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
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.33
Total sells 91.48
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 2 — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 — 1 1 — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 7.61%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 37,660.00
Revenue 5,987.60
Net Income 1,304.89
Free Cash Flow 836.15
Net Debt 5,256.00
Current Ratio 0.26
Debt/Equity 0.83
P/E ratio 51.46 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 21.00
P/S ratio 4.24
P/B ratio 3.55
Past 5Y EPS Growth 14.47%
This Y EPS Growth 21.65% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 23.95% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (12.11%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 21.10% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 47.64%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 65.32%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 59.09%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 2.37
Annual Dividend Rate 5.17
Annual Dividend Yield 4.61%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 5.44
1.35
1.35
1.35
2025 4.48
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.12
2024 3.72
0.93
0.93
0.93
0.93
2023 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2022 2.44
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.61
2021 1.88
0.47
0.47
0.47
0.47
2020 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2019 1.28
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.32
2018 1.33
0.40
0.09
0.28
0.28
0.28
2017 1.26
0.28
0.13
0.13
0.31
0.41
2016 0.83
0.20
0.15
0.28
0.20
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1,645 2,938 1,676 1,852
Receivables 897 1,057 1,420 1,490
Inventory — — — —
Other 14,079 12,187 12,845 —
16,620 16,182 15,942 3,343
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3,666 4,057 5,237 5,496
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 12,346 9,672 7,359 6,952
16,299 14,010 13,069 13,083

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 21.27% 26.00% 22.39%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 36.21% 26.71% 36.50%
Book Value 24.52% 28.55% 31.69%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,396 1,429 — — —
’25 1,089 1,350 1,658 1,505 5,601
’24 707 789 1,130 1,259 3,885
’23 813 1,093 671 1,054 3,632
’22 715 601 801 938 3,055
’21 658 1,295 949 1,310 4,212
’20 13 603 490 658 1,764
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 407 (351) — — —
’25 1,994 416 1,341 (484) 3,267
’24 710 432 841 808 2,791
’23 708 (699) 318 (560) (233)
’22 224 (792) 25 (191) (734)
’21 (741) (328) (775) (752) (2,596)
’20 (363) 212 163 (438) (426)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 391 (384) — — —
’25 1,972 393 1,329 (499) 3,195
’24 684 403 814 798 2,700
’23 699 (711) 295 (583) (300)
’22 216 (802) 15 (198) (770)
’21 (744) (333) (782) (764) (2,623)
’20 (366) 207 163 (445) (442)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.46 0.49 — — —
’25 0.00 0.46 1.15 0.08 1.71
’24 0.33 0.43 0.55 0.72 2.04
’23 0.49 0.74 0.30 0.86 2.42
’22 0.24 0.21 (0.22) 0.62 0.87
’21 0.32 0.69 0.45 0.66 2.15
’20 (0.33) 0.35 0.27 0.46 0.87
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 10.72 17.15 16.19 16.91 20.20 44.43 53.15 67.29 112.83 110.63

