Ares Management LLC: 13F holdings, Q2 2026
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Ares Management LLC disclosed 44 US equity positions worth $2.3bn in its Q2 2026 13F filing (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 14, 2026). Its largest position is SVV at 51.7% of the reported book, followed by XE, CCO. The top ten holdings are 83.3% of the book, and the portfolio behaves like about 3 equal-weight positions. Versus the prior filing it opened 8 new positions, added to 20, reduced 2 and exited 1. Note: this manager's most recent filing is 3934 quarters behind the newest quarter on file, so these figures are history rather than current positioning.
What does Ares Management LLC own? Top holdings as of June 30, 2026
Change is measured in shares against the previous filing (Q1 2026), so price moves do not read as decisions. This quarter: 8 new, 20 added, 2 reduced, 1 exited.
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SVV Savers Value Village Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 51.7% | $1.2bn | 117,449,188 | 0% | held |
| 2 | XE X-Energy Inc | Industrials | 11.1% | $254.2m | 13,844,585 | – | new |
| 3 | CCO Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. | Communication Services | 4.3% | $99.7m | 41,197,491 | 0% | held |
| 4 | CTEV Multiplan Corp | 2.8% | $63.6m | 1,863,105 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | Integer Holdings Corp | 2.7% | $61.5m | 63,830,000 | 15% | added | |
| 6 | ARXS Arxis Inc | 2.5% | $57.9m | 1,254,547 | – | new | |
| 7 | Kodiak Robotics Inc | 2.3% | $53.9m | 10,610,857 | – | new | |
| 8 | ARCC Ares Capital Corp | Financial Services | 2.2% | $51.6m | 2,783,165 | 7% | added |
| 9 | GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc | 1.9% | $43.2m | 3,357,115 | 10% | added | |
| 10 | GBTG Global Business Travel Group I | 1.8% | $40.7m | 4,338,264 | -69% | reduced | |
| 11 | Barings BDC Inc | 1.5% | $35.5m | 4,164,327 | 15% | added | |
| 12 | OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp | Financial Services | 1.4% | $31.2m | 2,872,757 | 1% | added |
| 13 | Haemonetics Corporation | 1.4% | $31.1m | 30,765,000 | – | new | |
| 14 | Goldman Sachs BDC Inc | 1.3% | $29.8m | 3,147,251 | 45% | added | |
| 15 | OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp | 1.1% | $26.3m | 2,204,305 | 5% | added | |
| 16 | Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc | 1.1% | $24.1m | 1,404,779 | 4% | added | |
| 17 | BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | 0.9% | $21.2m | 895,687 | 11% | added | |
| 18 | OTF Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp | 0.9% | $20.4m | 1,966,345 | 46% | added | |
| 19 | ARKO Arko Corp | 0.7% | $16.9m | 2,110,000 | 0% | held | |
| 20 | MSC Income Fund Inc | 0.6% | $14.7m | 1,267,910 | 53% | added | |
| 21 | HTGC Hercules Capital Inc | 0.5% | $12.2m | 776,606 | 0% | held | |
| 22 | NCDL Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp | 0.5% | $11.9m | 958,826 | 67% | added | |
| 23 | CCAP Crescent Capital BDC Inc | 0.5% | $11.9m | 1,088,183 | 99% | added | |
| 24 | MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund | 0.5% | $11.7m | 775,128 | 88% | added | |
| 25 | Kodiak Robotics Inc | 0.5% | $10.6m | 14,300,000 | – | new | |
| 26 | TRIN Trinity Capital Inc | 0.4% | $9.8m | 545,723 | 0% | held | |
| 27 | TEM Tempus AI, Inc. | Healthcare | 0.4% | $9.5m | 164,383 | 0% | held |
| 28 | RWAY Runway Growth Finance Corp | 0.4% | $8.5m | 1,517,179 | 29% | added | |
| 29 | Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc | 0.3% | $7.4m | 588,471 | 522% | added | |
| 30 | OPAL OPAL Fuels Inc | 0.3% | $6.7m | 3,059,533 | 0% | held | |
| 31 | FIP FTAI Infrastructure Inc. | 0.2% | $5.6m | 1,197,554 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | OPTU Altice USA Inc | Communication Services | 0.2% | $5.1m | 3,547,478 | 0% | held |
| 33 | Carlyle Secured Lending Inc | 0.2% | $5.0m | 472,187 | 97% | added | |
| 34 | Eagle Point Credit Co Inc | 0.2% | $4.5m | 1,198,419 | 12% | added | |
| 35 | BlackRock TCP Capital Corp | 0.2% | $3.5m | 1,054,771 | 94% | added | |
| 36 | Oxford Lane Capital Corp. | 0.1% | $2.4m | 268,564 | 4% | added | |
| 37 | BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. | Consumer Cyclical | 0.1% | $2.1m | 250,676 | 0% | held |
| 38 | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp | 0.1% | $1.8m | 170,728 | -89% | reduced | |
| 39 | Yunji Inc | 0.0% | $766.1k | 215,800,000 | 0% | held | |
| 40 | RENT Rent the Runway, Inc. | 0.0% | $533.6k | 169,383 | 0% | held | |
| 41 | UNIT Uniti Group Inc | Real Estate | 0.0% | $166.5k | 14,518 | 0% | held |
| 42 | LIDR AEYE INC | 0.0% | $6.6k | 4,564 | – | new | |
| 43 | SKIL SkillSoft Corporation | 0.0% | $4.5k | 865 | – | new | |
| 44 | Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. | 0.0% | $745 | 59 | – | new |
What did Ares Management LLC sell? Positions exited since the previous filing
| Stock | Prior weight | Prior value |
|---|---|---|
| MFIC MidCap Financial Investment Corp | 100.0% | $6.1m |
Sector mix
| Sector | Weight |
|---|---|
| Consumer Cyclical | 51.7% |
| Industrials | 11.1% |
| Communication Services | 4.6% |
| Financial Services | 3.6% |
| Healthcare | 0.4% |
| Real Estate | 0.0% |
Sectors cover positions whose ticker resolved to a sector; the remainder is unclassified, not cash.
Filing history
How concentrated is Ares Management LLC's portfolio?
Across every quarter Ares Management LLC has filed, its median largest position is 54.6% of the book and its median top-ten weight is 84.7%, which WhaleCreep classifies as concentrated (the gate is a median largest position of 5%). Of 1.0 completed holding spells, the median lasted 1.0 quarters; 44.0 positions are still open and their final length is unknown.