Ares Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company, which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies. The company offers customized financing solutions, ranging from senior-debt instruments to equity capital, with a focus on senior secured debt. Other major investment areas were commercial & professional services, diversified financials, and insurance services. Ares Capital is structured as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company, regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is treated as a regulated investment company ('RIC') for income-tax purposes. To maintain its RIC status, Ares Capital must distribute the majority of its investment income.
| Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $2.99B |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $1.52B |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) | 10.47 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 10.20 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | -- |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 4.96 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 1.05 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 9.49 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 47.81% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 45.16% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 10.08% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 4.80% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 2.20 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 2.20 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.09 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | -- |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $19.89 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $0.50 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $2.33 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) | $2.00 |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 715.73M |
| Free Float | 712.29M |
| Market Capitalization | $14.97B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 3.78M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 0.59 |
| Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) | 0.48% |
| Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) | 27.38% |
| Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) | $1.92 |
| Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) | 9.18% |