Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Stock

About Ares Management Corporation

Ares Management Corporation is led by CEO Michael J. Arougheti, employs 4,250 people, headquartered in Los Angeles, US, publicly traded since 2014.

Ares Management Corporation (ARES) stock trades at $122.08 with a market capitalization of $40.09B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 51.95, price-to-book of 6.79, price-to-sales of 6.12. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $95.80 and $181.19, and currently trades 32.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.54%.

On profitability, Ares Management Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.20%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 5.40%, an operating margin of 27.22%, a net profit margin of 9.97%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Ares Management Corporation reported annual revenue of $6.5B, net profit of $527.0M. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 29.7%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 28.2%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.75 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 2.24, total assets of $29.0B, $1.5B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

ARES has an average daily trading volume of 2,279,706 shares, a beta of 1.52 (historically more volatile than the overall market).

Ares Management Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Ares Management Corporation reported revenue of $1.3B rising to $6.5B, a change of +415.9% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 29.7% a year over five years, 28.4% over three, 66.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $527.0M.

Operating margin went from 14.6% in 2016 to 27.2% in 2025, a gain of 12.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 9.97%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $6.4B and net profit $637.0M.

Borrowings rose from $3.4B to $14.9B, cash from operations was $3.3B in the latest year, positive in 2 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 16.7% over five years, and was 12.3% in the most recent year.

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