Growth Metrics

Ares Capital (ARCC) Retained Earnings (2022 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) reported Retained Earnings of $705.0 million for Q1 2026, down 7.84% year-over-year from $765.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 26.41% on a QoQ basis from $958.0 million in Q4 2025.

Ares Capital (ARCC) has 5 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $705.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 7.84% year-over-year to $705.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $705.0 million (down 7.84% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $958.0 million, up 12.44% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings eased to $705.0 million in Q1 2026 per ARCC's latest filing, from $958.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $958.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$2.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $705.0 million (2026), against an average of $596.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Retained Earnings surged 23200.0%; it then declined 7.84% in 2026.
  • Tracing ARCC's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at -$2.0 million in 2022, then surged by 23200.0% to $462.0 million in 2023, then surged by 84.42% to $852.0 million in 2024, then gained by 12.44% to $958.0 million in 2025, then fell by 26.41% to $705.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ARCC Retained Earnings figures stand at $705.0 million (Q1 2026), $958.0 million (Q4 2025), and $851.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 39.18 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -15.77 Mn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 14.08 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 180.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 5.16 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 28.43 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 17.07 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -1.66 Bn
10 Ares Capital 13.69 Bn 10.94 Bn - 705.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Dec 31, 2022 -2.00 Mn