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 first lien senior secured loans (including unitranche loans, which are loans that combine both senior and subordinated debt, generally in a first lien position) and second lien senior secured loans. In addition to senior secured loans, the company also invests in subordinated loans and preferred equity, it also makes common equity investments.
Gross margin measures the amount of revenue that remains after subtracting costs directly associated with production.
The net profit margin, or simply net margin, measures how much net income or profit is generated as a percentage of revenue. It is the ratio of net profits to revenues for a company or business segment.
Return on equity (ROE) is the measure of a company's net income divided by its shareholders' equity and is a gauge of a corporation's profitability and how efficiently it generates those profits.
Return on assets is a metric that indicates a company's profitability in relation to its total assets and can be used by management, analysts, and investors to determine whether a company uses its assets efficiently to generate a profit.
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