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How Ares Capital Corporation stacks up
ARCC · against 40 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
57/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #12 of 41 · scores higher than 73% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score6 peers with a valuation score of 50–59, including ARCC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 57?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Financial Services norm.
- EBITDA yield is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 7.0% vs peer median 5.7%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 8.3% vs peer median 6.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 52 reported | 6.4% | 4.8% | 61% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 39 reported | Not reported | 7.7% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 26 reported | 8.3% | 6.3% | 72% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 53 reported | 101.6% | 36.3% | 88% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARCC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 2 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 92 | 79 | |
| 3 | 9.2B GBP (≈$11.9B) | 86 | 58 | |
| 4 | 15.3B EUR (≈$16.8B) | 82 | 57 | |
| 5 | 13.0B EUR (≈$14.3B) | 75 | 66 | |
| 8 | 24.1B USD | 65 | 54 | |
| 9 | 67.7B BRL (≈$12.2B) | 63 | 57 | |
| 10 | 15.9B USD | 62 | 53 | |
| 11 | 7.1B USD | 59 | 68 | |
| 12 | 13.7B USD | 57 | 42 | |
| 13 | 19.0B CAD (≈$13.9B) | 56 | 60 | |
| 14 | 23.7B USD | 54 | 59 | |
| 14 | 16.9B CHF (≈$19.5B) | 54 | 56 | |
| 16 | 9.6B USD | 52 | 73 |
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