$138.62-1.53 (-1.09%)
Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager.
Ares Management Corporation in the Financial Services sector is trading at $138.62 with a market capitalization of $47.0B. Wall Street consensus targets $147.50 (18 analysts), implying a +6.4% move over the next 12 months. The stock is currently 26% below its 52-week high of $186.85, remaining 5.5% above its 200-day moving average. On fundamentals, Piotroski 5/9 shows mixed financial quality, Altman Z in the distress zone. The Whystock Score of 80/100 reflects bullish alignment across trend, valuation and analyst targets.
| Metric (USD) | Q2 2026 | Q1 2026 | Q4 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $1.43B↑ | $1.40B↓ | $1.50B↓ | $1.66B↑ | $1.35B |
| Gross Profit | $739.95M↑ | $704.03M↓ | $899.97M↓ | $997.79M↑ | $706.42M |
| Operating Income | $248.63M↑ | $227.97M↓ | $256.28M↓ | $349.41M↑ | $212.55M |
| Net Income | $150.63M↑ | $142.59M↑ | $54.25M↓ | $288.88M↑ | $137.06M |
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, turnaroun...

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Academic risk and quality models computed from ARES's own filings and price history, not from analyst opinion.
Mixed: 5 of 9 fundamental-health tests pass, so profitability and balance-sheet trends disagree.
Altman Z below 1.81, the financial-distress band. This measures balance-sheet stress, not share-price direction.
Beneish M below the -1.78 flag threshold, so the earnings-manipulation model finds nothing unusual in the accruals and margin trends.
Share of earnings coming from accruals rather than cash. Higher values historically precede weaker future returns.
Hidden Markov model fitted to two years of returns, separating bull, bear and sideways states by their own drift and volatility.
GARCH(1,1) 30-day annualised forecast, above the current 35.7% reading.
Fama-French 5-factor market beta. The five factors explain 29% of this stock's return variance; the rest is idiosyncratic.
The stock’s own historical valuation anchor, which is a fairer comparison than a sector average for a company with a persistent premium or discount.
Model inputs as of 2026-09-08.