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.

112.18 1.85 −1.62%
Market cap
$37.7B
P/E
51.5×
Fwd P/E
21.0×
Dividend yield
4.61%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Operating margin

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Ares Management Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 18.1%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.68% (fiscal 2017) to 24.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Asset Management industry median of 33.4% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.9% (8.41)
FY2024 24.4% 1.39
FY2023 23.0% 12.93
FY2022 10.0% (9.01)
FY2021 19.0% 1.26
FY2020 17.8% 0.64
FY2019 17.1% 7.95
FY2018 9.19% 10.87
FY2017 −1.68% (20.65)
FY2016 19.0% 13.40

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 17.4% 1.07
Mar 2026 16.3% (0.70)
Dec 2025 17.0% (4.05)
Sep 2025 21.1% 5.34
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −1.68% High 24.4%
Ten-year median 17.1%
Current reading's percentile 67

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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