---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001287750-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCC"
cik: "0001287750"
company_name: "ARES CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T02:15:14.151134+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Capital reports Q1 GAAP EPS $0.76, Core EPS $0.59; declares $0.48 dividend

## Summary
- GAAP net income $449M ($0.76/share) vs $278M ($0.52) a year ago; Core EPS $0.59 vs $0.57.
- Net investment income $325M ($0.55/share) vs $318M ($0.60); portfolio at fair value $23.1B.
- Q2 2024 dividend $0.48/share, payable June 28 to holders of record June 14.
- Net asset value per share $19.53, a record; leverage ratio net of cash 0.95x.
- New investment commitments in Q1 $3.6B, 88% first lien; post-quarter additional $1.2B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001287750-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCC
- cik: 0001287750
- company_name: ARES CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/0001287750-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/arcc-20240501.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-24-000026
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ARES CAPITAL CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $325 million, EPS $0.55.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: $325 million
  - EPS: $0.55
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP net income(2)(3) $ 449 $ 0.76 $ 278 $ 0.52
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/0001287750-24-000026-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  ARES CAPITAL CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $325 million, EPS $0.55.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: $325 million
  - EPS: $0.55
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net investment income(2) $ 325 $ 0.55 $ 318 $ 0.60
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000026/0001287750-24-000026-index.htm

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