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Ares Management Corporation

ARES Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$122.01

▲ +1.90 (+1.6%)

52w hi$171.20
52w lo$93.27
Vol1.58M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.01

Short+0.04
Medium-0.02
Long-0.10

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Ares Management Corporation

Financial Services · Asset Management

Market cap$40.48B
Enterprise value$46.89B
Trailing P/E55.97x
Forward P/E16.97x
EV / EBITDA32.78x
P / S (ttm)7.71x
Profit margin12.1%
Return on equity14.9%
Revenue growth+9.6%
Earnings growth+6.5%
Debt / equity172.38

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.17
Sector+0.02
Technical-0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company's Private Equity Group segment specializes in early venture, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, recapitalization, growth capital, middle market, mezzanine, distressed and growth buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, services, energy, industrials and consumer. The firm seeks to takes majority, minority and shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia and Australia. Its Real Estate Group segment invests in new developments and the repositioning of assets, with a focus on control or majority-control investments; and originates and invests in a range of self-originated financing opportunities for middle-market owners and operators of commercial real estate. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $500 million in companies having EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million and debt investment value between $10 million and $100 million. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

United States · www.ares.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.69
Corr SPX0.65
Annual vol42.1%
Annual ret-3.6%
Sharpe-0.09
Max DD-51.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$144.41
High / Low$190.00 / $114.00
Median$142.00
Analysts17
Strong Buy4
Buy7
Hold6
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-05-04Oppenheimer→ Outperform
2026-05-04Barclays→ Overweight
2026-04-28JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-04-22Citizens→ Market Outperform
2026-04-21Morgan Stanley→ Equal-Weight
2026-04-13Oppenheimer→ Outperform

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-31Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-07-10Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-06-11Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-28Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2026-05-01Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-03-31Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-03-31Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2026-02-05Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-11-03Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-09-25Reg FD Disclosureread
2025-08-01Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-06-11Shareholder Voteread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-07-30BUSH ANTOINETTE COOKGrant1.73K—
2026-07-30BHUTANI ASHISHGrant1.73K—
2026-07-30Naughton EileenGrant1.73K—
2026-07-30Olian Judy D.Grant1.73K—
2026-07-30Lynton MichaelGrant1.73K—
2026-07-30Joubert Paul G.Grant1.73K—
2026-07-01Phillips JarrodChief Financial OfficerWithheld for tax2.58K$293.51K
2026-06-30Arougheti Michael JCo-Founder and CEOWithheld for tax82.96K$9.23M
2026-06-30deVeer R. KippCo-PresidentWithheld for tax82.96K$9.23M
2026-06-03Jacobson BlairCo-PresidentGift8.00K—

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders7
Top-5 share98.2%
HHI4,288 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$999.42M8.98M
Capital Research / Capital World$293.42M2.64M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$171.91M4.57M
Citadel Advisors$74.86M672.57K
Millennium Management$50.15M450.57K
AQR Capital Management$28.73M258.12K
T. Rowe Price Group$10.53K287.16K

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)2.02%
$ / share (TTM)$2.47
5y CAGR+22.9%

Annual dividend per share

2021$1.88
2022$2.44
2023$3.08
2024$3.72
2025$4.48
2026$1.35

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-0710-Qview
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-08-034view
2026-07-318-Kview
2026-07-108-Kview
2026-07-024view
2026-07-024view
2026-07-024view
2026-06-118-Kview
2026-06-044view
2026-05-288-Kview

The Long Run

FY 2014–2025 · 12 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$3.63B+35.2%
Net income$527.36M+28.0%
Cash from ops$3.27B—

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$120.14$124.02$119.65$122.011.58M
Sep 24$121.30$121.35$116.30$120.113.15M
Sep 23$123.37$123.96$121.21$121.481.64M
Sep 22$130.65$130.65$124.20$124.722.37M
Sep 21$126.43$127.95$125.05$126.671.62M

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