Ares Capital (ARCC) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Dividend Coverage Ratio for 6 consecutive years, with 0.42 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio fell 13.49% year-over-year to 0.42 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.47, a 16.04% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.49, down 22.26% from the prior year.
• Dividend Coverage Ratio was 0.42 for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, down from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Dividend Coverage Ratio peaked at 0.84 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.4 in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.6 and a median of 0.58 in 2024 frame the typical range for Dividend Coverage Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Dividend Coverage Ratio soared 35.86% in 2023 and tumbled 36.07% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Dividend Coverage Ratio stood at 0.84 in 2022, then decreased by 18.73% to 0.68 in 2023, then fell by 15.61% to 0.58 in 2024, then retreated by 13.16% to 0.5 in 2025, then fell by 16.2% to 0.42 in 2026.
• The last three Dividend Coverage Ratio figures came in at 0.42 (Q2 2026), 0.54 (Q1 2026), and 0.5 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.