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 19.54 23.25 25.95 36.04 49.86 90.08 86.06 120.99 185.06 200.49
People
People Employees 925 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,450 2,100 2,550 2,850 3,200 4,250
Revenue/emp, $m 1.36 1.48 0.87 1.47 1.22 2.01 1.20 1.27 1.21 1.32
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,254 1,480 958 1,765 1,764 4,212 3,055 3,632 3,885 5,601
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 298 150 184 425 379 1,066 511 1,333 1,275 1,287
EBT margin, % 23.75 10.13 19.23 24.08 21.51 25.30 16.72 36.70 32.83 22.97
Net income 287 173 152 373 324 918 439 1,160 1,111 1,088
Depreciation 33 33 29 39 41 113 341 232 159 243
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.53 18.08 9.98 16.36 13.06 25.73 17.41 19.68 19.61 25.77
Earnings 1.23 0.62 0.30 1.18 0.89 2.24 0.87 2.44 2.04 1.71
Cash flow (7.75) (22.76) (14.76) (19.30) (3.15) (15.86) (4.18) (1.26) 14.09 15.03
Capex (0.15) (0.41) (0.19) (0.16) (0.12) (0.17) (0.20) (0.36) (0.46) (0.33)
Free cash flow (7.90) (23.17) (14.95) (19.46) (3.27) (16.02) (4.39) (1.63) 13.63 14.70
Book value 17.06 17.84 14.52 17.22 18.30 23.30 21.64 24.25 34.46 39.92
Shares, m 81 82 96 108 135 164 176 185 198 217
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 15.29 32.06 53.88 32.15 60.32 35.96 78.56 47.71 87.21 95.64
P/S 1.20 1.12 1.78 2.18 3.60 3.16 3.93 5.87 9.03 6.27
P/B 1.40 1.42 1.56 2.47 2.92 3.49 3.16 4.76 6.53 4.87
EV/Sales 0.85 1.17 (6.06) 2.00 3.43 3.15 4.32 6.26 9.00 7.12
EV/FCF (1.68) (0.91) 4.05 (1.68) (13.72) (5.06) (17.14) (75.73) 12.95 12.48
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (626) (1,863) (1,417) (2,083) (426) (2,596) (734) (233) 2,791 3,267
Capex (12) (33) (18) (17) (16) (27) (36) (67) (92) (72)
Free cash flow (638) (1,896) (1,435) (2,100) (442) (2,623) (770) (300) 2,700 3,195
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (2,331) (5,409) 357 (8,456) (10,045) (690) (261) 321 2,172 2,873
Total debt 361 754 690 424 765 1,631 2,442 3,091 2,834 6,193
Net debt (437) 79 (7,520) (321) (297) (42) 1,203 1,446 (104) 4,517
Shareholders’ equity 1,377 1,460 1,394 1,859 2,472 3,814 3,799 4,474 6,824 8,676
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.96 0.76 0.38 1.15 0.96 2.10 0.77 2.03 1.78 1.59
ROIC 15.82 (1.01) 0.00 12.30 9.01 13.29 3.83 8.80 8.80 4.23
ROE 9.73 4.86 3.13 9.58 6.99 12.92 4.40 11.47 8.96 6.77
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Ares Management Corporation vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BAM Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. $75.3B 26.0× 24.1× +60.83% (above 0%: growing) +47.37% (above 0%: growing) +3.02% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 65.83% Compare
APO Apollo Global Management Inc. $66.1B 39.6× 15.6× +63.68% (above 0%: growing) +118.00% (above 0%: growing) +128.29% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 22.42% Compare
STT State Street Corporation $46.0B 13.1× 13.4× +5.36% (above 0%: growing) +40.48% (above 0%: growing) +65.74% (above 0%: growing) 66.12% 0.00% Compare
AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. $44.4B 11.9× 10.7× +12.91% (above 0%: growing) +11.40% (above 0%: growing) +65.06% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 29.70% Compare
ARES Ares Management Corporation $37.7B 51.5× 21.0× +5.81% (above 0%: growing) +6.52% (above 0%: growing) −197.89% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 17.40%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation $30.3B 14.1× 15.2× +16.99% (above 0%: growing) +98.60% (above 0%: growing) −113.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.06% 0.00% Compare
RJF Raymond James Financial, Inc. $30.3B 13.4× 13.4× +13.53% (above 0%: growing) +41.67% (above 0%: growing) −148.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 26.55% Compare
PFG Principal Financial Group, Inc. $23.3B 15.2× 11.5× +6.39% (above 0%: growing) +3.31% (above 0%: growing) +154.82% (above 0%: growing) 48.38% 12.71% Compare
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. $21.6B 10.1× 11.9× +10.68% (above 0%: growing) +28.57% (above 0%: growing) −3.59% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 28.34% Compare
Median of peers $37.3B 13.8× 13.4× +13.22% +41.08% +34.04% 100.00% 24.49%

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Ares Management Corporation (ARES) key facts

  • Strength: Ares Management Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.6 billion, up 44.2% from fiscal 2024.
  • Ares Management Corporation (ARES) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ARES traded at $112.18, a market capitalization of $37.7 billion.
  • Ares Management Corporation pays an annual dividend of $5.17 per share, a yield of 4.61%.
  • Return on equity was 6.77% and debt-to-equity 0.83.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

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