ARCC Stock Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

ARCC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

ARCC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ARCC returned −10.24% over the past year and −9.02% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 5, 2004, ARCC is up +557.22% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.07%/yr, and is currently −17.50% below its real total-return high on Jul. 17, 2025.

Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026

Dividends Reinvested:

Tue 2004-10-05^💬 to Wed 2026-06-17	YTD Return	1 Year Return
ARCC ^×	−9.02% 2026-06-17	−10.24% 2026-06-17
Ares Capital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Returns

Tue 2004-10-05^💬 to Wed 2026-06-17	Overall Return	Exponential Trendline
ARCC ^×	+557.22% +9.07%/yr	+10.61%/yr (R²=0.888)
Ares Capital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2004-10-05^💬 to Wed 2026-06-17	Start Value	End Value
ARCC ^×	$10,000.00 2004-10-05	$65,721.91 2026-06-17
Ares Capital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year	ARCC
2026 (YTD)	−9.02%
2025	−1.57%
2024	+16.42%
2023	+16.14%
2022	−9.68%
2021	+27.19%
2020	−0.49%
2019	+28.37%
2018	+6.77%
2017	+2.33%
2016	+25.43%
2015	+0.03%
2014	−4.30%
2013	+9.43%
2012	+22.60%
2011	−0.39%
2010	+43.29%
2009	+140.46%
2008	−47.79%
2007	−18.71%
2006	+27.32%
2005	−13.71%
2004	+31.30%

Drawdowns

Tue 2004-10-05^💬 to Wed 2026-06-17	Current Drawdown	Worst Drawdown
ARCC ^×	−17.50% from 2025-07-17 peak	−79.94% 2009-03-05 from 2007-02-22 peak
Ares Capital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-17	1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
ARCC ^×	−10.24%	−1.41% −0.71%/yr	+16.56% +5.24%/yr	+21.11% +3.90%/yr	+138.59% +9.09%/yr
Ares Capital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock