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

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $345.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common rose 12.01% year-over-year to $345.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion (up 10.54% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.3 billion, up 10.97% from the prior year.
• Dividends Paid - Common grew to $345.0 million in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $319.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $345.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $208.0 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Dividends Paid - Common is $270.0 million (2024), against an average of $275.9 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Dividends Paid - Common surged 35.71%; it then rose 3.45% in 2024.
• Tracing ARCC's Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years: stood at $247.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 6.48% to $263.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 15.21% to $303.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 5.28% to $319.0 million in 2025, then increased by 8.15% to $345.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC Dividends Paid - Common figures stand at $345.0 million (Q1 2026), $319.0 million (Q4 2025), and $320.0 million (Q3 2025).

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