Who owns ARES CAPITAL CORP?
Prices and market caps: Cboe delayed data, at least 15 minutes delayed. Not real-time. Fundamentals from company filings.
Institutional ownership of ARCC from SEC Form 13F filings across 787 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
As of the 2026-06-30 reporting period, 787 institutions disclosed 243.2M shares of ARES CAPITAL CORP worth $5.80B — about 33.9% of shares outstanding; the largest disclosed holder is MORGAN STANLEY. Source: SEC Form 13F filings, parsed by EvidInvest.
787
13F holders
$5.80B
value, 2026 filers
33.9%
of shares outstanding (243.2M sh)
91
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30 · % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of ARCC's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MORGAN STANLEY | 17.0M | $315.4M | 0.0% | 2.4% | +4.1% |
| 2 | UBS Group AG | 13.8M | $255.3M | 0.0% | 1.9% | -3.8% |
| 3 | VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | 13.3M | $246.6M | 0.2% | 1.9% | +22.2% |
| 4 | STRS OHIO | 10.7M | $197.5M | 0.7% | 1.5% | +1.5% |
| 5 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 8.9M | $165.6M | 0.0% | 1.2% | -2.2% |
| 6 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 7.9M | $145.3M | 0.0% | 1.1% | +2.0% |
| 7 | Generali Asset Management SPA SGR | 7.5M | $139.9M | 2.5% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| 8 | Legal & General Group Plc | 6.5M | $120.5M | 0.0% | 0.9% | +9.0% |
| 9 | TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | 5.9M | $109.1M | 0.1% | 0.8% | -19.4% |
| 10 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 4.4M | $82.2M | 0.0% | 0.6% | -1.1% |
| 11 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 4.1M | $76.4M | 0.0% | 0.6% | +9.2% |
| 12 | LPL Financial LLC | 4.0M | $74.7M | 0.0% | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 13 | HighTower Advisors, LLC | 3.9M | $71.7M | 0.1% | 0.5% | +9.5% |
| 14 | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 3.5M | $65.7M | 0.0% | 0.5% | +2.9% |
| 15 | Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 3.4M | $63.1M | 0.7% | 0.5% | -13.4% |
| 16 | CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.4M | $62.4M | 1.0% | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 17 | Evercore Wealth Management, LLC | 3.0M | $55.7M | 0.8% | 0.4% | -3.6% |
| 18 | OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 2.9M | $53.9M | 0.3% | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| 19 | ARES MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.8M | $51.6M | 2.2% | 0.4% | +6.5% |
| 20 | Sound Income Strategies, LLC | 2.8M | $51.3M | 2.3% | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 21 | Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 2.7M | $49.9M | 0.1% | 0.4% | +17.5% |
| 22 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 2.7M | $49.6M | 0.0% | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 23 | STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | 2.6M | $48.9M | 0.0% | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 24 | BlackRock, Inc. | 2.4M | $45.3M | 0.0% | 0.3% | +2.1% |
| 25 | Allen Investment Management, LLC | 2.4M | $45.2M | 0.5% | 0.3% | -6.0% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.