Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Institutional Ownership

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

699,000,000Shares Outstanding

240,994,364Shares held by institutions

$4,530,694,043Value of institutional holdings

34.48%Institutional ownership %

3.28%Shares Changed QoQ

805No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) has 803 institutional investors with active 13F positions as of December 2025.

These investors held 33.9% of outstanding shares in December 2025, down from 34.2% in September 2025.
Their total shares held in ARCC increased 2.06% quarter over quarter, and separately, investors owning Ares Capital decreased 0.86% from a year ago.
During the quarter, 417 of these 803 funds increased positions in ARCC, 251 reduced exposure, and 135 held steady.
Altogether, these fund groups held 237.21Mn shares in ARCC by 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 CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC at 3.44Mn shares, representing 0.49% of shares outstanding.
The largest buyers of Ares Capital for the quarter ending December 2025 were Investors Research Corp (1.85K), Sankala Group LLC (1.5K).
Leading sellers of Ares Capital shares for the quarter ending December 2025 were CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (107.48K), Ares Financial Consulting, LLC (34.68K).
According to Business Quant data, leading holders of ARCC for December 2025 are CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (3.44Mn), Investors Research Corp (4.3K), Sankala Group LLC (3.02K), Ares Financial Consulting, LLC (702), Noble Wealth Management PBC (200), Hilltop National Bank (200).

805 Institutional Holders

240,994,364 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
Morgan Stanley	31 Dec, 2025	17,558,581	341,578	1.98%	$355,210,110.00
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP	31 Dec, 2025	12,673,579	-334,932	-2.57%	$256,387.00
UBS Group AG	31 Dec, 2025	11,201,905	3,301,890	41.80%	$226,614,538.00
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC	31 Dec, 2025	8,077,163	5,612,998	227.78%	$163,401,007.00
Bank Of America Corp /De/	31 Dec, 2025	7,876,224	-9,275,404	-54.08%	$159,336,027.00
Jpmorgan Chase & Co	31 Dec, 2025	7,815,945	-4,642,847	-37.27%	$158,116,568.00
Legal & General Group Plc	31 Dec, 2025	5,408,067	761,838	16.40%	$109,432,235.00
Generali Asset Management SPA SGR	31 Dec, 2025	5,052,119	0	0.00%	$102,204,367.00
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.	31 Dec, 2025	4,502,874	2,330,925	107.32%	$91,093,168.00
Wells Fargo & Company/Mn	31 Dec, 2025	4,387,637	63,796	1.48%	$88,761,904.00
LPL Financial LLC	31 Dec, 2025	4,210,365	144,434	3.55%	$85,175,676.00
Ameriprise Financial Inc	31 Dec, 2025	4,162,978	370,927	9.78%	$84,213,143.00
Advisors Capital Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	3,566,790	423,795	13.48%	$72,156,180.00
CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	31 Dec, 2025	3,542,772	-139,638	-3.79%	$71,670,287.00
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	3,163,025	-77,793	-2.40%	$63,987,991.00
Raymond James Financial Inc	31 Dec, 2025	3,161,924	-64,744	-2.01%	$63,965,736.00
Allen Investment Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	3,086,449	-48,652	-1.55%	$62,438,860.00
Royal Bank Of Canada	31 Dec, 2025	3,014,381	-515,974	-14.62%	$60,982,000.00
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP	31 Dec, 2025	2,967,739	710,957	31.50%	$60,037,360.00
Evercore Wealth Management, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	2,938,357	547,071	22.88%	$59,442,962.00

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