Ares Capital (ARCC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2026)
Ares Capital's Retained Earnings came in at $531 million for Q2 2026, down 32.7% from $789 million a year earlier and down 24.7% from the prior quarter.
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Ares Capital (ARCC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Ares Capital's Retained Earnings was $958 million, up 12.4% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings carries a four-year compound annual growth rate of 32.1% (FY2021 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $852 million in FY2024 (+84.4%), $462 million in FY2023, -$2 million in FY2022 and $315 million in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Retained Earnings since Q4 2023.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 31.9%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q2 2024 (growth of 702.5%), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a decline of 32.7%).
- Business Quant data shows ARCC's Retained Earnings at $705 million (Q1 2026), $958 million (Q4 2025) and $851 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 43.90 Bn | 29.58 Bn | - | 651.00 Mn |
| 2 | Orix | 42.96 Bn | 43.46 Bn | - | 23.31 Bn |
| 3 | Royalty Pharma | 33.48 Bn | 33.39 Bn | - | 2.46 Bn |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 23.94 Bn | 23.94 Bn | - | -16.56 Bn |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 23.37 Bn | 17.06 Bn | - | -1.13 Bn |
| 6 | Synchrony Financial | 23.31 Bn | -44.66 Bn | - | 25.97 Bn |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 20.23 Bn | 19.45 Bn | 390.45 Mn | 1.66 Bn |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 15.24 Bn | 6.34 Bn | - | -13.21 Bn |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 13.90 Bn | 11.34 Bn | - | 531.00 Mn |
| 10 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage | 12.00 Bn | -6.74 Bn | - | -5.14 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
API Access
Ares Capital Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ARCC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "ARCC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=ARCC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();