Ares Management Corporation
ARES Financial Asset Management
Ares Management Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.6 billion, up 44.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.81%, EPS grew 6.52%, free cash flow fell 197.9% and total debt rose 63.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Free cash flow margin
Ares Management Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.0%, down 43.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (57.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −149.8% (fiscal 2018) to 69.5% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 12.4% and in line with the Financial sector median of 14.7%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 57.0% | (12.46) |
| FY2024 | 69.5% | 77.76 |
| FY2023 | −8.27% | 16.93 |
| FY2022 | −25.2% | 37.08 |
| FY2021 | −62.3% | (37.25) |
| FY2020 | −25.0% | 93.91 |
| FY2019 | −118.9% | 30.83 |
| FY2018 | −149.8% | (21.65) |
| FY2017 | −128.1% | (77.29) |
| FY2016 | −50.8% | 15.31 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. compare | 41.4% |
| BAM Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. compare | 40.8% |
| PFG Principal Financial Group, Inc. compare | 30.9% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. compare | 26.4% |
| TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. compare | 22.1% |
| ARES Ares Management Corporation | 14.0% |
| RJF Raymond James Financial, Inc. compare | 8.49% |
| STT State Street Corporation compare | 0.00% |
| NTRS Northern Trust Corporation compare | −1.44% |
| Asset Management industry median | 12.4% |
| Financial sector median | 14.7% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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