Ares Capital Corporation · ARCC · NASDAQ
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$19.17 +0.31% on the day, +$0.06
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.92·10.02%
$0.48 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.48/qtr
pays ~Dec 18 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Dec 15est.
own by Dec 14 ⓘ
Years without a cut
5 yrs
since the 2020 cut (-4.8%) ⓘ
Recession record
2008cut2020held2022raised
cut in 2009 ⓘ
Yield vs history ⓘ
67
Above its usual yield
ARCC share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
ARCC Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y 0.0%3Y 0.0%5Y +1.3%10Y +2.4%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 90 payments since 2004.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 estimated from the current $0.48 rate), not a promise.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: 0% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Today's $1.92 a year would stay $1.92 by 2031 - 10.02% on today's $19.17 price.

How Many ARCC Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.92 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 3,125 ARCC shares, about $59,906 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $19.17. $1,000 a month takes about 6,250 shares, about $119,813. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Ares Capital (ARCC) pays $0.48 a share quarterly, $1.92 a year, a 10.02% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $19.17. It has made 90 dividend payments since 2004.

At today’s rate of $0.48 quarterly and the last close of $19.17, this is what ARCC pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.48$0.16$1.92
100 shares$48.00$16.00$192.00
$10,000 invested (521.6 shares)$250.39$83.46$1,001.56
3,125 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.00$500.00$6,000.00
6,250 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.00$1,000.00$12,000.00

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 ARCC shares reinvest into 2.50 new shares each payment, about 10.4 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 40 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with ARCC’s own history in the ARCC DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

ARCC Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

67/100Above its usual yieldvs its 5-yr history
  • ARCC yields 10.02% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $19.17.
  • Its own 5-year median is 9.29%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
7.42% low11.05% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 5-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 5 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is ARCC’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After September 2026

ARCC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.48 a share, went ex on Sep 15, 2026 and paid Sep 17, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 3, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does ARCC Pay?

ARCC pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.92 a share, in 4 payments.
+0.0% against the 12 months before ($1.92 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Sep 14, 2022 - $0.45 to $0.46 (+$0.01, +2.22%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.03 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 157.4% - $1.92 paid / $1.22 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 88.9% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
Loans run through operating cash flow here, so it does not measure dividend coverage.

ARCC vs Similar Dividend Stocks (MGPUF, AEGOF...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to ARCC in market value, ARCC’s 10.02% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 2.78%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 8th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
ARCC $19.17Ares Capital $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 10.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20092008 cut2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 5 yrsno raise streak
MGPUF $4.29M&G $0.0919/half-yr$0.18/yr fwd 4.28% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row
AEGOF $8.67Aegon N.V. $0.2441/half-yr$0.49/yr fwd 5.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
AEG $8.62Aegon $0.246/yr 2.85% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20202000 varied2008 stopped2020 cut2022 raised 5 yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
CG $39.77Carlyle Group $0.35/qtr$1.40/yr fwd 3.52% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 held2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 6 yrsno raise streak
AFG $161.05American Financial Group $0.97/qtr$3.88/yr fwd 2.41% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20022000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
RNR $353.74RenaissanceRe Holdings $0.41/qtr$1.64/yr fwd 0.46% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 5+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
FUTU $95.75Futu Holdings Limited $2.60/yr 2.72% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
CNA $48.53CNA Financial $0.48/qtr$1.92/yr fwd 3.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Stopped in 20082008 stopped2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 15 yrsraised 9 yrs in a row
SEIC $108.91SEI Investments $0.52/half-yr$1.04/yr fwd 0.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 31 yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
BNT $40.91Brookfield Wealth Solutions $0.07/qtr$0.28/yr fwd 0.68% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 0 yrsno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: ARCC vs MGPUF, ARCC vs AEGOF, ARCC vs AEG.

ARCC Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2004

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Sep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Jun 15, 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Mar 13, 2026Mar 16, 2026$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Dec 15, 2025Dec 17, 2025$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Sep 15, 2025Sep 17, 2025$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Jun 13, 2025Jun 16, 2025$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Mar 14, 2025Mar 17, 2025$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Dec 13, 2024Dec 16, 2024$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Sep 13, 2024Sep 16, 2024$0.48QuarterlyRegular
Sep 12, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.48QuarterlyRegular
The other 80 ARCC payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 90 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for ARCC

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ARCC Dividend Questions

How often does ARCC pay dividends?

ARCC pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does ARCC pay dividends monthly?

No. ARCC pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next ARCC dividend?

ARCC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.48 a share, went ex on Sep 15, 2026 and paid Sep 17, 2026. The current rate is $0.48 per share, $1.92 a year.

Does ARCC pay a dividend in December 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 15, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does ARCC pay per share?

ARCC pays $0.48 a share quarterly, $1.92 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $19.17 that is a 10.02% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 5-year median is 9.29%.

Has ARCC raised its dividend?

ARCC has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Sep 14, 2022, took the rate from $0.45 to $0.46 (+2.22%). Over five years the dividend grew 1.3% a year.

Is ARCC’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. ARCC paid out 157% of its earnings as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has gone 5 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2022 crash; it held it through 2020; it cut it in the 2008 (in 2009) crash. There is no 2000 record on file. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my ARCC dividends?

Add ARCC to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run ARCC in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.