Ares Capital ARCC
NASDAQ ARCC
$19.61 -0.05 (-0.23%)
As of: Sep 10, 2026 · 2:26 PM EDT

Ares Capital (ARCC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital's (ARCC) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $531.0 million in Q2 2026, down 32.7% year-over-year from $789.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 24.68% quarter-over-quarter from $705.0 million in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Ares Capital (ARCC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Retained Earnings for 6 consecutive years, with $531.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 32.7% year-over-year to $531.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $531.0 million, a 32.7% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $958.0 million, up 12.44% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was $531.0 million for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, down from $705.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $958.0 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$2.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $523.2 million and a median of $631.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings sank 100.63% in 2022 and soared 23200.0% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at -$2.0 million in 2022, then soared by 23200.0% to $462.0 million in 2023, then soared by 84.42% to $852.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 12.44% to $958.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 44.57% to $531.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $531.0 million (Q2 2026), $705.0 million (Q1 2026), and $958.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Ares Capital 14.08 Bn 13.70 Bn - 531.00 Mn
2 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund 5.65 Bn 5.38 Bn - 6.06 Bn
3 Blue Owl Capital 5.48 Bn 5.24 Bn - 7.44 Bn
4 Main Street Capital 5.23 Bn 5.18 Bn - 2.63 Bn
5 Blue Owl Technology Finance 4.94 Bn 4.73 Bn - 7.48 Bn
6 Hercules Capital 4.66 Bn 4.61 Bn - 2.17 Bn
7 FS KKR Capital 3.33 Bn 3.23 Bn - 9.20 Bn
8 Golub Capital Bdc 3.30 Bn 3.25 Bn - 3.95 Bn
9 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 2.49 Bn -118.08 Mn - -201.97 Mn
10 MidCap Financial Investment 2.07 Bn 2.03 Bn - -1.44 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 531.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 705.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 958.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 851.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 789.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 765.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 852.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 728.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 642.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 620.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 462.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 309.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 80.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 15.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 66.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 315.00 Mn