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How Ares Capital Corporation stacks up
ARCC · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
57/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #115 of 269 · scores higher than 57% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score27 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 · 410 reported | 6.4% | 5.6% | 53% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | Not reported | 6.8% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | 8.3% | 6.1% | 60% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 101.6% | 83.1% | 58% | 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 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 113 | 773M USD | 58 | 54 | |
| 113 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.4B) | 58 | 51 | |
| 115 | 44.7B TWD (≈$1.4B) | 57 | 29 | |
| 115 | 5.9B EUR (≈$6.5B) | 57 | 43 | |
| 115 | 13.7B USD | 57 | 42 | |
| 118 | 354.4B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 56 | 38 | |
| 118 | 5.9B USD | 56 | 69 | |
| 118 | 19.0B CAD (≈$13.9B) | 56 | 60 | |
| 121 | 20.0B THB (≈$561M) | 55 | 40 |
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