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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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of 7,398 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
153% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 129 | Existing positions closed: 51
27% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 267 | Existing positions reduced: 211
11% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $28.7B [Q3] → $31.8B (+$3.11B) [Q4]
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 645 [Q3] → 709 (+64) [Q4]
8% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 13 (+1) [Q4]
3.08% less ownership
Funds ownership: 93.69% [Q3] → 90.6% (-3.08%) [Q4]
35% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $35.4M | Put options by funds: $54.5M
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$187
25%
upside
Avg. target
$202
35%
upside
High target
$217
45%
upside
2 analyst ratings
2 positive
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0 negative
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Wells Fargo Michael Brown 46% 1-year accuracy 30 / 65 met price target | 25%upside $187 | Overweight Maintained | 20 Mar 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish 69% 1-year accuracy 86 / 124 met price target | 45%upside $217 | Overweight Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about ARES published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
1 day ago
Joel Holsinger Appointed Co-Chair of the Ares Charitable Foundation
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) (“Ares”) announced today that Joel Holsinger, Partner and Co-Head of Ares' Alternative Credit strategy, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ares Charitable Foundation (the “Ares Foundation”) to serve as Co-Chair alongside current Chair, Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer of Ares. Since its launch in 2021, the Ares Foundation has committed more than $66 million to a global portfolio of nonprofit organizations t.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
6 days ago
Aspida Life Re Ltd. Appoints Elinor Friedman to its Board of Directors
HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aspida Life Re Ltd. (“Aspida Re”), a reinsurance company focused on providing life and annuity reinsurance solutions to companies globally, announced today the recent appointment of Elinor Friedman, FSA, MAAA to its Board of Directors (“the Board”).
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
ENGIE Expands Partnership with Ares Management with Addition of Nearly 1 GW Portfolio of Solar and Storage Assets in the U.S.
Additional Portfolio Brings Relationship to 3.7 GW of Investment in U.S. Generation HOUSTON , March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ENGIE North America (ENGIE) announced that it recently expanded its partnership with Ares Management Infrastructure Opportunities funds (Ares) via the addition of a new almost 1 GW portfolio. ENGIE will retain a controlling share in the portfolio and will continue to operate and manage the assets.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund Receives 2025 LSEG Lipper Award
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Touchstone Investments (“Touchstone”), known for its Distinctively Active® mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today that its Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (TARBX) has received a 2025 LSEG Lipper award in the Alternative Credit Focus Funds category for its 5-year performance (out of 21 funds and 75 share classes). Established in 2015 and sub-advised by a subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), the Touchstone.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
17 Upcoming Dividend Increases
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Neutral
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
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Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
Ares Management Corporation Completes Acquisition of GCP International
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the international business of GLP Capital Partners Limited, excluding its operations in Greater China, and certain of its affiliates (“GCP International”). With the addition of GCP International, Ares' leading global alternative investment platform managed over $525 billion in assets, including more than $115 billion in its global Real Assets business, as of Dece.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Ares Management Upsizes Tempus Debt Facilities to $560 Million
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that Ares Credit funds served as the administrative agent on $300 million in incremental debt financing for Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM) (“Tempus”), a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care. The financing is intended to support Tempus' previously announced acquisition of Ambry Genetics (“Ambry”), whi.
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
New Strong Sell Stocks for February 12th
ARES, CSLLY and CABGY have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on February 12, 2025.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
TIFIN AMP Partners With Ares Wealth Management Solutions to Launch New Platform for Streamlining Alts Distribution
BOULDER, Colo. , Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TIFIN AMP Inc. ("TIFIN AMP"), an AI-powered distribution intelligence platform, is excited to announce a strategic relationship with Ares Wealth Management Solutions ("AWMS"), the global private wealth platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) ("Ares").
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