Ares Capital Basic Shares Outstanding 2010-2025 | ARCC

Ares Capital annual/quarterly basic shares outstanding history and growth rate from 2010 to 2025. Basic shares outstanding can be defined as the number of shares held by shareholders including insiders but not including a company's treasury shares.
  • Ares Capital basic shares outstanding for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 were $676M, a 14.38% increase year-over-year.
  • Ares Capital basic shares outstanding for the twelve months ending March 31, 2025 were $2.551B, a 13.18% increase year-over-year.
  • Ares Capital annual basic shares outstanding for 2024 were $0.624B, a 12.64% increase from 2023.
  • Ares Capital annual basic shares outstanding for 2023 were $0.554B, a 11.24% increase from 2022.
  • Ares Capital annual basic shares outstanding for 2022 were $0.498B, a 11.66% increase from 2021.
Ares Capital Annual Basic Shares Outstanding
(Millions of US $)
2024 $624
2023 $554
2022 $498
2021 $446
2020 $424
2019 $427
2018 $426
2017 $425
2016 $314
2015 $314
2014 $305
2013 $267
2012 $230
2011 $205
2010 $177
2009 $102
Ares Capital Quarterly Basic Shares Outstanding
(Millions of US $)
2025-03-31 $676
2024-12-31 $624
2024-09-30 $635
2024-06-30 $616
2024-03-31 $591
2023-12-31 $554
2023-09-30 $562
2023-06-30 $547
2023-03-31 $534
2022-12-31 $498
2022-09-30 $503
2022-06-30 $494
2022-03-31 $479
2021-12-31 $446
2021-09-30 $453
2021-06-30 $440
2021-03-31 $429
2020-12-31 $424
2020-09-30 $423
2020-06-30 $423
2020-03-31 $430
2019-12-31 $427
2019-09-30 $427
2019-06-30 $426
2019-03-31 $426
2018-12-31 $426
2018-09-30 $426
2018-06-30 $426
2018-03-31 $426
2017-12-31 $425
2017-09-30 $426
2017-06-30 $426
2017-03-31 $422
2016-12-31 $314
2016-09-30 $314
2016-06-30 $314
2016-03-31 $314
2015-12-31 $314
2015-09-30 $314
2015-06-30 $314
2015-03-31 $314
2014-12-31 $305
2014-09-30 $311
2014-06-30 $298
2014-03-31 $298
2013-12-31 $267
2013-09-30 $268
2013-06-30 $266
2013-03-31 $249
2012-12-31 $230
2012-09-30 $233
2012-06-30 $222
2012-03-31 $217
2011-12-31 $205
2011-09-30 $205
2011-06-30 $205
2011-03-31 $204
2010-12-31 $177
2010-09-30 $192
2010-06-30 $191
2010-03-31 $125
2009-12-31 $102
2009-09-30 $103
2009-06-30 $97
2009-03-31 $97
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Finance Finance - SBIC & Commercial $15.210B $2.990B
Ares Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company, which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies. The company offers customized financing solutions, ranging from senior-debt instruments to equity capital, with a focus on senior secured debt. Other major investment areas were commercial & professional services, diversified financials, and insurance services. Ares Capital is structured as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company, regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is treated as a regulated investment company ('RIC') for income-tax purposes. To maintain its RIC status, Ares Capital must distribute the majority of its investment income.
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