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Ares Capital Corporation reports recurring developments as a closed-ended specialty finance company focused on debt and equity investments. Its investment activity centers on first lien senior secured loans, including unitranche loans, second lien senior secured loans, subordinated loans, preferred equity and common equity investments.
Company news commonly covers quarterly operating and financial results, dividend declarations, portfolio investments at fair value, net asset value, leverage measures, new investment commitments, credit performance and non-accruing investments. Ares Capital also publishes tax reporting information for common stock distributions and schedules earnings releases and conference calls around its reporting cycle.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and Ares Strategic Income Fund renewed and expanded their bank-led revolving credit facilities, lowering borrowing costs and extending maturities.
Ares Capital increased commitments to about $5.5 billion, ASIF to about $4.1 billion, cut funded borrowing costs by 0.10% annually, and extended final maturities to May 2031. Both facilities also expanded uncommitted accordion features, with Ares Capital’s allowing incremental commitments up to roughly $2.7 billion and ASIF’s permitting growth to about $6.15 billion, while other terms remained materially unchanged.
Ares Capital (Nasdaq: ARCC) priced an underwritten public offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.550% unsecured notes due January 15, 2030. The offering is expected to close on May 11, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Net proceeds are expected to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under Ares Capital's debt facilities; the company may reborrow under those facilities for general corporate purposes, including investing in portfolio companies.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) reported first-quarter 2026 results and declared a Q2 2026 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable June 30, 2026 to holders of record June 15, 2026. GAAP net income was $92 million for Q1 2026. Portfolio investments totalled $29.5 billion and net asset value per share was $19.59 as of March 31, 2026. Available liquidity totaled approximately $6.0 billion, and Ares issued $750 million of unsecured notes due 2031 at a 5.25% coupon.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) will report results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 prior to Nasdaq market open. A webcast and conference call will be held at 12:00 p.m. ET the same day to discuss first-quarter 2026 financial results.
Live access and archived replay details, toll-free and international dial-in numbers, the conference ID ARCCQ126, and replay availability through May 28, 2026 are provided for investors and the public.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) announced a Q1 2026 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable March 31, 2026 to holders of record March 13, 2026. Ares reported Q4-2025 GAAP net income of $293M ($0.41/share) and core EPS of $0.50. For FY-2025, GAAP net income was $1,299M ($1.86/share); portfolio investments at fair value totaled $29,485M and NAV was $19.94 per share. Debt outstanding was $16.0B with approximately $5.5B available borrowing capacity. Q4-2025 gross commitments were $5.8B with exits of $4.7B.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) announced the tax characterization of its 2025 common stock distributions (CUSIP 04010L103). Total distributions for 2025 were $1.9200 per share, of which $1.356512 (70.65172%) is ordinary dividend eligible for the 20% qualified rate designation and $0.563488 (29.34828%) is nonqualified ordinary income. No portion was designated as capital gain dividend.
Per-payment ordinary rates were $0.339128 and 20%-rate amounts $0.140872; interest-related dividend percentages ranged ~84.75%–85.64% by payment date.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 prior to the opening of the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
The company will host a live webcast and conference call at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time the same day. Domestic dial-in: +1 (800) 245-3047; international dial-in: +1 (203) 518-9765. Callers should reference conference ID ARCCQ425 and dial in 10–15 minutes early.
An archived replay will be available approximately one hour after the call through March 4, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time via toll-free replay +1 (800) 839-4018, international replay +1 (402) 220-2985, and on the company’s Investor Resources webcast page.
Ares Capital (Nasdaq: ARCC) priced an underwritten public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% unsecured notes due April 12, 2031. The offering is expected to close on January 12, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Ares Capital intends to use net proceeds to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities and may reborrow for general corporate purposes, including investing in portfolio companies. The notes may be redeemed at Ares Capital’s option with any applicable make-whole premium.
Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) reported third-quarter 2025 results and declared a $0.48 per share dividend for Q4 payable Dec 30, 2025 to holders of record on Dec 15, 2025. For Q3 2025 GAAP net income was $404M ($0.57/sh), Core EPS was $0.50, and net investment income was $338M ($0.48/sh). Portfolio investments at fair value rose to $28.693B and net assets per share reached a record $20.01. Debt outstanding was $15.6B with $1.0B cash and approximately $5.2B borrowing availability. Ares issued $650M 5.10% notes and sold ~9.3M shares for ~$204M in Q3.
Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) has scheduled its third quarter 2025 earnings release for October 28, 2025, before the Nasdaq market opens. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the same day to discuss the financial results.
Investors can join via phone (toll-free +1 (800) 343-4849 for domestic callers, +1 (203) 518-9848 for international) or through the webcast available on Ares Capital's website. An archived replay will be accessible until November 28, 2025 through both phone and website options.