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Ares Capital ARCC Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Net income$92.0M-61.8%
EPS (diluted)$0.13-63.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$505.0M-31.9%
Total debt$15.8B+13.8%
Total equity$14.1B+2.9%
Total assets$30.7B+8.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$184.0M+162%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.95B-14.7%
Enterprise value$28.29B-0.2%
P/E11.3×-0.3×

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity8.3%-2.0pp
Debt / equity1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Ares Capital’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Ares Capital’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ares Capital's earnings yield?
Ares Capital (ARCC) reported earnings yield of 8.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Ares Capital's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Ares Capital's earnings yield increased by 2.6% year-over-year, from 8.7% to 8.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Ares Capital's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Ares Capital's earnings yield has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.2% to 9%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.