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Shares Outstanding for Ares Capital (ARCC)

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Metric

Latest period

718.00M

YoY change

+12.0%

5Y CAGR

+10.5%

Peak year (2025)

699.00M

Shares Outstanding history chart for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025

Latest: 699.00M

Shares Outstanding growth chart for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025

Latest: +12.0%

Shares Outstanding history table for Ares Capital (ARCC) from 2004 to 2025

  • 2025699.00M+12.0%
  • 2024624.00M+8.5%
  • 2023575.00M+11.0%
  • 2022518.00M+16.1%
  • 2021446.00M+5.2%
  • 2020424.00M-0.7%
  • 2019427.00M+0.2%
  • 2018426.00M+0.2%
  • 2017425.00M+35.4%
  • 2016314.00M-0.1%
  • 2015314.38M+3.0%
  • 2014305.29M+14.4%
  • 2013266.94M+16.0%
  • 2012230.15M+12.3%
  • 2011204.86M+15.9%
  • 2010176.73M+72.8%
  • 2009102.28M+14.1%
  • 200889.67M+32.5%
  • 200767.68M+53.9%
  • 200643.98M+87.2%
  • 200523.49M+112.2%
  • 200411.07M—

Shares Outstanding values are taken from Ares Capital's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Shares Outstanding at Ares Capital (ARCC)

According to Ares Capital's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported diluted shares outstanding is 718.00M. Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is the share count used to compute per-share metrics like EPS. Buybacks lower it; new issuance, stock-based compensation, and convertible securities raise it. Multiply by the stock price for market capitalization.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Ares Capital (ARCC) diluted shares outstanding is 699.00M – grew 12.0% year-over-year.

Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Ares Capital diluted shares outstanding delivered a +10.5% annualised rate; sustaining 5 straight years of year-over-year growth.

The record annual diluted shares outstanding stands at 699.00M, reached in 2025; the historical low of 11.07M was recorded in 2004.

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding by Year

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2025: 699.00M

In 2025, Ares Capital reported diluted shares outstanding of 699.00M, grew 12.0% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2024: 624.00M

Ares Capital diluted shares outstanding in 2024 was 624.00M, grew 8.5% from 2023.

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2023: 575.00M

2023's diluted shares outstanding for Ares Capital came in at 575.00M, grew 11.0% from 2022.

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2022: 518.00M

Ares Capital posted diluted shares outstanding of 518.00M in 2022, grew 16.1% from 2021.

Ares Capital Shares Outstanding 2021: 446.00M

Ares Capital diluted shares outstanding in 2021 was 446.00M.

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