Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.54 by 7.41 percent. This is a 15.25 percent decrease over earnings of $0.59 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $732.00 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $777.10 million by 5.80 percent. This is a 4.42 percent increase over sales of $701.00 million the same period last year.