Health score, competitive moat, risk signals, and key metrics at a glance.
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.
Competitive analysis based on 49 quarters of fundamental data
Operating margins are positive at ~19.0% on average, but show some variability — pricing power may be sensitive to market conditions.
Consistently high ROE averaging 25.5% suggests a durable competitive advantage and efficient capital allocation.
7 of the last 8 quarters generated positive FCF. The company generally funds itself but has occasional cash consumption quarters.
TTM revenue has grown consistently (7 of 7 quarters up), with ~83.4% growth over the period. Strong demand durability.
Data-driven red flags and warnings across 49 quarters
Operating margins declined 14.1% — watch for continued compression, which may signal competitive or cost pressure.
FCF covers net income by 4.7x on average — earnings are well-supported by cash generation.
D/E ratio of 2.8 is elevated. Monitor for further debt accumulation.
Revenue is stable or growing over recent quarters — demand appears durable.
Free cash flow is consistently positive — the business self-funds without external capital reliance.
Shares outstanding increased 14.2% — significant dilution, likely from stock compensation or capital raises.
as of March 2026
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