Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) Institutional Ownership

Ownership Summary

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) showed up in the 13F filings of 803 institutional investors as of December 2025.

• Their combined ownership stood at 33.9% of outstanding shares in December 2025, down from 34.2% in September 2025.
• They increased total shares held in ARCC by 2.06% quarter over quarter, and investors in 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, Morgan Stanley held the largest stake in Ares Capital with 16.35Mn shares, accounting for 2.34% of total shares outstanding.
• The largest buyers of Ares Capital for the quarter ending December 2025 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 December 2025 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).
• Ares Capital's 10 largest shareholders as of December 2025 include 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) per Business Quant data.