Ares Capital Corporation · NASDAQ:ARCC

Ares Capital — Q2 2022 Earnings Presentation

28 slides from Ares Capital's earnings presentation, Jul 26, 2022

  1. Slide 1: Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Presentation

    Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Presentation

  2. Slide 2: Important Notice

    Important Notice This presentation contains “forward looking statementsˮ within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the impact of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19ˮ) pandemic and significant market volat

  3. Slide 3: Financial and Portfolio Highlights

    Financial and Portfolio Highlights Financial Highlights Q2-22 Q1-22 Q2-21 (1) Core EPS* $ 0.46 $ 0.42 $ 0.53 Net Investment Income Per Share(2) $ 0.52 $ 0.41 $ 0.39 (2) Net Realized Gains (Losses) Per Share $ (0.01) $ 0.02 $ 0.14 Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Per Share(2) $ (0.29) $ 0.01 $ 0.56 (2)(

  4. Slide 4: Selected Historical Financial Information

    Selected Historical Financial Information As of and for the Three Months Ended (dollar amounts in millions, except per share data and stock prices) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Core EPS*(1) $ 0.46 $ 0.42 $ 0.58 $ 0.47 $ 0.53 Net Investment Income Per Share(2) $ 0.52 $ 0.41 $ 0.52 $ 0.40

  5. Slide 5: Selected Historical Financial Information (cont’d)

    Selected Historical Financial Information (cont’d) As of (dollar amounts in millions) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Investments at Fair Value $ 21,170 $ 19,486 $ 20,009 $ 17,677 $ 17,136 Number of Portfolio Companies(12) 452 395 387 371 365 Asset Class (at fair value): First Lien Senior S

  6. Slide 6: Selected Historical Financial Information (cont’d)

    Selected Historical Financial Information (cont’d) For the Three Months Ended (dollar amounts in millions) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Commitments: Gross Commitments(4) $ 3,109 $ 2,001 $ 5,866 $ 3,110 $ 4,847 Exits of Commitments(5) (1,085) (2,551) (3,869) (2,263) (2,925) Net Commitment

  7. Slide 7: Quarterly Operating Results

    Quarterly Operating Results For the Three Months Ended (amounts in millions, except per share data) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Investment income $ 479 $ 440 $ 529 $ 442 $ 459 Expenses 212 229 279 253 277 Net investment income before income taxes 267 211 250 189 182 Income tax expense,

  8. Slide 8: Quarterly Operating Results Detail

    Quarterly Operating Results Detail For the Three Months Ended (amounts in millions) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Net Investment Income Before Income Taxes: Investment Income: Interest income from investments $ 319 $ 310 $ 336 $ 317 $ 305 Capital structuring service fees 32 30 116 59 93 D

  9. Slide 9: Quarterly Gain/Loss Detail

    Quarterly Gain/Loss Detail For the Three Months Ended (amounts in millions) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses): Realized gains (losses) on investments: Gains $ 2 $ 81 $ 49 $ 233 $ 79 Losses (26) (12) (49) (110) (11) Net realized gains (losses) on inve

  10. Slide 10: Quarterly Balance Sheets

    Quarterly Balance Sheets As of (amounts in millions, except per share data) 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 ASSETS Investments at fair value $ 21,170 $ 19,486 $ 20,009 $ 17,677 $ 17,136 Cash and cash equivalents 204 695 372 1,193 377 Restricted cash 57 19 114 20 57 Interest receivable 134 1

  11. Slide 11: Investment Portfolio by Issuer as of June 30, 2022

    Investment Portfolio by Issuer as of June 30, 2022* Top 15 Investments 27.3% Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P. 8.5% (14) Senior Direct Lending Program, LLC 4.8% AffiniPay Midco, LLC 1.9% 1.4% Kaseya Inc. 1.2% Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. 1.1% 1.1% Symplr Software Inc. 1.0% 1.0% Magnesium BorrowerCo, Inc

  12. Slide 12: Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2022

    Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2022* Asset Class Industry 8% 9% 2% 9% 2% 2% 23% 3% 3% 9% 3% 45% 4% 5% 11% 4% 5% 4% 9% 4% 19% 5% 9% 5% First Lien Senior Secured Loans(13) Software & Services Consumer Durables & Apparel Second Lien Senior Secured Loans Health Care Services Consumer Services Senio

  13. Slide 13: Portfolio Activity

    Portfolio Activity Gross Commitments by Asset Class Exits of Commitments by Asset Class 100% 3% 3% 3% 100% 3% 1% 1% 3% 4% 6% 2% 4% 1% 4% 1% 2% 1% 3% 6% 5% 6% 2% 1% 9% 5% 3% 18% 18% 4% 3% 8% 4% 5% 14% 17% 8% 2% 3% 2% 80% 4% 2% 80% 3% 11% 11% 3% 1% 1% 31% 17% % 24% 5% 1% 60% 60% 40% 40% 79% 82% 76% 77

  14. Slide 14: Portfolio Company EBITDA and Credit Statistics

    Portfolio Company EBITDA and Credit Statistics 10.0x $200.0 $179.7 $173.4 $162.0 $157.0 8.0x $160.0 $146.3 $127.4 $129.0 $131.3 $111.1 6.3x 6.0x 6.2x 6.1x $120.0 6.0x ($ Millions) 5.8x $105.2 4.0x $80.0 2.9x 2.8x 3.0x 2.9x 2.4x 2.0x $40.0 0.0x $0.0 Q2-21 Q3-21 Q4-21 Q1-22 Q2-22 Portfolio Weighted Av

