Company / CIK 0001287750
ARES CAPITAL CORP
- Ticker
- ARCC
- Size, estimated from filings
- Large cap ($10B – $200B)
- Insiders on file
- 4
- Members of Congress who traded it
- 1
- Federal contracts on record
- none matched
- Lobbying filings on record
- 1
- SEC filings
- EDGAR ↗
- Latest trade on record
- July 24, 2026
ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC) has 4 insiders on file who disclosed 5 transactions in the last 12 months (5 open-market buys, 0 sales, about $969K at reported prices), and 1 congressional trade in its stock is on record. No federal contract award that started in the last 180 days was found for a recipient with exactly this name; no lobbying filing names it as client this year.
ARES CAPITAL CORP in charts
Who is trading this stock
Which people account for the buying and selling over the last 12 months?
5 people account for the disclosed buying and selling in ARES CAPITAL CORP over the last 12 months; the most active is SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT with $504K.
Lobbying spend by quarter
How much has ARES CAPITAL CORP reported spending on federal lobbying?
ARES CAPITAL CORP reported $30K in lobbying over the last eight quarters, from filings matched by exact company name.
Insiders
| Name | Role | Rows | Bought | Sold | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARKOWICZ JANA | Chief Operating Officer | 1 | 1 | 0 | February 10, 2026 |
| SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT | Chief Executive Officer | 2 | 2 | 0 | February 9, 2026 |
| HENSON MARY BETH | Director | 1 | 1 | 0 | February 9, 2026 |
| Lem Scott C | CFO and Treasurer | 1 | 1 | 0 | February 9, 2026 |
Rows are this company's Form 4 rows for each person. "Bought" and "sold" count open-market purchases (code P) and sales only. More in insider buying and insider selling.
Members of Congress who traded ARCC
From periodic transaction reports that name the company's stock. Amounts are the sums of the ranges as filed. Every row is on the ARCC page.
| Member | Seat | Trades | Bought | Sold | Range as filed | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Sessions | Representative (TX, District 17), Republican | 1 | 0 | 1 | $1,001–$15K | July 24, 2026 |
Insider transactions
| Filer | Security | Side | Trade date | Disclosed | Lag | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Source | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARKOWICZ JANA | ARCC | Buy P | February 9, 2026 | February 10, 2026 | 1d | 15,000 | $19 | $288K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| Lem Scott C | ARCC | Buy P | February 6, 2026 | February 9, 2026 | 3d | 5,186 | $19 | $100K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| HENSON MARY BETH | ARCC | Buy P | February 5, 2026 | February 9, 2026 | 4d | 4,000 | $19 | $77K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT | ARCC | Buy P | February 5, 2026 | February 9, 2026 | 4d | 12,500 | $19 | $239K | Form 4 ↗ | ||
| SCHNABEL MICHAEL KORT | ARCC | Buy P | October 31, 2025 | November 3, 2025 | 3d | 13,000 | $20 | $265K | Form 4 ↗ |
Federal contracts (USAspending, awards started in the last 180 days)
No contract award starting in the last 180 days was found for a recipient named exactly "ARES CAPITAL CORP". Subsidiaries and differently-spelled recipients are not matched — search contracts.
Lobbying (Senate LDA, as client)
| Period | Registrant | Primary issue | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities | $30,000 | LDA ↗ |
Related companies
Companies whose stock was traded by the same people who traded ARCC, by number of filers in common. It shows overlap in public filings and nothing else.
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC VZ 1 filer in common
- Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 1 filer in common
- Apple Inc. AAPL 1 filer in common
- AbbVie Inc. ABBV 1 filer in common
Guides for this page
- What is SEC Form 4? Who files: officers, directors and owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's shares.
- Insider buying vs insider selling Selling outweighs buying by a wide margin in normal times.
- Lobbying disclosure reports Reports are due about 20 days after each quarter ends.
- What disclosure data cannot tell you Filings are late by design: up to 45 days for Congress, two business days for insiders.
Sources and method
| Source | Filings | Rows | First filed | Newest filed | Read the originals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Clerk, periodic transaction reports | 1 | 1 | July 24, 2026 | July 24, 2026 | House Clerk search |
| SEC EDGAR, Form 4 | 5 | 5 | November 3, 2025 | February 10, 2026 | Form 4 list on EDGAR |
| Lobbying disclosure filings | 1 filing | — | — | — | LDA.gov search |
Site built October 27, 2026. Every row in the tables above links to its own filing. To quote a figure, use the Cite button at the top of the page; see how to cite and reuse.
Insiders and their transactions come from SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings for this issuer. Contracts and lobbying are matched by exact normalized name (suffixes like Inc./Corp. ignored) to USAspending recipients and LDA clients — a conservative match that misses subsidiaries on purpose. See methodology and corrections.
Not investment advice. Public records shown as filed; no recommendation is made or implied.