Ares Management (ARES)

• Market cap: $35.1B
• 1 day: -3.12%
• 5 days: -5.91%
• 1 month: -10.59%
• 3 months: -0.53%
• 6 months: 20.48%
• Year to date: -2.65%
• 1 year: 32.27%
• 5 years: 335.77%
• 10 years: 662.22%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Investment Advice

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 and Secondaries Group. 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 and infrastructure investments. The Secondaries Group invests in secondary markets across a range of alternative asset class strategies, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit.

Employees: 2,850

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

151% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 123 | Existing positions closed: 49

27% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 261 | Existing positions reduced: 205

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $28.7B [Q3] → $31.8B (+$3.03B) [Q4]

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 645 [Q3] → 690 (+45) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 12 (+0) [Q4]

3.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 93.79% [Q3] → 90.45% (-3.34%) [Q4]

35% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $35.4M | Put options by funds: $54.5M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $202 16% upside
• Avg. target: $211 21% upside
• High target: $217 25% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Wells Fargo Michael Brown 52% 1-year accuracy 31 / 60 met price target	24% upside $215	Overweight Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Barclays Benjamin Budish 76% 1-year accuracy 95 / 125 met price target	25% upside $217	Overweight Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Michael Brown 52% 1-year accuracy 31 / 60 met price target	16% upside $202	Outperform Upgraded	20 Dec 2024