  15. Slide 15: Portfolio By Grade

    Portfolio By Grade(24) % by Fair Value % by Number of Companies 100% 100% 13% 11% 13% 11% 13% 14% 13% 17% 19% 90% 20% 90% 80% 80% 70% 70% 60% 60% 50% 50% 72% 77% 78% 82% 76% 75% 78% 78% 75% 75% 40% 40% 30% 30% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 7% 6% 6% 4% 9% 6% 5% 1% 4% 1% 1% 4% 1% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% 0% Q2-21 Q3-2

  16. Slide 16: Loans on Non-Accrual Status

    Loans on Non-Accrual Status Amortized Cost Fair Value 5.0% $700 5.0% $700 $600 $600 4.0% 4.0% $503 $500 $500 3.0% 3.0% ($ Millions) ($ Millions) $400 $400 2.9% $328 $320 $297 $300 $300 2.0% 2.0% $229 1.9% 1.7% $200 $171 $180 $200 $157 1.6% 1.0% 1.0% $121 1.2% 1.0% $92 $100 $100 0.8% 0.9% 0.5% 0.6% 0

  17. Slide 17: Investment Activity from July 1, 2022 through July 20, 2022

    Investment Activity from July 1, 2022 through July 20, 2022 Ares Capital made approximately $245 million of new investment commitments • 93% were in first lien senior secured loans and 7% were in other equity • 92% were floating rate, 7% were non-income producing and 1% was on non-accrual • Weighted

  18. Slide 18: Backlog and Pipeline

    Backlog and Pipeline • As of July 20, 2022, Ares Capital had a backlog and pipeline of approximately $1.7 billion and $45 million, respectively(25) • The following is a breakdown of the backlog and pipeline by asset class and by industry Asset Class Industry 7% 11% 14% 3% 32% 9% 9% 60% 10% 21% 24% F

  19. Slide 19: Debt Summary

    Debt Summary As of 3/31/22 As of 6/30/22 Aggregate Aggregate Weighted Principal Carrying Principal Carrying Average Amount Principal Value of Amount Principal Value of Stated Committed/ Amount Outstanding Committed/ Amount Outstanding Interest (dollar amounts in millions) Outstanding(27) Outstanding

  20. Slide 20: Debt Maturities

    Debt Summary Debt Maturities* ($ in millions) $5,000 $4,000 (30) $1,663 $3,000 (30) $1,413 $2,000 (30) $189 $2,450 $2,150 ** $1,000 $1,850 $900 $750 $403 $0 $— — 2022 $— 2023 2024 $— 2025 2026 $— Thereafter As of June 30, 2022 Convertible Unsecured Notes Other Unsecured Notes Secured Revolving Facil

  21. Slide 21: Quarterly Dividends

    Quarterly Dividends $0.50 $0.03 $0.03 $0.03 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02 $0.43 $0.40 $0.42 $0.42 $0.41 $0.41 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.40 $0.39 $0.39 $0.30 $0.20 $0.10 $0.00 (31) Q3-18 Q4-18 Q1-19 Q2-19 Q3-19 Q4-19 Q1-20 Q2-20 Q3-20 Q4-20 Q1-21 Q2-21 Q3-21 Q4-21 Q1-22 Q2-22

  22. Slide 22: Corporate Data

    Corporate Data Board of Directors Investment Committee Corporate Officers Research Coverage Corporate Counsel MICHAEL AROUGHETI MARK AFFOLTER MICHAEL AROUGHETI BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Co-Chairman and Executive Vice Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending Co-Chairman and Ex

  23. Slide 23: Reconciliations of Core EPS

    Reconciliations of Core EPS The following are reconciliations of core earnings per share to basic net income per share computed in accordance with GAAP: For the Three Months Ended 6/30/22 3/31/22 12/31/21 9/30/21 6/30/21 (1) Core EPS $ 0.46 $ 0.42 $ 0.58 $ 0.47 $ 0.53 Net realized and unrealized gai

  24. Slide 24: Endnotes

    Endnotes 1) Core EPS is a non-GAAP financial measure. Core EPS is the net increase (decrease) in stockholders’ equity resulting from operations less net realized and unrealized gains and losses, any capital gains incentive fees attributable to such net realized and unrealized gains and losses, and a

  25. Slide 25: Endnotes (cont’d)

    Endnotes (cont'd) 11) Excludes realized and unrealized gains (losses), incentive fees attributable to net realized and unrealized gains (losses) and income tax expense, including excise taxes. 12) Includes portfolio companies for which there are outstanding commitments, but for which no amounts were

  26. Slide 26: Endnotes (cont’d)

    Endnotes (cont'd) 22) Portfolio weighted average interest coverage ratio represents the portfolio company’s EBITDA as a multiple of cash interest expense. The weighted average interest coverage ratio for the underlying borrowers in the SDLP was 2.6x, 2.7x, 2.6x and 2.5x and 2.2x as of 6/30/21, 9/30/

  27. Slide 27: Endnotes (cont’d)

    Endnotes (cont'd) 30) See Note 5 to Ares Capital's consolidated financial statements included in the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 for more information regarding each of Ares Capital's secured revolving facilities. 31) Declared. In addition to the thi

  28. Slide 28: Ares Capital Corporation

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