Ares Capital - 21 Year Stock Price History | ARCC

Historical daily share price chart and data for Ares Capital since 2004 adjusted for splits and dividends. The latest closing stock price for Ares Capital as of July 22, 2025 is 22.96.
  • The all-time high Ares Capital stock closing price was 23.25 on July 17, 2025.
  • The Ares Capital 52-week high stock price is 23.84, which is 3.8% above the current share price.
  • The Ares Capital 52-week low stock price is 18.26, which is 20.5% below the current share price.
  • The average Ares Capital stock price for the last 52 weeks is 21.67.
For more information on how our historical price data is adjusted see the Stock Price Adjustment Guide.
Ares Capital Historical Annual Stock Price Data
Year Average Stock Price Year Open Year High Year Low Year Close Annual % Change
2025 21.4900 21.2450 23.2500 18.5026 22.9600 9.65%
2024 18.9720 17.4816 21.0632 17.4031 20.9389 19.78%
2023 15.7359 14.6429 17.5253 13.9306 17.4816 20.03%
2022 14.7064 15.0168 16.4040 12.8343 14.5640 -3.84%
2021 13.3700 10.8750 15.2015 10.8750 15.1455 36.14%
2020 9.3099 11.0359 11.3730 4.9167 11.1253 0.86%
2019 10.0675 8.3522 11.0359 8.2390 11.0299 31.30%
2018 8.4372 7.8188 9.2552 7.5929 8.4007 8.81%
2017 7.7441 7.3571 8.0775 7.3571 7.7206 4.50%
2016 6.3423 5.8559 7.4198 5.0783 7.3884 28.03%
2015 6.1431 5.8151 6.5079 5.5517 5.7708 0.80%
2014 5.8980 5.8925 6.2558 5.3785 5.7252 -3.60%
2013 5.5990 5.4173 5.9941 5.1911 5.9393 11.08%
2012 4.7749 4.3287 5.3806 4.1643 5.3470 24.72%
2011 4.1718 4.2890 4.5831 3.4549 4.2871 2.56%
2010 3.5470 3.0195 4.3346 2.7125 4.1799 45.43%
2009 1.7445 1.2482 2.9341 0.5901 2.8741 147.00%
2008 1.7216 2.2240 2.2240 0.6458 1.1636 -48.54%
2007 2.5244 2.7027 2.8651 2.1853 2.2611 -15.51%
2006 2.2947 2.0760 2.6761 2.0735 2.6761 30.35%
2005 2.0701 2.2117 2.3623 1.8774 2.0530 -10.85%
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Finance Finance - SBIC & Commercial $15.841B $2.990B
Ares Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company, which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies. The company offers customized financing solutions, ranging from senior-debt instruments to equity capital, with a focus on senior secured debt. Other major investment areas were commercial & professional services, diversified financials, and insurance services. Ares Capital is structured as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company, regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is treated as a regulated investment company ('RIC') for income-tax purposes. To maintain its RIC status, Ares Capital must distribute the majority of its investment income.
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