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.

Revenue
−13.5%
EPS
−21.5%
Free cash flow
−197.9%
Total debt
+63.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

134.46 0.74 +0.55%
Market cap
$44.2B
P/E
69.2×
Fwd P/E
22.4×
Dividend yield
3.86%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Operating margin

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Ares Management Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.7%, up 1.7 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 27.3% 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)
Sep 2026 19.9% 2.47
Jun 2026 17.4% 1.07
Mar 2026 16.3% (0.70)
Dec 2025 17.0% (4.05)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −1.68% High 24.4%
Ten-year median 17.1%
Current reading's percentile 60

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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