ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
Sector Allocation
- Consumer Discretionary53.6%$1.2B
- Other20.1%$460.7M
- Industrials16.6%$381.2M
- Technology7.1%$163.1M
- Healthcare1.4%$31.1M
- Consumer Staples0.7%$16.9M
- Utilities0.3%$6.7M
- Communication Services0.2%$5.3M
AUM History
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Conviction and streaks
Diversifying · top 10 = 83.3%From the fund's last 12 quarters of 13F filings: positions held longest at size, and names it added to or trimmed several quarters running.
Largest positions — Q2 2026
SVV
$1.2BXE
$254.2MCCO
$99.7MCTEV
$63.6M- Integer$61.5M
ARXS
$57.9MKDK
$53.9MARCC
$51.6MGBDC
$43.2MGBTG
$40.7MBBDC
$35.5MOBDC
$31.2MHAE
$31.1MGSBD
$29.8MOCSL
$26.3MTSLX
$24.1MBXSL
$21.2MOTF
$20.4MARKO
$16.9MMSIF
$14.7M
Top 20 stock positions. Options are left out: 13F reports them at the underlying's value.
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ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 13F holdings — Q2 2026
$2.3B portfolio (+51.2% QoQ) · 44 holdings · Q2 2026 13F · top 10 are 83% of the stock portfolio
$1.2B
51.6% of stocks
No changeThis quarter-16.5%Since filed10+ qtrsHeld$254.2M
11.1% of stocks
NewThis quarter-49.0%Since filedNew this quarterHeld$99.7M
4.3% of stocks
No changeThis quarter—Since filed10+ qtrsHeld$63.6M
2.8% of stocks
No changeThis quarter-43.5%Since filed8 qtrsHeld- 5
Integer Holdings Corp - Convertible Bond
$61.5M
2.7% of stocks
+15%This quarter—Since filed—HeldAIQuality—Est. buy— $57.9M
2.5% of stocks
NewThis quarter-7.9%Since filedNew this quarterHeld$53.9M
2.4% of stocks
NewThis quarter-75.0%Since filedNew this quarterHeld$51.6M
2.3% of stocks
+7%This quarter-6.3%Since filed10+ qtrsHeldAIQualityAI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trialEst. buyEstimated buy price is Pro: unlock with a free trialAdded 4 qtrs in a row$43.2M
1.9% of stocks
+10%This quarter-8.6%Since filed10+ qtrsHeldAIQualityAI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trialEst. buyEstimated buy price is Pro: unlock with a free trialAdded 3 qtrs in a row$40.7M
1.8% of stocks
-69%This quarter—Since filed10+ qtrsHeld
All holdings — ARES MANAGEMENT LLC (Q2 2026)
44 disclosed positions from the Form 13F-HR on SEC EDGAR, with quarter-over-quarter share changes. Largest by value first; the ten above are not repeated.
| # | Company | Held | Source | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Barings BDC, Inc. | Other | $35.5M | 1.6% | 4.16M | +15% | 10+ qtrsAdded 2 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 12 | Blue Owl Capital Corp | Other | $31.2M | 1.4% | 2.87M | +0.9% | 10+ qtrs | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 13 | HAEMONETICS CORPnote | Healthcare | $31.1M | 1.4% | 30.77M | New | 1 qtr | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 14 | Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. | Other | $29.8M | 1.3% | 3.15M | +45% | 6 qtrsAdded 3 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 15 | Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp | Other | $26.3M | 1.1% | 2.20M | +5% | 10+ qtrsAdded 2 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 16 | Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. | Other | $24.1M | 1.1% | 1.40M | +4% | 10+ qtrs | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 17 | Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | Other | $21.2M | 0.9% | 896K | +11% | 10+ qtrs | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 18 | Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. | Other | $20.4M | 0.9% | 1.97M | +46% | 4 qtrsAdded 4 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 19 | ARKO Corp. | Consumer Staples | $16.9M | 0.7% | 2.11M | — | 10+ qtrs | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 20 | MSC INCOME FUND, INC. | Other | $14.7M | 0.6% | 1.27M | +53% | 6 qtrsAdded 3 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 21 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Other | $12.2M | 0.5% | 777K | — | 10+ qtrs | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 22 | Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. | Other | $11.9M | 0.5% | 959K | +67% | 10+ qtrsAdded 3 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 23 | Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. | Other | $11.9M | 0.5% | 1.09M | +99% | 10+ qtrsAdded 2 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 24 | Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | Other | $11.7M | 0.5% | 775K | +88% | 3 qtrsAdded 3 qtrs in a row | AI quality score is Pro: unlock with a free trial | 13F | |
| 25 | — | Kodiak Robotics Inc - Warrantwarrant | — | $10.6M | 0.5% | 14.30M | New | — | — | 13F |
| 26 | $TRIN | Trinity Capital Inc. | Other | $9.8M | 0.4% | 546K | — | |||
| 27 | $TEM | Tempus AI, Inc. | Technology | $9.5M | 0.4% | 164K | — | |||
| 28 | $RWAY | Runway Growth Finance Corp. | Other | $8.5M | 0.4% | 1.52M | +29% | |||
