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Ares Capital

819 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.85B invested in Ares Capital in 2025 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 130 funds opening new positions, 293 increasing their positions, 254 reducing their positions, and 73 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:

more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: | Existing positions reduced:

more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10:

more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $ → $

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 784819 (+35)

1.41% more ownership

Funds ownership: 32.06%33.47% (+1.4%)

57% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $73.1M | Put options by funds: $171M

Holders
819
Holders Change
Holders Change %
% of All Funds
Holding in Top 10
17
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
Increased
Reduced
Closed
Calls
$73.1M
Puts
$171M
Net Calls
Net Calls Change

Top Buyers

1 +$113M
2 +$66.6M
3 +$33.3M
4
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
+$32M
5
MSDF
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
New York
+$26M

Top Sellers

1 -$46.7M
2 -$36.1M
3 -$26M
4
Two Sigma Advisers
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
-$25.3M
5
MGAM
McGowan Group Asset Management
Texas
-$23.9M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
VHAM
401
Van Hulzen Asset Management
California
$631K
WCP
402
Wealthcare Capital Partners
Pennsylvania
$621K
PTC
403
Private Trust Company
Ohio
$618K
FPAS
404
Focus Partners Advisor Solutions
Missouri
$616K
HAG
405
HighPoint Advisor Group
Illinois
$615K
WPC
406
Wedmont Private Capital
Pennsylvania
$613K
KeyBank National Association
407
KeyBank National Association
Ohio
$610K
AAP
408
Arax Advisory Partners
Colorado
$609K
JSSH
409
J. Safra Sarasin Holding
$607K
QCIG
410
Quad-Cities Investment Group
Iowa
$606K
CH
411
Canton Hathaway
Rhode Island
$600K
TIM
412
Triad Investment Management
California
$596K
CIA
413
Capital Investment Advisors
Georgia
$594K
DAS
414
Diversify Advisory Services
Utah
$589K
AWE
415
Avidian Wealth Enterprises
Texas
$585K
WFC
416
Western Financial Corp
California
$584K
PPW
417
Pasadena Private Wealth
California
$582K
SM
418
Samjo Management
New York
$577K
LAM
419
Lewis Asset Management
California
$576K
AFG
420
Atomi Financial Group
New York
$570K
NHC
421
Nicholas Hoffman & Company
Georgia
$569K
RBFC
422
Roman Butler Fullerton & Co
Missouri
$568K
PI
423
PFG Investments
New York
$566K
ACM
424
AUA Capital Management
Pennsylvania
$558K
FDCDDQ
425
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec
Quebec, Canada
$555K