With a market capitalization (market cap) of $13.54B — a measure of how much the company is worth — Ares Capital Corporation ranks #757 among the 2,510 companies tracked, and 130th in Financial Services as of October 3, 2026. Shares trade at $18.86, down 1.57% on the day.
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Market-cap change uses historical capitalization records. Share-price returns are a different series — they can diverge when the share count changes. Those returns are not a CAGR until you pick a start value, an ending value, and years. CAGR calculator. Market cap vs. stock price.
Year-end values and the chart both come from historical market-cap records, not from applying today's share count to past prices. Latest historical observation October 2, 2026. Ranking headline cap is the snapshot figure as of October 3, 2026.
| Year | As of | Market cap | Annual change | Year-end close |
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| 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | $13.54B | -6.77% | $18.86 |
| 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $14.53B | -1.84% | $20.23 |
| 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $14.8B | +33.35% | $21.89 |
| 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $11.1B | +16.89% | $20.03 |
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Ranking figure $13.54B as of October 3, 2026.
Ares Capital Corporation's ranking market cap is the provider-reported capitalization on the same snapshot as the rest of this site, with a share price of $18.86 as of October 2, 2026. Charts and the year-end table use a separate historical market-cap series, last observed at $13.54B on October 2, 2026. See how the ranking works.
Live shares outstanding are not on the quote used for price, so this page does not invent a current share count. Shares outstanding vs. float.
The latest annual report (FY 2025) used a weighted-average 699,000,000 shares. That figure is an average for the year, not the live count in the market-cap formula.
Book equity: assets minus liabilities on the latest annual report.
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Largest U.S.-listed names in the same FMP sector — not a hand-picked competitor set.
| Rank | Company | Market cap | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-B | $1.08T | +0.43% |
| #16 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM | $890.62B | -0.24% |
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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) operates as a Business Development Company (BDC), delivering diverse financing solutions predominantly to middle-market enterprises. The firm's expertise lies in facilitating various corporate actions, including funding acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. It also extends mezzanine debt, assists with corporate restructurings, and provides crucial rescue financing, in addition to offering growth capital and general refinancing options.
Summary from the company profile (Financial Modeling Prep). Principal financial figures above are for FY 2025.
Visit websiteAs of October 3, 2026, Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) is worth $13.54B — that is its market capitalization, the total value of its outstanding shares on MarketCapLens.
A company’s net worth is its shareholders’ equity: assets minus liabilities on the balance sheet. That is book equity, not market cap. For FY 2025, Ares Capital Corporation’s book equity is about $14.32B. Market cap is the market value of the outstanding shares. As of October 3, 2026, its market cap is $13.54B. Book equity is an accounting remainder; market cap is a trading value. Neither is a person’s net worth.
Ares Capital Corporation ranks #757 among the 2,510 companies tracked on MarketCapLens. In Financial Services it ranks #130 of 412.
Fundamentals are annual. Figures labeled with their fiscal year. Live ratios use the current price against those annual earnings.
| Dec 30, 2022 |
| $9.49B |
| -6.47% |
| $18.47 |
| 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | $10.15B | — | $21.19 |
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Last observation of each calendar year from historical market-cap records. The current year is through the latest date, not a completed year-end. Share-price close is the matching session for context — we do not rebuild cap from today's share count.
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| #23 | Mastercard Incorporated MA | $484.35B | +0.41% |
| #33 | Bank of America Corporation BAC | $381.44B | +0.04% |
| #39 | HSBC Holdings plc HSBC | $330.41B | +0.33% |
Companies immediately above and below in the overall ranking. They may be in a different sector.
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| #754 | Alamos Gold Inc. AGI | $13.63B | +1.79% |
| #755 | Invesco Ltd. IVZ | $13.59B | +0.79% |
| #756 | CACI International Inc CACI | $13.59B | -1.92% |
| #758 | KKR Group Finance Co. IX LLC 4. KKRS | $13.54B | -0.72% |
| #759 | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. RNR | $13.53B | +0.79% |
| #760 | IES Holdings, Inc. IESC | $13.52B | +2.78% |
Ares Capital Corporation’s ranking market cap of $13.54B comes from the same snapshot as the rest of this site, as of October 3, 2026. It is not share price multiplied by the FY 2025 weighted-average share count of 699,000,000. The historical market-cap series last observed $13.54B on October 2, 2026.
Over the past year, Ares Capital Corporation’s market cap is down 4.99%, using historical market-cap records rather than today’s share count applied to past prices.
Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) shares trade at $18.86, down 1.57% on the day, as of October 3, 2026.
Ares Capital Corporation trades at a live price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.1, using the latest share price divided by the latest annual earnings per share. That is not the same as a fiscal-year reported P/E.