TTM
43.7%
YoY change
−23.00pp
Trough year (2008)
-72.5%
Peak year (2009)
101.3%
Latest annual
41.3%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025
Latest: 41.3%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025
Latest: −23.00pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025
| 2025 | 41.3% | -23.00pp | ||
| 2024 | 64.3% | -5.97pp | ||
| 2023 | 70.3% | +20.10pp | ||
| 2022 | 50.2% | -26.27pp | ||
| 2021 | 76.4% | +20.03pp | ||
| 2020 | 56.4% | -14.71pp | ||
| 2019 | 71.1% | -5.55pp | ||
| 2018 | 76.7% | +8.20pp | ||
| 2017 | 68.5% | +4.17pp | ||
| 2016 | 64.3% | +8.42pp | ||
| 2015 | 55.9% | -12.35pp | ||
| 2014 | 68.2% | -0.29pp | ||
| 2013 | 68.5% | -4.40pp | ||
| 2012 | 72.9% | +29.24pp | ||
| 2011 | 43.7% | -49.35pp | ||
| 2010 | 93.0% | -8.29pp | ||
| 2009 | 101.3% | +173.81pp | ||
| 2008 | -72.5% | -118.95pp | ||
| 2007 | 46.5% | -41.87pp | ||
| 2006 | 88.3% | -3.50pp | ||
| 2005 | 91.9% | +14.26pp | ||
| 2004 | 77.6% | — |
- 202541.3%-23.00pp
- 202464.3%-5.97pp
- 202370.3%+20.10pp
- 202250.2%-26.27pp
- 202176.4%+20.03pp
- 202056.4%-14.71pp
- 201971.1%-5.55pp
- 201876.7%+8.20pp
- 201768.5%+4.17pp
- 201664.3%+8.42pp
- 201555.9%-12.35pp
- 201468.2%-0.29pp
- 201368.5%-4.40pp
- 201272.9%+29.24pp
- 201143.7%-49.35pp
- 201093.0%-8.29pp
- 2009101.3%+173.81pp
- 2008-72.5%-118.95pp
- 200746.5%-41.87pp
- 200688.3%-3.50pp
- 200591.9%+14.26pp
- 200477.6%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Ares Capital's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Ares Capital (ARCC)
According to Ares Capital's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 43.7%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual net margin for Ares Capital (ARCC) came in at 41.30% – contracted 23.0 percentage points year-over-year.
2009 marks the peak net margin at 101.34%, with the historical low of -72.47% recorded in 2008.
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin by Year
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin 2025: 41.3%
Ares Capital posted net margin of 41.30% in 2025, contracted 23.0 percentage points from 2024.
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin 2024: 64.3%
In 2024, Ares Capital reported net margin of 64.30%, contracted 6.0 percentage points from 2023.
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin 2023: 70.3%
Ares Capital net margin in 2023 was 70.27%, expanded 20.1 percentage points from 2022.
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin 2022: 50.2%
2022's net margin for Ares Capital came in at 50.17%, contracted 26.3 percentage points from 2021.
Ares Capital Net Profit Margin 2021: 76.4%
Ares Capital net margin in 2021 was 76.44%.
See more financial history for Ares Capital (ARCC).
Sector peers by Net Profit Margin
Financial Services peers of Ares Capital (ARCC), ranked by their latest net margin
| 51.7% | |
| 45.9% | |
| 20.7% | |
| 19.3% | |
| 18.1% | |
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| 16.3% | |
| 15.1% |
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