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How Ares Capital Corporation stacks up
ARCC · against 45 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
51/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #33 of 46 · scores higher than 29% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including ARCC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 51?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.1% vs peer median 2.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 46 reported | 6.3% | 11.2% | 22% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 33 reported | Not reported | 26.1% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 44 reported | 3.1% | 2.5% | 56% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 45 reported | 6.2% | 15.8% | 14% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 53 reported | 100.0% | 58.7% | 90% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARCC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 2 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 21.7B SGD (≈$16.5B) | 99 | 61 | |
| 4 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 5 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 97 | 79 | |
| 29 | 23.7B USD | 60 | 59 | |
| 30 | 15.1B USD | 57 | 49 | |
| 31 | 15.3B EUR (≈$16.8B) | 56 | 57 | |
| 32 | 24.1B USD | 55 | 54 | |
| 33 | 13.7B USD | 51 | 42 | |
| 34 | 16.2B USD | 45 | 37 | |
| 35 | 14.6B USD | 43 | 20 | |
| 36 | 11.7B USD | 38 | 33 | |
| 37 | 15.9B USD | 36 | 53 |
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