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) | 10.73 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 9.82 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | -- |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 5.05 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 1.11 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 9.98 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 50.18% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 43.50% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 11.05% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 5.25% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.40 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.40 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.02 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | -- |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $19.69 |
| 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) | $2.05 |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 694.18M |
| Free Float | 690.85M |
| Market Capitalization | $15.27B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 3.54M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 0.70 |
| 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) | 8.73% |