Ares Capital ARCC Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) was held by 780 institutional investors that filed 13F reports for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• These investors held 33.72% of outstanding shares in Q2 2026, down from 34.35% the quarter before.
• Total shares held in Ares Capital fell 1.82% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders fell 6.02% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 780 holders of ARCC in Q2 2026, 379 added to their positions, 254 reduced their stakes and 147 left their positions unchanged.
• Altogether, institutional holders owned 242.14Mn ARCC shares at the end of Q2 2026, down 4.48Mn from the prior quarter and down 8.23Mn from a year earlier.
• Morgan Stanley held the largest position in ARCC at 17.02Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 2.37% of shares outstanding.
• The biggest increases in ARCC positions during Q2 2026 came from Van Eck Associates Corp (+2.42Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (+668.63K shares), Mariner, LLC (+646.42K shares), Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc (+600.89K shares) and Franklin Templeton Inc (+578.72K shares).
• The biggest cuts to ARCC positions during Q2 2026 came from Two Sigma Investments, LP (-1.42Mn shares), D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. (-1.26Mn shares), Trexquant Investment LP (-990.71K shares), Barclays PLC (-607.3K shares) and UBS Group AG (-537.74K shares).
• Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Ares Capital at the end of Q2 2026 were Morgan Stanley (17.02Mn shares), UBS Group AG (13.78Mn shares), Van Eck Associates Corp (13.31Mn shares), STRS Ohio (10.66Mn shares), Bank of America Corp (8.94Mn shares), JPMorgan Chase & Co (7.85Mn shares), Generali Asset Management SPA SGR (7.55Mn shares), Legal & General Group PLC (6.51Mn shares), Two Sigma Investments, LP (5.89Mn shares) and Wells Fargo & Company (4.44Mn shares).