Ares Capital Corporation Dividends
The next dividend date for Ares Capital Corporation is September 15, 2025.
A dividend of $0.48 per share is scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC)
| Date | Declaration Date | Record Date | Payment Date | Amount |
|---|
| 06/13/2025 | 04/29/2025 | 06/13/2025 | 06/30/2025 | $0.48 |
| 03/14/2025 | 02/05/2025 | 03/14/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $0.48 |
| 12/13/2024 | 10/30/2024 | 12/13/2024 | 12/30/2024 | $0.48 |
| 09/13/2024 | 07/30/2024 | 09/13/2024 | 09/30/2024 | $0.48 |
| 06/14/2024 | 05/01/2024 | 06/14/2024 | 06/28/2024 | $0.48 |
| 03/14/2024 | 02/07/2024 | 03/15/2024 | 03/29/2024 | $0.48 |
| 12/14/2023 | 10/24/2023 | 12/15/2023 | 12/28/2023 | $0.48 |
| 09/14/2023 | 07/25/2023 | 09/15/2023 | 09/29/2023 | $0.48 |
| 06/14/2023 | 04/25/2023 | 06/15/2023 | 06/30/2023 | $0.48 |
| 03/14/2023 | 02/07/2023 | 03/15/2023 | 03/31/2023 | $0.48 |
| 12/14/2022 | 10/25/2022 | 12/15/2022 | 12/29/2022 | $0.51 |
| 09/14/2022 | 07/26/2022 | 09/15/2022 | 09/30/2022 | $0.46 |
| 06/14/2022 | 02/09/2022 | 06/15/2022 | 06/30/2022 | $0.45 |
| 03/14/2022 | 02/09/2022 | 03/15/2022 | 03/31/2022 | $0.45 |
| 12/14/2021 | 10/26/2021 | 12/15/2021 | 12/30/2021 | $0.41 |
| 09/14/2021 | 07/28/2021 | 09/15/2021 | 09/30/2021 | $0.41 |
| 06/14/2021 | 04/28/2021 | 06/15/2021 | 06/30/2021 | $0.40 |
| 03/12/2021 | --- | 03/15/2021 | 03/31/2021 | $0.40 |
| 12/14/2020 | 10/27/2020 | 12/15/2020 | 12/30/2020 | $0.40 |
| 09/14/2020 | 08/04/2020 | 09/15/2020 | 09/30/2020 | $0.40 |
| 06/12/2020 | 05/05/2020 | 06/15/2020 | 06/30/2020 | $0.40 |
| 03/13/2020 | 02/12/2020 | 03/16/2020 | 03/31/2020 | $0.40 |
| 12/13/2019 | 10/30/2019 | 12/16/2019 | 12/27/2019 | $0.42 |
| 09/13/2019 | 07/30/2019 | 09/16/2019 | 09/30/2019 | $0.42 |
| 06/13/2019 | 04/30/2019 | 06/14/2019 | 06/28/2019 | $0.42 |
| 03/14/2019 | 02/12/2019 | 03/15/2019 | 03/29/2019 | $0.42 |
| 12/13/2018 | 10/31/2018 | 12/14/2018 | 12/28/2018 | $0.39 |
| 09/13/2018 | 08/01/2018 | 09/14/2018 | 09/28/2018 | $0.39 |
| 06/14/2018 | 05/02/2018 | 06/15/2018 | 06/29/2018 | $0.38 |
| 03/14/2018 | 02/13/2018 | 03/15/2018 | 03/30/2018 | $0.38 |
| 12/14/2017 | 11/02/2017 | 12/15/2017 | 12/29/2017 | $0.38 |
| 09/14/2017 | 08/02/2017 | 09/15/2017 | 09/29/2017 | $0.38 |
| 06/13/2017 | 05/03/2017 | 06/15/2017 | 06/30/2017 | $0.38 |
| 03/13/2017 | 02/22/2017 | 03/15/2017 | 03/31/2017 | $0.38 |
| 12/13/2016 | 11/02/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/30/2016 | $0.38 |
| 09/13/2016 | 08/03/2016 | 09/15/2016 | 09/30/2016 | $0.38 |
| 06/13/2016 | 05/04/2016 | 06/15/2016 | 06/30/2016 | $0.38 |
| 03/11/2016 | 02/24/2016 | 03/15/2016 | 03/31/2016 | $0.38 |
| 12/11/2015 | 11/04/2015 | 12/15/2015 | 12/31/2015 | $0.38 |
| 09/11/2015 | 08/04/2015 | 09/15/2015 | 09/30/2015 | $0.38 |
| 06/11/2015 | 05/04/2015 | 06/15/2015 | 06/30/2015 | $0.38 |
| 03/11/2015 | 02/26/2015 | 03/13/2015 | 03/31/2015 | $0.43 |
| 12/11/2014 | 11/04/2014 | 12/15/2014 | 12/31/2014 | $0.38 |
