Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Institutional Ownership

Ownership Summary

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) has 803 institutional investors that have filed 13F reports for the period ending December 2025.

• These investors held 33.9% of outstanding shares in December 2025, down from 34.2% in September 2025.
• They increased total shares held in Ares Capital by 2.06% from last quarter, and the number of investors in ARCC decreased 0.86% annually.
• During the quarter, 417 of these 803 funds increased positions in ARCC, 251 reduced exposure, and 135 held steady.
• Institutional investors collectively held 237.21Mn shares in Ares Capital as of December 2025, up by 4.79Mn shares quarter on quarter, and up 11.93Mn shares year over year.
• As of December 31, 2025, the biggest holder of Ares Capital is Morgan Stanley at 16.35Mn shares, representing 2.34% of shares outstanding.
• The biggest buyers of Ares Capital for the quarter ending December 2025 included STRS OHIO (10.5Mn), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (4.34Mn), UBS Group AG (3.11Mn), Generali Asset Management SPA SGR (2.5Mn), JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD (1.73Mn).
• The largest sellers of Ares Capital for the quarter ending December 2025 were CITADEL ADVISORS LLC (5.16Mn), FMR LLC (2.5Mn), Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. (2.21Mn), VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP (1.79Mn), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (1.52Mn).
• According to Business Quant data, leading holders of ARCC for December 2025 are Morgan Stanley (16.35Mn), UBS Group AG (14.32Mn), VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP (10.89Mn), STRS OHIO (10.5Mn), Bank Of America Corp /De/ (9.14Mn), Jpmorgan Chase & Co (7.69Mn), Generali Asset Management SPA SGR (7.55Mn), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (7.31Mn), Legal & General Group Plc (5.98Mn), Wells Fargo & Company/Mn (4.49Mn).