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Ares Management Corporation (ARES)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Los Angeles, United States | NYSE
120.45 USD -1.36 (-1.116%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★⯪☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:22 a.m. EDT

The most critical signal is the unsustainable payout ratio of 217%, which casts doubt on the reliability of the 4.44% yield despite the attractive headline number. While revenue growth remains robust at 28%, the balance sheet shows fragility with a current ratio below 0.5 and high leverage, preventing a top-tier long-term recommendation. Short-term momentum is recovering from recent lows near the 52-week floor, supported by bullish options flow and analyst upgrades, suggesting a potential bounce. However, the statistical forecast offers no directional clarity, and the high beta amplifies volatility. Investors should view this as a speculative recovery play rather than a stable income vehicle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.040090
AutoETS0.040169
MSTL0.041573
AutoTheta0.042337

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 15.11
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.108
Excess Kurtosis 0.40
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-15
Debt to Equity Ratio 168.762
Revenue per Share 26.734
Market Cap 39,730,024,448
Trailing P/E 56.29
Forward P/E 16.43
Beta 1.54
Profit Margins 10.54%
Website https://www.ares.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:22 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile range-bound move with a bullish bias on upside. Heavy call open interest at $125-$175 strikes suggests bets on a rebound toward analyst targets, while significant put volume at $90-$115 strikes indicates downside hedging or bearish speculation. Implied volatility is elevated on deep strikes, reflecting uncertainty.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.00% 3.57% 2.99% 3.10%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-16 1.350 1.000148
2026-03-17 1.350 1.277562
2025-12-17 1.120 0.664649
2025-09-16 1.120 0.627065
2025-06-16 1.120 0.670538
2025-03-17 1.120 0.761335
2024-12-17 0.930 0.521505
2024-09-16 0.930 0.622532
2024-06-14 0.930 0.701199
2024-03-14 0.930 0.700407
2023-12-14 0.770 0.674847
2023-09-14 0.770 0.733543
2023-06-15 0.770 0.808229
2023-03-16 0.770 1.009571
2022-12-15 0.610 0.884186
2022-09-15 0.610 0.800420
2022-06-15 0.610 1.039891
2022-03-16 0.610 0.808375
2021-12-16 0.470 0.623756
2021-09-15 0.470 0.592089
2021-06-15 0.470 0.810345
2021-03-16 0.470 0.859546
2020-12-16 0.400 0.816160
2020-09-15 0.400 0.995768
2020-06-15 0.400 1.049043
2020-03-16 0.400 1.459321
2019-12-16 0.320 0.949837
2019-09-13 0.320 1.063123
2019-06-13 0.320 1.196709
2019-03-14 0.320 1.341157
2018-12-14 0.280 1.292705
2018-09-13 0.280 1.323877
2018-06-14 0.280 1.342926
2018-04-13 0.093 0.435597
2018-02-23 0.400 1.670146
2017-11-16 0.410 2.216216
2017-08-16 0.310 1.731844
2017-05-25 0.130 0.710383
2017-05-18 0.130 0.702703
2017-03-08 0.280 1.473684
2016-11-17 0.200 1.186944
2016-08-19 0.280 1.616628
2016-05-20 0.150 1.066098
2016-03-10 0.200 1.502630
2015-11-20 0.130 0.928571
2015-08-21 0.260 1.498559
2015-05-20 0.250 1.282709
2015-03-12 0.240 1.245459
2014-11-20 0.240 1.478743
2014-08-21 0.180 1.013514
Additional Data
dividendRate 5.4
dividendYield 4.48
exDividendDate 2026-06-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.71
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.038666777
lastDividendValue 1.35
lastDividendDate 2026-06-16
dividendDate 2026-06-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.3245536
Address1 1,800 Avenue of the Stars
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 200.485
All Time Low 10.72
Ask 130.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 1.9 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,276,250
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,744,347
Average Volume 2,744,347
Average Volume10Days 2,276,250
Beta 1.536
Bid 109.82
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 10
Book Value 11.379
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 120.45
Current Ratio 0.488
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 123.36
Day Low 119.82
Debt To Equity 168.762
Display Name Ares Management
Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Dividend Rate 5.4
Dividend Yield 4.48
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,528,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,528,000
Earnings Growth 7.705
Earnings Quarterly Growth 2.023
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,501,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,501,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,501,000
Ebitda 1,379,773,056
Ebitda Margins 0.2335
Enterprise To Ebitda 33.115
Enterprise To Revenue 7.732
Enterprise Value 45,691,256,832
Eps Current Year 5.9076
Eps Forward 7.33073
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 123.2386
Fifty Day Average Change -2.7886047
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.022627689
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -32.45536
Fifty Two Week High 195.26
Fifty Two Week High Change -74.81
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3831302
Fifty Two Week Low 95.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 24.649994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2573068
Fifty Two Week Range 95.8 - 195.26
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,399,037,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.72
Float Shares 215,859,382
Forward Eps 7.33073
Forward P E 16.430832
Free Cashflow 1,757,137,152
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,297
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.37561
Gross Profits 2,219,550,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.11254
Held Percent Institutions 0.89764
Implied Shares Outstanding 329,846,626
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,568,000
Last Dividend Value 1.35
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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 early venture, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, recapitalization, 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 Asia and Australia. Its Real Estate Group segment invests in new developments and the repositioning of assets, with a focus on control or majority-control investments; and originates and invests in a range of self-originated financing opportunities for middle-market owners and operators of commercial real estate. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $500 million in companies having EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million and debt investment value between $10 million and $100 million. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
Long Name Ares Management Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 39,730,024,448
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_44707236
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 561,673,024
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 27,163,683,088
Number Of Analyst Opinions 17
Open 121.73
Operating Cashflow 1,679,271,040
Operating Margins 0.18434
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 2.1705
Peg Ratio 1.12
Phone 310 201 4100
Pre Market Change -0.05999756
Pre Market Change Percent -0.049811173
Pre Market Price 120.39
Pre Market Time 1,784,025,118
Previous Close 121.81
Price Eps Current Year 20.38899
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 10.585289
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.7235174
Profit Margins 0.10539
Quick Ratio 0.415
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.94118
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.36
Regular Market Change Percent -1.11649
Regular Market Day High 123.36
Regular Market Day Low 119.82
Regular Market Day Range 119.82 - 123.36
Regular Market Open 121.73
Regular Market Previous Close 121.81
Regular Market Price 120.45
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 1,695,354
Return On Assets 0.02536
Return On Equity 0.14182
Revenue Growth 0.283
Revenue Per Share 26.734
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 222,028,421
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0696
Shares Short 15,700,622
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 16,996,666
Short Name Ares Management Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1491
Short Ratio 5.72
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ARES
Target High Price 163.0
Target Low Price 124.0
Target Mean Price 142.94118
Target Median Price 141.0
Total Cash 1,438,083,968
Total Cash Per Share 6.377
Total Debt 14,147,783,680
Total Revenue 5,909,112,832
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.71
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.038666777
Trailing Eps 2.14
Trailing P E 56.28504
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.1206
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 136.6765
Two Hundred Day Average Change -16.226501
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.118721955
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,695,354
Website https://www.ares.com
Zip 90,067