Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.51 by 1.19 percent. This is a 18.03 percent decrease over earnings of $0.61 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $745.000 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $753.483 million by 1.13 percent. This is a 1.32 percent decrease over sales of $755.000 million the same period last year.