secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T00:33:42+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050303
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Capital Q2 GAAP EPS $0.24 vs $0.52 YoY; Core EPS $0.47; declares $0.48 dividend
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- GAAP net income $171M ($0.24/share) vs $361M ($0.52) in Q2 2025; Core EPS $0.47 vs $0.50.
- Net investment income $359M ($0.50/share) vs $342M ($0.49); net unrealized losses $183M.
- Q3 2026 dividend of $0.48/share declared, payable Sept 30 to holders of record Sept 15.
- Portfolio fair value $29.3B; non-accrual loans at 2.4% of amortized cost (up from 1.8% at Dec 2025).
- Raised $1.2B in financing including $800M 5.55% notes due 2030 and first BDC commercial paper program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000162828026050303/0001628280-26-050303-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000162828026050303/arcc-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050303

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