Ares Capital (ARCC) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $359.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $359.0 million, changed 0.28% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.6 billion (up 5.85% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.6 billion, up 5.28% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses slipped to $359.0 million in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $406.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $433.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $212.0 million in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of $337.9 million and a median of $359.0 million in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses fell 7.11% in 2022, then soared 54.47% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $273.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 29.3% to $353.0 million in 2023, then rose by 9.63% to $387.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 4.91% to $406.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 11.58% to $359.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows ARCC's Operating Expenses at $359.0 million in Q1 2026, $406.0 million in Q4 2025, and $433.0 million in Q3 2025.