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-4.64%Cash Return on Invested Capital
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$ 18.91 - $ 23.81 52-Week Range
Ticker Information

Ticker

ARCC

Company Name

ARES CAPITAL CORP

Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Asset Management

Exchange

NASDAQ

ARES CAPITAL CORP - Cash Return on Invested Capital Chart Analysis (TTM)

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ARCC - CROIC Historical data
DateCash Return on Invested CapitalFree Cash FlowInvested Capital
6/30/2025-4.64%$ -1.31B$ 28.14B
3/31/2025-8.72%$ -2.41B$ 27.59B
12/31/2024-7.85%$ -2.13B$ 27.11B
9/30/2024-8.43%$ -2.22B$ 26.32B
6/30/2024-6.51%$ -1.65B$ 25.37B
3/31/2024-1.62%$ -382M$ 23.62B
12/31/20232.21%$ 511M$ 23.14B
9/30/20232.28%$ 510M$ 22.39B
6/30/20232.22%$ 484M$ 21.78B
3/31/2023-4.54%$ -968M$ 21.32B
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Key Performance Insights, Last 5 Years

  • ARES CAPITAL CORP's latest trailing twelve months (TTM) CROIC stands at -1.07%.
  • Over the past 5 years, ARES CAPITAL CORP's average CROIC has been -5.67%.
  • The median CROIC for ARES CAPITAL CORP during this period was -6.36%
  • ARES CAPITAL CORP reached its highest CROIC over the past 5 years at 2.28%.
  • The lowest CROIC recorded by ARES CAPITAL CORP in the same timeframe -13.13%

ARES CAPITAL CORP's CROIC vs. competitors

We picked the following companies as peers based on multiple factors, including sector, industry, market capitalization and revenue

CROIC Benchmarks
CompanyCROIC
SEIC : SEI INVESTMENTS CO 25.27%RYAN : RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC 11.97%JHG : JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 11.69%TPG : TPG INC 13.84%FDS : FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 15.27%EWBC : EAST WEST BANCORP INC 12.2%HLI : HOULIHAN LOKEY INC 28.24%ERIE : ERIE INDEMNITY CO 25.82%FHN : FIRST HORIZON CORP 7.11%AMG : AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC 15.57%

Definition of Cash Return on Invested Capital

[Calculation] Cash Return on Invested Capital (CROIC) measures how well a company uses its invested capital to produce cash. It is calculated as Free Cash Flow [FCF] divided by invested capital [InvCapital].
FCF / Inv. Capital
(=) CROIC
CROIC for ARES CAPITAL CORP is calculated as follows: FCF [ $ -157M ] / Inv. Capital [ $ 14.62B ]
(=) CROIC [ -1.07% ]

ARCC - Cash Return on Invested Capital, Last 5 years

-13.13%

Minimum

Jun 30, 2022

2.28%

Maximum

Sep 30, 2023

-5.67%

Average

-6.36%

Median

CROIC Benchmark Analysis

The chart above depicts the distribution of CROIC for companies in the Total Stock Market. The average CROIC of the companies is 2.83% with a standard deviation of 15.03%.
The following table provides additional summary stats:
CROIC in the Market:
filtered constituents3.46K
min-43.78%
max49.57%
average2.83%
median5%
std15.03%