Ares Management

ARES · NYSE · USD

$116.57Change from previous close: +0.34%Absolute change: +$0.40

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$38.68B
Enterprise value
$45.65B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
53.5
Forward P/E
16.2
PEG
0.86
Price/book
10.6
Price/sales
7.36
EV/EBITDA
31.9
EV/revenue
8.69

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
100.0%
Operating margin
9.5%
Net margin
12.1%
ROE
14.9%
ROA
4.6%
Revenue growth (year over year)
9.6%
Earnings growth (year over year)
6.5%

Financial health

Total cash
$1.85B
Total debt
$14.87B
Debt/equity
1.72
Current ratio
0.62
Quick ratio
0.53

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$5.40
Dividend yield
4.6%
Payout ratio
226.6%
Ex-dividend date
September 16, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$147.30
Median price target
$148.50
High price target
$168.00
Low price target
$122.00
Analysts with a price target
20
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$7.19
EPS estimate, current year
$5.84

Shares and trading

Beta
1.52
Average volume
2.15M
Shares outstanding
223.96M
Float
219.76M
Institutional ownership
93.5%
Insider ownership
11.2%
Short interest (% of float)
15.0%
Short ratio (days)
8.74