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How Ares Capital Corporation stacks up
ARCC · against 50 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Growth
35/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #43 of 51 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score7 peers with a growth score of 30–39, including ARCC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 35?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth and revenue growth, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 83% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -30.3% vs peer median 10.0%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 81% of peers. Revenue growth: -12.1% vs peer median 7.4%
- faster revenue growth over three years: stronger than 85% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 26.7% vs peer median 10.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ARCC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ARCC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 53 reported | -12.1% | 11.8% | 8% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 45 reported | -30.3% | 18.1% | 7% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 47 reported | 26.7% | 9.3% | 85% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARCC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.5B GBP (≈$21.4B) | 99 | 41 | |
| 2 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 3 | 888.3B INR (≈$10.7B) | 97 | 59 | |
| 4 | 24.3B USD | 95 | 67 | |
| 5 | 18.9B USD | 94 | 56 | |
| 38 | 11.8B USD | 40 | 51 | |
| 40 | 18.7B EUR (≈$20.6B) | 37 | 52 | |
| 41 | 14.1B USD | 36 | 57 | |
| 41 | 15.3B EUR (≈$16.8B) | 36 | 57 | |
| 43 | 13.7B USD | 35 | 42 | |
| 44 | 991.9B INR (≈$11.9B) | 33 | 35 | |
| 45 | 67.7B BRL (≈$12.2B) | 31 | 57 | |
| 46 | 9.1B EUR (≈$10.0B) | 30 | 32 | |
| 47 | 12.5B USD | 24 | 17 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score