bn — 1.27 0.09 Bn
45 GECC Great Elm Capital Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.08 Bn 75.07 1.89 -0.15 Bn
46 AFCG Advanced Flower Capital Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.08 Bn -25.03 2.69 0.08 Bn
47 OFS OFS Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.05 Bn -7.10 1.46 0.05 Bn
48 PFXNZ PhenixFIN Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.05 Bn 2.11 4.87 -0.26 Bn
49 RAND Rand Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.03 Bn 11.67 6.02 0.03 Bn
50 EQS Equus Total Return, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.01 Bn 2.06 10.07 0.01 Bn
51 ICMB Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.01 Bn -4.07 5.46 0.00 Bn
52 PIAC Princeton Capital Corp primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.00 Bn 22.08 5.07 -0.01 Bn
53 LAAI Loan Artificial Intelligence Corp. primary F-07 Lending and Credit FG-02 0.00 Bn -0.06 — 0.00 Bn
54 BX Blackstone Inc. secondary F-11 Asset and Wealth Management FG-03 103.57 Bn 15.17 6.43 101.06 Bn
55 OAK-PA Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLC secondary F-11 Asset and Wealth Management FG-03 2.40 Bn 7.97 3.88 2.40 Bn