Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2012-2025 | ARCC

Ares Capital shares outstanding history from 2012 to 2025. Shares outstanding can be defined as the number of shares held by shareholders (including insiders) assuming conversion of all convertible debt, securities, warrants and options. This metric excludes the company's treasury shares.
  • Ares Capital shares outstanding for the quarter ending December 31, 2025 were 699M, a 12.02% increase year-over-year.
  • Ares Capital 2025 shares outstanding were 0.699B, a 12.02% increase from 2024.
  • Ares Capital 2024 shares outstanding were 0.624B, a 8.52% increase from 2023.
  • Ares Capital 2023 shares outstanding were 0.575B, a 11% increase from 2022.
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Ares Capital Annual Shares Outstanding
(Millions of Shares)
2025 699
2024 624
2023 575
2022 518
2021 446
2020 424
2019 427
2018 426
2017 425
2016 314
2015 314
2014 305
2013 267
2012 230
2011 205
Ares Capital Quarterly Shares Outstanding
(Millions of Shares)
2025-12-31 699
2025-09-30 709
2025-06-30 695
2025-03-31 676
2024-12-31 624
2024-09-30 635
2024-06-30 616
2024-03-31 591
2023-12-31 575
2023-09-30 582
2023-06-30 567
2023-03-31 555
2022-12-31 518
2022-09-30 523
2022-06-30 514
2022-03-31 500
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
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Finance Finance - SBIC & Commercial $12.989B $3.052B
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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