Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Invested Capital (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported Invested Capital of $14.1 billion for Q1 2026, down 49.03% year-over-year from $27.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 38.69% on a QoQ basis from $22.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Invested Capital data on file, last reported at $14.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Invested Capital fell 49.03% year-over-year to $14.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $14.1 billion (down 49.03% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $22.9 billion, down 15.29% from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital retreated to $14.1 billion in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $22.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Invested Capital topped out at $27.6 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at $9.3 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Invested Capital is $21.7 billion (2023), against an average of $20.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Invested Capital soared 148.94%; it then tumbled 49.03% in 2026.
  • Tracing ARCC's Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at $21.8 billion in 2022, then dropped by 14.27% to $18.7 billion in 2023, then surged by 45.13% to $27.1 billion in 2024, then dropped by 15.29% to $22.9 billion in 2025, then sank by 38.69% to $14.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC Invested Capital figures stand at $14.1 billion (Q1 2026), $22.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $15.2 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 69.22 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 8.37 Bn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 30.50 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 8.59 Bn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 53.75 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 8.75 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 12.99 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 12.75 Bn
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - 14.07 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 22.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 15.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 14.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 27.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 27.08 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 26.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 25.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 23.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 18.66 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 22.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 21.73 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 21.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 21.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 21.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 9.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 9.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 19.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 8.54 Bn