Ares Capital ARCC
NASDAQ ARCC
$19.68 +0.02 (+0.10%)
At close: Sep 10, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Ares Capital (ARCC) Dividends Paid - Common (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly Dividends Paid - Common came in at $345.0 million in Q2 2026, up 8.83% year-over-year from $317.0 million in Q2 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $345.0 million in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Ares Capital (ARCC) Dividends Paid - Common (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Dividends Paid - Common for 6 consecutive years, with $345.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividends Paid - Common rose 8.83% year-over-year to $345.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $1.3 billion, a 9.38% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.3 billion, up 10.97% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $345.0 million for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, roughly flat from $345.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Dividends Paid - Common peaked at $345.0 million in Q1 2026 and troughed at $208.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $279.8 million and a median of $274.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividends Paid - Common jumped 61.44% in 2022 and gained 3.45% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $247.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 6.48% to $263.0 million in 2023, then grew by 15.21% to $303.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 5.28% to $319.0 million in 2025, then rose by 8.15% to $345.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $345.0 million (Q2 2026), $345.0 million (Q1 2026), and $319.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Ares Capital 14.12 Bn 13.74 Bn - 345.00 Mn
2 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 5.63 Bn 5.37 Bn - 170.15 Mn
3 Blue Owl Capital 5.49 Bn 5.25 Bn - 183.71 Mn
4 Main Street Capital 5.20 Bn 5.15 Bn - 89.86 Mn
5 Blue Owl Technology Finance 4.94 Bn 4.73 Bn - 166.18 Mn
6 Hercules Capital 4.66 Bn 4.61 Bn - 85.97 Mn
7 FS KKR Capital 3.33 Bn 3.22 Bn - 134.00 Mn
8 Golub Capital Bdc 3.31 Bn 3.26 Bn - 70.84 Mn
9 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2.49 Bn -118.08 Mn - 30.51 Mn
10 MidCap Financial Investment 2.07 Bn 2.03 Bn - 25.54 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 345.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 345.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 319.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 320.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 317.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 308.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 303.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 287.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 279.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 270.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 263.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 254.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 253.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 261.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 247.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 234.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 223.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 208.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 153.00 Mn