Ares Management Corporation (ARES)

NYSE: ARES · Real-Time Price · USD
113.01
+0.83 (0.74%)
At close: Apr 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
113.01
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Apr 28, 2026, 4:04 PM EDT
0.74%
Market Cap 37.28B
Revenue (ttm) 5.60B
Net Income (ttm) 468.68M
Shares Out 329.84M
EPS (ttm) 1.76
PE Ratio 63.57
Forward PE 18.43
Dividend $5.40 (4.78%)
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 17, 2026
Volume 2,997,729
Open 113.86
Previous Close 112.18
Day's Range 110.18 - 114.36
52-Week Range 95.80 - 195.26
Beta 1.54
Analysts Buy
Price Target 165.50 (+46.45%)
Earnings Date May 1, 2026

About ARES

Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company’s Private Equity Group segment specializes in growth capital, middle market, mezzanine, distressed and growth buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, services, energy, industrials and consumer. The firm seeks to takes majority, minority and shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast As... [Read more]

Sector Financials
IPO Date May 2, 2014
Employees 4,250
Stock Exchange NYSE
Ticker Symbol ARES
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2025, Ares Management's revenue was $5.60 billion, an increase of 44.19% compared to the previous year's $3.88 billion. Earnings were $468.68 million, a decrease of -0.65%.

Financial Statements

Analyst Forecast

According to 16 analysts, the average rating for ARES stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price target is $165.5, which is an increase of 46.45% from the latest price.

Price Target
$165.5
(46.45% upside)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Stock Forecasts

News

Platinum Equity and Ares Commercial Finance Provide Financing for Kingswood Capital Management's Acquisition of Daramic

NEW YORK, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Platinum Credit Opportunities Funds ("PCOF") and Ares Commercial Finance ("ACF") announced today that they provided financing to support Kingswood Capital Mana...

1 day ago - PRNewsWire

Aspida Life and Market Synergy Group Launch Bitcoin-Linked Index Across Synergy Choice™ Fixed Index Annuity Suite

The expansion of the fixed index annuity suite provides clients with innovative access to digital asset growth potential within a protected retirement framework. The expansion of the fixed index annui...

1 day ago - GlobeNewsWire

How Retail Investors Can Benefit From Private Equity's $226B Secondary Market

The growing secondary market is changing how capital flows between investors, offering liquidity where there was once very little. In 2026, secondary transactions reached a record $226 billion, reflec...

Other symbols: BXOWL
6 days ago - Benzinga

Alternative asset managers brace for investor test over AI, redemptions

Wall Street's largest alternative asset managers face a critical test in the coming weeks as they try to convince ​investors that concerns over AI disruption to their portfolio companies and a pullbac...

Other symbols: BXKKROWL
7 days ago - Reuters

Ares Management Backs Niche Property Lender Clearwater PACE

The alternative investment manager provides up to $300 million to support Clearwater loans for energy-efficiency upgrades in commercial real estate.

12 days ago - WSJ

Private Credit Looks Calm. Why Blackstone and Ares Stocks Are Starting to Climb.

Blackstone and Ares Management shares are climbing as private credit markets remain stable, signaling resilience despite macro uncertainty.

Other symbols: BX
13 days ago - Barrons

No signs of major default cycle in private credit, Ares CEO says

Private credit defaults are relatively contained, with most of the stress in the sector being ​liquidity- and rate-driven, the head of Ares Management Corp ‌said on Wednesday.

13 days ago - Reuters

Whitestone REIT Stock Jumps 11%. It's Being Bought for $1.7 Billion by Ares Management.

Ares Management will acquire all outstanding Whitestone common shares for $19 apiece.

Other symbols: WSR
19 days ago - Barrons

Ares Management to Buy Whitestone REIT in $1.7 Billion Deal

Alternative investment manager Ares Management has agreed to buy real-estate investment trust Whitestone REIT in an all-cash transaction valued at about $1.7 billion.

