ARCC
Ares Capital Corporation
ARCC shows executive branch exposure with Trump, Hegseth, and Duffy holdings alongside bipartisan congressional buys despite no lobbying or government ties.
Govt Dependence
5/100
Regulatory Density
55/100
Lobbying Intensity
0/100
Political Signal
MODERATE BULLISH
BusinessWhat ARCC does
Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) is an asset management company in the financial services sector.
12 months past · 3 months futureARCC activity timeline
Congress
buy
sell
Insider · Form 4
open-market buy
Hedge fund · 13F
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closed
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Bills
past action (this ticker)
upcoming markup (sector)
★ carveout (this ticker)
240 trading days ·
2 congressional trades shown
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0 insider buys
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8 13F filings
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0 past bill actions
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5 upcoming markups
Executive Branch ConflictsARCC held by Trump-administration officials
3 cabinet/senior officials reported ARCC positions in OGE Form 278 disclosures across 5 filings.
Donald J. Trump
President · White House
Ares Capital Corporation
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of War · Department of War (formerly Defense)
Ares Capital Corporation
Sean Duffy
Secretary of Transportation · Department of Transportation
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Sean Duffy
Secretary of Transportation · Department of Transportation
Ares Capital Corporation Common Stock
Sean Duffy
Secretary of Transportation · Department of Transportation
Ares Capital Corporation
Lifetime Government AwardsARCC federal contracts
ARCC doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding ARCC
$705.1M
Total ARCC held by tracked 13F funds
21
Funds with ARCC positions
+21
Funds opened this quarter
Citadel Advisors
$161M
opened
2025-12-31
Two Sigma Investments
$67M
opened
2025-03-31
Two Sigma Investments
$60M
opened
2025-12-31
Two Sigma Investments
$60M
opened
2025-06-30
Two Sigma Investments
$59M
opened
2024-12-31
Citadel Advisors
$46M
opened
2025-09-30
Two Sigma Investments
$46M
opened
2025-09-30
Two Sigma Investments
$40M
opened
2024-06-30
13 more 13F positions tracked · quarterly delta charts available in member dashboard
Politicians Trading ARCCMembers of Congress with recent ARCC positions
3 politicians traded ARCC across 6 disclosed transactions totaling $464K (last 730 days).
Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just ARCC). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading ARCC
2025-09-04
John Fetterman
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-09-09
John Fetterman
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-04-04
Ashley Moody
purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-04-04
Ashley Moody
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
2025-02-18
John Fetterman
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
2025-01-17
David McCormick
Purchase
$250,001 - $500,000
2023-11-01
Pete Sessions
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2023-11-01
Pete Sessions
sale
$1,001 - $15,000
2023-10-06
Pete Sessions
Purchase
$569.25
2023-10-06
Pete Sessions
purchase
$569.25
2023-08-15
Pete Sessions
Purchase
$155.92
2023-08-15
Pete Sessions
purchase
$155.92
30+ trades on file · most recent 2025-10-07
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
No Form 4 activity recorded in the last 180 days.
Political ProfileWhere ARCC sits in Washington
Executive branch holdings include Trump (<$1,001), Pete Hegseth ($15,001-$50,000), and Sean Duffy ($15,001-$50,000) per get_executive_branch_exposure; bipartisan congressional buys (5 buys vs 1 sell by Fetterman (D), McCormick (R), Moody (R)) per get_sector_political_positioning.
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Congressional champions
- Fetterman, John (D-PA) — bought ARCC per get_sector_political_positioning
- McCormick, David (R) — bought ARCC per get_sector_political_positioning
- Moody, Ashley (R) — bought ARCC per get_sector_political_positioning
Congressional critics
- No specific congressional critics identified.
Member intelligence layer
Live signals + predictions for ARCC — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades ARCC
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord
Frequently AskedAbout ARCC & political exposure
Does Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) hold federal contracts?
No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Ares Capital Corporation. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.
Which Trump cabinet officials own ARCC stock?
3 Trump cabinet members or senior White House staff have disclosed holdings in ARCC on their OGE 278 financial disclosures, including Donald J. Trump, Pete Hegseth, Sean Duffy. See the Cabinet Conflicts panel for details.
Has Congress traded ARCC stock?
94 congressional trades by 14 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2025-09-09. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.
What is ARCC political risk profile?
Government dependence: 5/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: moderate-bullish.
How does GovGreed track ARCC political activity?
GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. ARCC data is updated daily from these official federal sources.