Ares Capital Corporation - Closed End Fund (ARCC): Price and Financial Metrics

ARCC POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where ARCC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.44% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ARCC is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• ARCC ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 11th percentile.

ARCC Stock Summary

• ARCC's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1.21 -- higher than only 6.59% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Ares Capital Corp is higher than it is for about 99.6% of US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Ares Capital Corp is reporting a growth rate of 443.97%; that's higher than 94.74% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Ares Capital Corp are PFLT, NMFC, GSBD, ORCC, and FSK.
• Visit ARCC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.arescapitalcorp.com.

ARCC Valuation Summary

• ARCC's price/sales ratio is 5.4; this is 68.75% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• Over the past 205 months, ARCC's price/earnings ratio has gone NA NA.
• ARCC's price/sales ratio has moved NA NA over the prior 205 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ARCC.

ARCC Growth Metrics

• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 17.96%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 351.19%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 36.55%.

ARCC's revenue has moved up $342,000,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows ARCC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	1,641	-1,419	1,670
2021-03-31	1,532	-83	1,469
2020-12-31	1,511	-557	484
2020-09-30	1,457	-157	310
2020-06-30	1,492	-878	44
2020-03-31	1,524	-680	-33

ARCC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ARCC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 49.14% of graded US stocks.
• ARCC's asset turnover comes in at 0.101 -- ranking 209th of 458 Trading stocks.
• BRG, BEN, and LSI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ARCC.

The table below shows ARCC's key quality metrics over time.