Ares ManagementARES
ARES
About: Ares Management Corp is an asset management company. It offers investors investment-related advice and strategies for capital growth. The company's operating segments include Credit Group, Private Equity Group, Real Assets, Secondaries Group, and Others. Its Credit Group generates maximum revenue and manages credit strategies across the liquid and illiquid spectrum. Private Equity Group manages investment strategies categorized as corporate private equity, infrastructure and power, and special opportunities, Real Estate Group manages comprehensive equity and debt strategies across real estate & infrastructure investments. The Secondaries Group invests in secondary markets across a range of alternative asset class strategies, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, & credit.
Employees: 3,200
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Funds holding %
of 7,428 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
54% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 106 | Existing positions closed: 69
42% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q1] → 17 (+5) [Q2]
24% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $26.7B [Q1] → $33B (+$6.3B) [Q2]
19% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 308 | Existing positions reduced: 258
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 727 [Q1] → 750 (+23) [Q2]
0.59% less ownership
Funds ownership: 89.2% [Q1] → 88.6% (-0.59%) [Q2]
71% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $89.1M | Put options by funds: $305M
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$200
12%
upside
Avg. target
$205
15%
upside
High target
$215
21%
upside
5 analyst ratings
5 positive
100%
0 neutral
0%
0 negative
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RBC Capital Kenneth S. Lee | 21%upside $215 | Outperform Maintained | 18 Aug 2025 |
JMP Securities Brian McKenna | 15%upside $205 | Market Outperform Maintained | 6 Aug 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kyle Voigt | 14%upside $203 | Outperform Maintained | 4 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo Michael Brown | 13%upside $202 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 12%upside $200 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 9 articles about ARES published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Ares Management Expands Access to Leading Private Infrastructure Strategy for Australia Wealth Channel
SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today the launch of Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (AUT) (the “Fund”), an Australian-domiciled unit trust designed to provide wholesale and advised retail clients in Australia access to Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (“ACI”). ACI, a U.S.-regulated business development company, is a private infrastructure investment solution that seeks to generate attractive risk-a.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
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Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2025 11:00 PM ET Company Participants Greg Michael Mason - Managing Director of Public IR & Communications Jarrod Morgan Phillips - Partner & CFO Michael J. Arougheti - Co-Founder, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Alexander Blostein - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Benjamin Elliot Budish - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division William Raymond Katz - TD Cowen, Research Division Brian Bertram Bedell - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Brian J.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
Compared to Estimates, Ares Management (ARES) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Ares Management (ARES) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
Ares Management (ARES) Misses Q2 Earnings Estimates
Ares Management (ARES) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.03 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.99 per share a year ago.
Neutral
Accesswire
3 weeks ago
Ares Management Announces Second Quarter 2025 U.S. Direct Lending Origination Activity
Approximately $8.8 Billion in New Commitments Closed in the Second Quarter and Approximately $46.5 Billion Closed in the 12 Months Ended June 30, 2025 NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 1, 2025 / Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) announced today that funds managed by its Credit Group (collectively "Ares") closed approximately $8.8 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 70 transactions during the second quarter of 2025 and approximately $46.5 billion in direct lending commitments across 328 transactions in the 12 months ended June 30, 2025. Below is a description of selected transactions that Ares closed during the second quarter of 2025.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Ares Management Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) today reported its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2025. GAAP net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation was $137.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. On a basic and diluted basis, net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation per share of Class A and non-voting common stock was $0.46 for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. After-tax realized income was $367.9 million for the q.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 weeks ago
Stay Ahead of the Game With Ares Management (ARES) Q2 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for Ares Management (ARES), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2025.
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
Ares Management Establishes Joint Venture With Savion to Invest in U.S. Solar Power Generation
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that a fund managed by the Ares Infrastructure Opportunities strategy (the “Ares fund”) and Savion Equity, LLC (“Savion”), a subsidiary of Shell plc, have established Tango Holdings, LLC (“Tango”), a joint venture that will support solar energy development and management in the United States. Founded in 2019, Savion develops large-scale solar and energy.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Ares Management (ARES) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
Ares Management (ARES) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
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