Ares Capital ARCC Institutional Ownership

NASDAQ ARCC

$19.92 +0.14 (+0.71%)

At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

792 Institutions

Increased 406 51.3%

Unchanged 141 17.8%

Reduced 245 30.9%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 31 Mar, 2026

Institutional Ownership

34.32%

▼-0.32 pp QoQ

Shares Held by Institutions

246.39Mn

of 718.00Mn outstanding

▲+7.61% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

718.00Mn

471.61Mn held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

792

filed 13F for Mar 2026

▼-22 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

+17.42Mn

accumulated since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$4.85Bn

reported market value

Shares Owned by Institutions

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Ownership Summary

Quarter ending 31 Mar, 2026

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) has 792 institutional investors that have filed 13F reports for the period ending March 2026.

They owned 34.3% of outstanding stock in March 2026, down from 34.6% the prior quarter.
Their total shares held in ARCC increased 7.61% from the prior quarter, while the number of investors in Ares Capital decreased 3.53% year over year.
Among the 792 funds, 406 bought more Ares Capital shares, 245 sold down, and 141 held their ground.
Combined, these investors held 246.39Mn shares in ARCC for March 2026, up by 17.42Mn shares quarter on quarter, and up 17.85Mn shares year over year.
Morgan Stanley leads ownership in ARCC with 16.35Mn shares as of March 31, 2026, equal to 2.28% of outstanding shares.
The largest buyers of Ares Capital for the quarter ending March 2026 were 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 sales of ARCC for the quarter ending March 2026 came from 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 March 2026 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).

Form 13F Holdings

792 Institutional Holders

Report period 31 Mar, 2026

Total shares held 246.39Mn

Of outstanding 34.32%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	Morgan Stanley	0000895421	16,354,360	2.28%	▼1,204,221	-6.86%	$294.71Mn
2	UBS Group AG	0001610520	14,316,545	1.99%	▲3,114,640	+27.80%	$257.98Mn
3	VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP	0000869178	10,887,111	1.52%	▼1,786,468	-14.10%	$196.19K
4	STRS OHIO	0000820478	10,500,000	1.46%	▲10,500,000	0.00%	$189.21Mn
5	Bank Of America Corp /De/	0000070858	9,135,454	1.27%	▲1,259,230	+15.99%	$164.62Mn
6	Jpmorgan Chase & Co	0000019617	7,694,550	1.07%	▼121,395	-1.55%	$136.50Mn
7	Generali Asset Management SPA SGR	0002046751	7,547,995	1.05%	▲2,495,876	+49.40%	$136.01Mn
8	TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP	0001179392	7,306,344	1.02%	▲4,338,605	+146.19%	$131.66Mn
9	Legal & General Group Plc	0000764068	5,975,008	0.83%	▲566,941	+10.48%	$107.58Mn
10	Wells Fargo & Company/Mn	0000072971	4,486,606	0.62%	▲98,969	+2.26%	$80.85Mn
11	LPL Financial LLC	0001403438	4,038,185	0.56%	▼172,180	-4.09%	$72.77Mn
12	Advisors Capital Management, LLC	0001345576	3,934,406	0.55%	▲367,616	+10.31%	$70.90Mn
13	Ameriprise Financial Inc	0000820027	3,775,904	0.53%	▼387,074	-9.30%	$68.03Mn
14	HighTower Advisors, LLC	0001462245	3,534,933	0.49%	▲1,087,875	+44.46%	$63.70Mn
15	Raymond James Financial Inc	0000720005	3,448,614	0.48%	▲286,690	+9.07%	$62.14Mn
16	CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	0001442056	3,435,289	0.48%	▼107,483	-3.03%	$61.90Mn
17	Evercore Wealth Management, LLC	0001482689	3,121,008	0.43%	▲182,651	+6.22%	$56.24Mn
18	CITADEL ADVISORS LLC	0001423053	2,917,662	0.41%	▼5,159,501	-63.88%	$52.58Mn
19	OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp	0001053321	2,834,469	0.39%	▲474,414	+20.10%	$51.08Mn
20	Royal Bank Of Canada	0001000275	2,669,192	0.37%	▼345,189	-11.45%	$48.10Mn

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