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

Ares Capital (ARCC) Net Cash Flow (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly Net Cash Flow came in at -$31.0 million in Q2 2026, up 60.26% year-over-year from -$19.3 million in Q2 2025, and up 88.48% quarter-over-quarter from -$269.0 million in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Ares Capital (ARCC) Net Cash Flow (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Net Cash Flow for 6 consecutive years, with -$31.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Cash Flow rose 60.26% year-over-year to -$31.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was -$40.0 million, a 135.29% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $64.0 million, down 78.38% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow was -$31.0 million for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, up from -$269.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Cash Flow peaked at $590.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at -$453.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $7.7 million and a median of -$6.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Net Cash Flow.
  • The widest YoY moves for Net Cash Flow: up 1135.09% in 2025, down 1007.69% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Net Cash Flow stood at -$25.0 million in 2022, then sank by 64.0% to -$41.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 675.61% to $236.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 239.83% to -$330.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 90.61% to -$31.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at -$31.0 million (Q2 2026), -$269.0 million (Q1 2026), and -$330.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Ares Capital 14.12 Bn 13.74 Bn - -31.00 Mn
2 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 5.63 Bn 5.37 Bn - -82.90 Mn
3 Blue Owl Capital 5.49 Bn 5.25 Bn - -217.35 Mn
4 Main Street Capital 5.20 Bn 5.15 Bn - 37.52 Mn
5 Blue Owl Technology Finance 4.94 Bn 4.73 Bn - -274.66 Mn
6 Hercules Capital 4.66 Bn 4.61 Bn - 5.50 Mn
7 FS KKR Capital 3.33 Bn 3.22 Bn - -24.00 Mn
8 Golub Capital Bdc 3.31 Bn 3.26 Bn - -63.25 Mn
9 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2.49 Bn -118.08 Mn - -21.06 Mn
10 MidCap Financial Investment 2.07 Bn 2.03 Bn - 665,000.00
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -31.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -269.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -330.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 590.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -78.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -118.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 236.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -57.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 104.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 13.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -41.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 152.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 76.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 40.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 101.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -453.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 228.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -727.00 Mn