profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
$11.64+1.22% today
-16.0% in 1 year
1-year low $11.141-year high $13.96
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $12.47 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$43.4 million in 2022 to $25.6 million in 2025, with $22.4 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$32M
Free cash flow 2025$13M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$32M
Cash vs. debt$8M vs. $123M
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund vs. similar companies
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund | 12.5× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 50.7× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 73.4× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -43 | 60 | 41 | 26 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -46 | 56 | 38 | 22 | |
| -2.01 | 2.46 | 1.66 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 106.2% | 94.4% | 92.2% | 87.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 499 | 525 | 577 | 584 |
| Cash | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Total debt | 69 | 64 | 107 | 123 |
| Total liabilities | 192 | 192 | 230 | 241 |
| 307 | 332 | 347 | 344 | |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -15.0% | 17.0% | 10.9% | 6.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 39 | -25 | 13 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 76 | 39 | -25 | 13 | |
| Dividends paid | 27 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 12.5×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 10.9×
- 22.2×
- –
- 4.5%
- 8.0%
- 10.6%
Profitability
- 46.5%
- 73.8%
- 87.5%
- 73.7%
- 5.6%
- 3.8%
- 6.5%
- 3.8%
- 5.7%
- –
Growth
- −34.6%
- –
- +187.9%
- +2.5%
- +1.1%
Financial health
- 6.4×
- 0.65
- 38.2%
- 7.1×
- –
- –
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 41%of 843
Top 7%of 730
Top 41%of 866
Bottom 4%of 862
Bottom 41%of 921
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.43 | – | – |
| May 30, 2025 | 0.71 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.92 | – | – |
| May 30, 2024 | 1.39 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 1.07 | – | – |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 0.24 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
| Dec 30, 2021 | 1.00 | – | – |
10.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$106a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.5%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.40 in 2015 → $1.36 in 2025
How safe it looks
143.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 254.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
Not enough data
Questions about Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
Is Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund AI analysis
What does Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund do?
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Ares Management LLC. The fund is managed by Ares Capital Management II LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of Europe. It is in Asset Management.
Does Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.6% a year, about 143% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $32.0 million in dividends.
Is Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund stock halal?
No. Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund does not pass our halal screen: it looks like an interest-income fund. How we check
How has Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 16.0% over the past twelve months, to $11.64. It traded between $11.14 and $13.96 and is 16.6% below its high.
Who are Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.