| 29 | $BCSF | Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. | Other | $7.4M | 0.3% | 588K | +522% | |||
| 30 | $OPAL | OPAL Fuels Inc. | Utilities | $6.7M | 0.3% | 3.06M | — | |||
| 31 | $FIP | FTAI Infrastructure Inc. | Industrials | $5.6M | 0.2% | 1.20M | — | |||
| 32 | $OPTU | Optimum Communications, Inc. | Communication Services | $5.1M | 0.2% | 3.55M | — | |||
| 33 | $CGBD | Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. | Other | $5.0M | 0.2% | 472K | +97% | |||
| 34 | $ECC | Eagle Point Credit Co | Other | $4.5M | 0.2% | 1.20M | +12% | |||
| 35 | $TCPC | BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. | Other | $3.5M | 0.1% | 1.05M | +94% | |||
| 36 | $OXLC | Oxford Lane Capital Corp. | Other | $2.4M | 0.1% | 269K | +4% | |||
| 37 | $BRCB | Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | $2.1M | 0.1% | 251K | — | |||
| 38 | $FSK | FS KKR Capital Corp | Other | $1.8M | 0.1% | 171K | -89% | |||
| 39 | $YJ | Yunji Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | $766K | 0.0% | 215.80M | — | |||
| 40 | $RENT | Rent the Runway, Inc. | Consumer Discretionary | $534K | 0.0% | 169K | — | |||
| 41 | $UNIT | Uniti Group Inc. | Communication Services | $167K | 0.0% | 15K | — | |||
| 42 | $LIDR | AEye, Inc. | Industrials | $7K | 0.0% | 4,564 | New | |||
| 43 | $SKIL | Skillsoft Corp. | Technology | $4K | 0.0% | 865 | New | |||
| 44 | $ARDC | Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. | Other | $745 | 0.0% | 59 | New |
What changed in Q2 2026
Against the previous quarter's 13F: 8 new, 20 added to, 2 trimmed, 1 sold out. Share-count changes; largest moves by dollar size first.
New positions (8)
first bought this quarter
first bought this quarter
first bought this quarter
first bought this quarter
- Kodiak Robotics Inc - Warrant$10.6M
first bought this quarter
$LIDRAEye, Inc.$7K
first bought this quarter
+2 more in the Excel export
Added to (20)
now $29.8M · held 6 qtrs, 3 adds in a row
- Integer Holdings Corp - Convertible Bond+15%
now $61.5M
now $20.4M · held 4 qtrs, 4 adds in a row
$BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.+522%
now $7.4M · held 10+ qtrs, 2 adds in a row
$CCAPCrescent Capital BDC, Inc.+99%
now $11.9M · held 10+ qtrs, 2 adds in a row
$MSDLMorgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund+88%
now $11.7M · held 3 qtrs, 3 adds in a row
+14 more in the Excel export
Trimmed (2)
Sold out (1)
$MFICMidCap Financial Investment Corpwas $6.1M
held 7 qtrs
Holdings by quarter
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Q2 2026 13F filed with the SEC on Aug 14, 2026. Prices are closing prices as of Oct 26, 2026.
Average quality of ARES MANAGEMENT's top 20 holdings: 48/100 (our AI quality score, weighted by position size; 17 of the 20 are scored)
Top 10 since filing
-23.1%
Value-weighted move of the 10 largest stock positions
Turnover
6%
Last quarter; 8% over the last 4
Top 10 weight
83%
Share of the stock portfolio in its 10 largest positions
Held 4+ quarters
81%
Share of portfolio value in positions held a year or more
Highest-quality names it owns(among its 100 largest positions)
The 8 highest-scoring companies in this portfolio are a Pro feature.
How these are measured
- Moves since the quarter-end and since the filing date use our own daily closing prices, from the close on (or just before) each date to the latest close.
- Turnover is the lesser of shares bought or sold in a quarter, valued at the quarter-end prices in the 13F, divided by the average of the two quarters' stock portfolio values.
- Quarters held and add/trim streaks count back only through quarters whose filed holdings add up to the filing's own cover-page total (back to Q1 2024 for this fund). A change counts as an add or a trim when the split-adjusted share count moves by more than 1%.
- Estimate, not the fund's reported cost. For each quarter in the current holding period in which the fund's share count rose (split-adjusted), we take that quarter's average daily close and weight it by the shares added; sales do not change an average cost. Quarters where the stock's price history and the 13F's own implied price disagree by more than 2x are left out.
- Put and call option rows report the value of the underlying shares, not a position the fund paid for, so they are left out of all of the above.
Portfolio Overview
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC disclosed 44 positions worth $2.3B in its Form 13F-HR for Q2 2026, led by $SVV (Savers Value Village, Inc.) at 51.6% of the equity portfolio, followed by $XE and $CCO. During the quarter the fund opened 8 new positions and exited 1 — including a new stake in $XE and a full exit from $MFIC. The portfolio is most concentrated in Consumer Discretionary (53.6% of disclosed assets). All figures are sourced directly from ARES MANAGEMENT LLC’s Form 13F-HR filing with the SEC under CIK 1259313.
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