Other symbols: WSR
19 days ago - WSJ

E.G. Morse to Join Ares as Head of Asia Credit and Dinesh Goel and Gabriel Fong Appointed as Co-Heads of the Asia Special Situations Strategy

NEW YORK & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that E.G. Morse will join Ares as Partner and...

19 days ago - Business Wire

Why Marathon's Richards Is Worried About Direct Lending

Marathon Asset Management Chair and CEO Bruce Richards explains why he sees a correction in direct lending. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Richards says software has the biggest problems in the di...

Other symbols: APOBLKBXKKR
20 days ago - Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Private credit sector stresses could be catastrophic, but not just yet

Some investors think private credit is a tempest in a teapot. Others think it is about to spark a new financial crisis.

Other symbols: APOBXKKROWL
24 days ago - Reuters

Oaktree's Panossian Says Private Credit Correction Not Systemic

Armen Panossian, co-CEO and head of performing credit at Oaktree Capital Management, addresses the current challenges in the private credit market. Speaking on "Bloomberg Open Interest," Panossian emp...

Other symbols: APOBXKKROWL
26 days ago - Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Ares Raises Combined $5.4 Billion for U.S. and Europe Value-Add Real Estate Strategies

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that it has raised approximately $5.4 billion of aggregat...

26 days ago - Business Wire

US Treasury to meet with insurance regulators to discuss private credit markets

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it will meet with domestic and international insurance regulators to discuss recent developments in private credit ​markets, as concerns about the health...

Other symbols: BLKBXJPMMS
26 days ago - Reuters

Ares Management Corporation Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for the First Quarter Ending March 31, 2026

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2026 / Ares Management Corporation announced today that it will report earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, 2026 on Friday, May 1, 2026 prior to th...

26 days ago - Accesswire

Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release For The First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2026 / Ares Capital Corporation ("Ares Capital") (NASDAQ:ARCC) announced today that it will report earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 on Tues...

Other symbols: ARCC
27 days ago - Accesswire

Ares Raises Over $9.8 Billion for Leading Opportunistic Credit Strategy

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that it has closed on over $9.8 billion of capital for it...

4 weeks ago - Business Wire

Churchill's Kencel on the State of Private Credit

Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management president and CEO, says the rise of redemption requests from private credit funds are slowing down growth. He speaks to Dani Burger on Bloomberg Open Interest.

Other symbols: APOOWL
4 weeks ago - Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Ares Management Leads $1.7 Billion Private-Credit Continuation Vehicle With Antares

The deal is the latest in a wave of credit secondary activity that has driven record fundraises in the past year

4 weeks ago - WSJ

Private Credit's Exposure to Ailing Software Industry Is Bigger Than Advertised

Analysis by The Wall Street Journal finds four of the largest private-credit funds have more exposure to the software industry than their filings suggest.

Other symbols: APOBXOWL
4 weeks ago - WSJ

Ares, Apollo Cap Private Credit Fund Withdrawals as Exodus Grows

Two of the biggest names in private credit blocked investors from getting even half of the money they wanted out of their funds, a sign of mounting strain in the $1.8 trillion market. Dani Burger has ...

Other symbols: APO
4 weeks ago - Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Ares Caps Redemptions as Private Credit Pressures Build

Ares Management has begun limiting withdrawals from its Strategic Income Fund as redemption requests rise across the private credit industry.

4 weeks ago - Barrons

Private credit's ‘zero-loss fantasy' is coming to an end as defaults and fund exits rise

A wave of investor withdrawals and concerns over deteriorating loan quality are forcing asset managers to cap redemptions in their private credit funds. But strategists say a rise in defaults could he...

Other symbols: APOBXMSOWLRJF
4 weeks ago - CNBC

It's the ‘Silence of the Lambs': Expert SOUNDS ALARM on private credit

Whalen Global Advisors chairman Christopher Whalen warns of hidden risks and illiquidity in private equity and credit markets on ‘Making Money.'

Other symbols: APOJEFKKR
4 weeks ago - Fox Business