Ares Capital (ARCC) Share-based Compensation (2021 - 2026)

Ares Capital (ARCC) has reported Share-based Compensation for 6 consecutive years, with $7.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation fell 85.71% year-over-year to $7.0 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was -$3.0 million, a 115.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $35.0 million, up 800.0% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation was $7.0 million for Q2 2026 at Ares Capital, up from -$18.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $49.0 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$22.0 million in Q1 2025.
• A 5-year average of -$2.1 million and a median of -$5.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation slumped 525.0% in 2022 and soared 600.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Share-based Compensation stood at -$17.0 million in 2022, then fell by 23.53% to -$21.0 million in 2023, then surged by 42.86% to -$12.0 million in 2024, then surged by 258.33% to $19.0 million in 2025, then sank by 63.16% to $7.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $7.0 million (Q2 2026), -$18.0 million (Q1 2026), and $19.0 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.