Valuation, from the filing
| Public float | $15.42B | Market value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Float per share | $21.47 | Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself. |
| Float / net income | 11.9× | A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded. |
| Float / equity | 1.1× | A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded. |
Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.
Valuation over time
11.9× earnings today, against a median of 10.2× across 4 years on record. Above its own history.
| Float measured | Public float | Float / net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | $15.42B | 11.9× | |
| 2024-06-30 | $13.07B | 8.6× | |
| 2023-06-30 | $10.41B | 6.8× | |
| 2022-06-30 | $8.84B | 14.7× |
Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.
How this compares in its industry
Percentile among the industry filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.
| Measure | Reported | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term debt / equity | 1.12x | 33th |
ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC) reported net income of $1.30B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 6 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from ARES CAPITAL CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Net income | $1.30B | $1.52B | $1.52B | $600.00M | $1.57B | $484.00M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 699.00M | shares 624.00M | shares 575.00M | shares 518.00M | shares 446.00M | shares 424.00M |
| Pretax income | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Income tax expense | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Diluted EPS | $1.86 | $2.44 | $2.68 | $1.19 | $3.51 | $1.14 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $638.00M | $635.00M | $535.00M | $303.00M | $372.00M | Unavailable |
| Total assets | $31.24B | $28.25B | $23.80B | $22.40B | $20.84B | Unavailable |
| Current assets | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Total liabilities | $16.92B | $14.90B | $12.60B | $12.84B | $11.98B | Unavailable |
| Current liabilities | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $14.32B | $13.36B | $11.20B | $9.56B | $8.87B | $7.18B |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts receivable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Goodwill | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Long-term debt | $15.99B | $13.73B | $11.88B | $12.21B | $11.02B | Unavailable |
| Accounts payable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$1.72B | -$2.13B | $511.00M | -$1.36B | -$2.46B | -$580.00M |
| Capital expenditures | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Investing cash flow | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Financing cash flow | $1.78B | $2.42B | -$284.00M | $1.21B | $2.62B | $730.00M |
| Net change in cash | $64.00M | $296.00M | $227.00M | -$149.00M | $160.00M | $150.00M |
| Stock-based compensation | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Common dividends paid | $1.26B | $1.14B | $1.03B | $912.00M | $694.00M | $679.00M |
| Common share repurchases | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $0 | $0 | $100.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| FCF margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| SBC / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Current ratio | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Revenue YoY growth | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Net margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Long-term debt / equity | 1.12x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open ARCC in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
Every accounting identity this site checks — the balance sheet, the gross profit bridge and the cash flow statement — reconciles in every period shown.