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ARES CAPITAL CORP

ARCC

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue
Operating income
Net income$1.30B$1.52B$1.52B$600.0M$1.57B
Total assets$31.23B$28.25B$23.80B$22.40B$20.84B
Total liabilities$16.92B$14.90B$12.60B$12.84B$11.97B
Equity$14.32B$13.36B$11.20B$9.55B$8.87B
EPS (diluted)$1.86$2.44$2.68$1.19$3.51
Shares out.671.5M582.3M531.4M519.0M468.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
Net margin
Return on equity
9.1%
Return on assets
4.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
54.2%
Debt / equity
1.18×
Book value / share
$21.32
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income growth (YoY)
−14.7%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Accruals / assets
9.7%moderate
Piotroski F-Score
1/6weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
53
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 33Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

1 warning0 good
  • Negative operating cash flow

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202640.1M7.8-5.8%
Apr 30, 202642.6M6.8-0.3%
Apr 15, 202642.7M6.2+6.8%
Mar 31, 202640.0M5.4-0.9%
Mar 13, 202640.3M4.1+37.5%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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