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Ares Management is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, with $595.7 billion in total assets under management, or AUM, including $367.6 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of September 2025. The company has four main business segments: private credit ($391.5 billion in total AUM and $240.2 billion in fee-earning AUM), private equity, ($25.1 billion/$11.8 billion), real estate/real assets ($132.4 billion/$80.5 billion), and other alternatives ($46.7 billion/$35.1 billion). The firm primarily serves institutional investors (80% of AUM) and high-net-worth individuals (20%). Ares operates through more than 35 offices in over 15 countries around the globe.
Ares Management Class A trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol ARES.
As of February 23, 2026, ARES stock price declined to $114.57 with 6,856,459 million shares trading.
ARES has a beta of 1.82, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. ARES has a correlation of 0.49 to the broad based SPY ETF.
ARES has a market cap of $25.24 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Ares Management Class A reported $991 million in Revenue and $1.45 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-458 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.25.
In the last 3 years, ARES traded as high as $200.49 and as low as $71.36.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that ARES belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, VUG, IVV.
ARES has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -33.7% while the SPY ETF gained +13.0%. ARES has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -19.8% and -12.2%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.9% and -1.2%, respectively.
ARES support price is $119.35 and resistance is $126.97 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that ARES shares will trade within this expected range on the day.