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Ares Capital

829 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.86B invested in Ares Capital in 2025 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 137 funds opening new positions, 295 increasing their positions, 254 reducing their positions, and 75 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 funds holding

Funds holding:

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.62B → $4.86B (+$237M)

1.43% more ownership

Funds ownership: 32.1%33.53% (+1.4%)

57% less call options, than puts

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

Holders
829
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
SC
576
Sepio Capital
Utah
$263K
LNWTC
577
Laird Norton Wetherby Trust Company
Washington
$258K
SEIA
578
Signature Estate & Investment Advisors
California
$257K
C
579
Certuity
Florida
$255K
S
580
SignatureFD
Georgia
$254K
AGP
581
Autumn Glory Partners
Texas
$254K
SMA
582
Sage Mountain Advisors
Georgia
$253K
PFGIA
583
Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency
Massachusetts
$252K
CSP
584
Cary Street Partners
Virginia
$250K
GFA
585
Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors
Illinois
$249K
BFA
586
Beaumont Financial Advisors
Massachusetts
$249K
Kovitz Investment Group Partners
587
Kovitz Investment Group Partners
Illinois
$248K
PA
588
Procyon Advisors
Connecticut
$248K
CWP
589
Cyndeo Wealth Partners
Florida
$247K
FBB
590
Fulton Breakefield Broenniman
Maryland
$244K
PTP
591
Platform Technology Partners
New York
$244K
CD
592
Chapin Davis
Maryland
$243K
FCA
593
Fortis Capital Advisors
Kansas
$243K
SL
594
Sentinus LLC
Illinois
$241K
RWA
595
Reicon Wealth Advisors
Georgia
$239K
BCM
596
Beck Capital Management
Texas
$237K
Bank of Montreal
597
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$236K
PA
598
Promethium Advisors
Maryland
$234K
VPIM
599
Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management
California
$233K
EWM
600
Empirical Wealth Management
Washington
$232K