Ares Capital ARCC
NASDAQ ARCC
$19.66 -0.04 (-0.20%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Ares Capital (ARCC) Dividend Yield (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly Dividend Yield came in at 2.59% in Q2 2026, up 55.0% year-over-year from 1.67% in Q2 2025, and down 2.75% quarter-over-quarter from 2.67% in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Ares Capital (ARCC) Dividend Yield (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Dividend Yield for 6 consecutive years, with 2.59% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividend Yield rose 55.0% year-over-year to 2.59% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 9.99%, a 215.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 8.7%, up 96.0% from the prior year.
  • Dividend Yield was 2.59% for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, down from 2.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Dividend Yield peaked at 2.73% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 2.01% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 2.31% and a median of 2.23% in 2023 frame the typical range for Dividend Yield.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividend Yield soared 103 bps in 2022 and tumbled 49 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Dividend Yield stood at 2.58% in 2022, then dropped by 12 bps to 2.26% in 2023, then dropped by 9 bps to 2.06% in 2024, then rose by 7 bps to 2.2% in 2025, then increased by 18 bps to 2.59% in 2026.
  • The last three Dividend Yield figures came in at 2.59% (Q2 2026), 2.67% (Q1 2026), and 2.2% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Ares Capital 14.12 Bn 13.73 Bn -
2 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 5.69 Bn 5.42 Bn -
3 Blue Owl Capital 5.52 Bn 5.28 Bn -
4 Main Street Capital 5.26 Bn 5.20 Bn -
5 Blue Owl Technology Finance 5.05 Bn 4.84 Bn -
6 Hercules Capital 4.64 Bn 4.59 Bn -
7 FS KKR Capital 3.37 Bn 3.27 Bn -
8 Golub Capital Bdc 3.34 Bn 3.30 Bn -
9 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2.48 Bn -129.09 Mn -
10 MidCap Financial Investment 2.07 Bn 2.03 Bn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 2.59%
Mar 31, 2026 2.67%
Dec 31, 2025 2.20%
Sep 30, 2025 2.19%
Jun 30, 2025 2.04%
Mar 31, 2025 2.01%
Dec 31, 2024 2.06%
Sep 30, 2024 2.12%
Jun 30, 2024 2.13%
Mar 31, 2024 2.13%
Dec 31, 2023 2.26%
Sep 30, 2023 2.29%
Jun 30, 2023 2.42%
Mar 31, 2023 2.62%
Dec 31, 2022 2.58%
Sep 30, 2022 2.73%
Jun 30, 2022 2.51%
Mar 31, 2022 2.01%
Dec 31, 2021 1.54%