---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001287750-25-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCC"
cik: "0001287750"
company_name: "ARES CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:53:10.579342+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Capital reports Q3 GAAP net income $0.57/sh, Core EPS $0.50; maintains $0.48 dividend

## Summary
- GAAP net income $404M ($0.57/sh), down from $0.62/sh YoY.
- Core EPS (non-GAAP) $0.50 vs $0.58 in Q3 2024.
- Net asset value per share $20.01, a record, up from $19.89 at Dec 2024.
- Q4 dividend $0.48/sh payable Dec 30, record Dec 15; unchanged from Q3.
- New investment commitments $3.9B in Q3; portfolio fair value $28.7B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001287750-25-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCC
- cik: 0001287750
- company_name: ARES CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775025000044/0001287750-25-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775025000044/arcc-20251028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-25-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-25-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001287750-25-000044.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.