| 09/11/2014 | 08/05/2014 | 09/15/2014 | 09/30/2014 | $0.38 |
| 06/12/2014 | 05/06/2014 | 06/16/2014 | 06/30/2014 | $0.38 |
| 03/12/2014 | 02/26/2014 | 03/14/2014 | 03/31/2014 | $0.43 |
| 12/12/2013 | 11/05/2013 | 12/16/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $0.43 |
| 09/12/2013 | 08/06/2013 | 09/16/2013 | 09/30/2013 | $0.38 |
| 06/12/2013 | 05/07/2013 | 06/14/2013 | 06/28/2013 | $0.38 |
| 03/13/2013 | 02/27/2013 | 03/15/2013 | 03/29/2013 | $0.38 |
| 12/12/2012 | 11/05/2012 | 12/14/2012 | 12/28/2012 | $0.43 |
| 09/12/2012 | --- | 09/14/2012 | 09/28/2012 | $0.43 |
| 06/13/2012 | --- | 06/15/2012 | 06/29/2012 | $0.37 |
| 03/13/2012 | --- | 03/15/2012 | 03/30/2012 | $0.37 |
| 12/13/2011 | --- | 12/15/2011 | 12/30/2011 | $0.36 |
| 09/13/2011 | --- | 09/15/2011 | 09/30/2011 | $0.35 |
| 06/13/2011 | --- | 06/15/2011 | 06/30/2011 | $0.35 |
| 03/11/2011 | --- | 03/15/2011 | 03/31/2011 | $0.35 |
| 12/13/2010 | --- | 12/15/2010 | 12/31/2010 | $0.35 |
| 09/13/2010 | --- | 09/15/2010 | 09/30/2010 | $0.35 |
| 06/11/2010 | --- | 06/15/2010 | 06/30/2010 | $0.35 |
| 03/11/2010 | --- | 03/15/2010 | 03/31/2010 | $0.35 |
| 12/11/2009 | --- | 12/15/2009 | 12/31/2009 | $0.35 |
| 09/11/2009 | --- | 09/15/2009 | 09/30/2009 | $0.35 |
| 06/11/2009 | --- | 06/15/2009 | 06/30/2009 | $0.35 |
| 03/12/2009 | --- | 03/16/2009 | 03/31/2009 | $0.42 |
| 12/11/2008 | --- | 12/15/2008 | 01/02/2009 | $0.42 |
| 09/11/2008 | --- | 09/15/2008 | 09/30/2008 | $0.42 |
| 06/12/2008 | --- | 06/16/2008 | 06/30/2008 | $0.42 |
| 03/13/2008 | --- | 03/17/2008 | 03/31/2008 | $0.42 |
| 12/12/2007 | --- | 12/14/2007 | 12/31/2007 | $0.42 |
| 09/12/2007 | --- | 09/14/2007 | 09/28/2007 | $0.42 |
| 06/13/2007 | --- | 06/15/2007 | 06/29/2007 | $0.41 |
| 03/15/2007 | --- | 03/19/2007 | 03/30/2007 | $0.41 |
| 12/13/2006 | --- | 12/15/2006 | 12/29/2006 | $0.50 |
| 09/13/2006 | --- | 09/15/2006 | 09/29/2006 | $0.40 |
| 06/13/2006 | --- | 06/15/2006 | 06/30/2006 | $0.38 |
| 03/22/2006 | --- | 03/24/2006 | 04/14/2006 | $0.36 |
| 12/20/2005 | --- | 12/22/2005 | 01/16/2006 | $0.34 |
| 09/14/2005 | --- | 09/16/2005 | 09/30/2005 | $0.34 |
| 06/28/2005 | --- | 06/30/2005 | 07/15/2005 | $0.32 |
| 03/03/2005 | --- | 03/07/2005 | 04/15/2005 | $0.30 |
| 12/22/2004 | --- | 12/27/2004 | 01/26/2005 | $0.30 |
More About Ares Capital Corporation
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It invest in the United States based companies. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.
Owning Ares Capital Corporation Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Ares Capital Corporation stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Ares Capital Corporation stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Ares Capital Corporation stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Ares Capital Corporation stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Ares Capital Corporation dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
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