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Ares Capital (STU:9A2) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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What is Ares Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Ares Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Ares Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Ares Capital Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Ares Capital's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Ares Capital's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.033/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.033

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Ares Capital Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.257 100.560 -0.337
201409 -1.442 100.428 -1.892
201412 -0.081 99.070 -0.108
201503 1.694 99.621 2.241
201506 0.361 100.684 0.472
201509 0.019 100.392 0.025
201512 -1.027 99.792 -1.356
201603 0.226 100.470 0.296
201606 1.054 101.688 1.366
201609 0.533 101.861 0.690
201612 0.205 101.863 0.265
201703 -5.187 102.862 -6.645
201706 0.407 103.349 0.519
201709 0.339 104.136 0.429
201712 -0.147 104.011 -0.186
201803 -0.208 105.290 -0.260
201806 1.907 106.317 2.364
201809 0.919 106.507 1.137
201812 -2.049 105.998 -2.547
201903 -1.070 107.251 -1.315
201906 0.723 108.070 0.882
201909 -1.525 108.329 -1.855
201912 -0.740 108.420 -0.899
202003 0.032 108.902 0.039
202006 0.321 108.767 0.389
202009 0.008 109.815 0.010
202012 -1.468 109.897 -1.760
202103 0.957 111.754 1.128
202106 -2.237 114.631 -2.572
202109 0.009 115.734 0.010
202112 -3.392 117.630 -3.800
202203 0.873 121.301 0.948
202206 -2.761 125.017 -2.910
202209 0.039 125.227 0.041
202212 -0.634 125.222 -0.667
202303 1.467 127.348 1.518
202306 -0.078 128.729 -0.080
202309 0.074 129.860 0.075
202312 -0.552 129.419 -0.562
202403 -0.033 131.776 -0.033

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Ares Capital  (STU:9A2) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Ares Capital (STU:9A2) Business Description

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Address
245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10167
Ares Capital Corp is a United States-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing primarily in U.S. middle-market companies with investment opportunities as well as in larger companies. Its portfolio comprises of first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, and mezzanine debt (subordinated unsecured loan), which may include equity components that are diversified by industry and sector. The company may invest in preferred and common equity investments to a lesser proportion. Its revenue mainly consists of interest and dividend income received from the investment made.

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