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

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Operating Expenses for 6 consecutive years, with $401.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 1.52% year-over-year to $401.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $1.6 billion, a 3.56% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.6 billion, up 5.28% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $401.0 million for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, up from $359.0 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 $341.4 million and a median of $359.5 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses declined 7.11% in 2022 and surged 54.47% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at $273.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 29.3% to $353.0 million in 2023, then increased by 9.63% to $387.0 million in 2024, then gained by 4.91% to $406.0 million in 2025, then fell by 1.23% to $401.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $401.0 million (Q2 2026), $359.0 million (Q1 2026), and $406.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.