Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
10.06%
5Y share count change
64.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$107.00M
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 64.9% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Ares Capital (ARCC)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Ares Capital (ARCC)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Ares Capital (ARCC)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Ares Capital (ARCC)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
In 2025, Ares Capital (ARCC) buyback spend totalled $0.00.
Ares Capital buyback spend has contracted on net over the period, with a -100.0% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Between 2020 and 2025, Ares Capital buyback spend plunged 100.0%, falling from $100.00M to $0.00.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $100.00M, reached in 2020; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 2004.
Ares Capital Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Ares Capital buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Ares Capital Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Ares Capital buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Ares Capital Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Ares Capital buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Ares Capital Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Ares Capital buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Ares Capital Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Ares Capital buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Ares Capital (ARCC).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.70B | +12.0% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.62B | +8.5% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.57B | +11.0% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.52B | +16.1% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.45B | +5.2% | |
| 2020 | $100.00M | $0.00 | $100.00M | 1.41% | 0.42B | -0.7% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.43B | +0.2% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.43B | +0.2% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.42B | +35.4% | |
| 2016 | $5.00M | $0.00 | $5.00M | 0.10% | 0.31B | -0.1% | |
| 2015 | $2.00M | $0.00 | $2.00M | 0.04% | 0.31B | +3.0% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.31B | +14.4% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.27B | +16.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +12.3% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.20B | +15.9% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | +72.8% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.10B | +14.1% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +32.5% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +53.9% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +87.2% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +112.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$100.00M
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$5.00M
- 2015$2.00M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Ares Capital (ARCC)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Ares Capital (ARCC)
How Ares Capital splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Ares Capital, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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