Ares Management Corporation (ARES) - Stock Analysis
Last updated: Jan 19, 2026
Research Idea
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Ares Management exhibits strong momentum with elevated fundraising, record fee growth, and approaching S&P 500 inclusion on 2025-12-11âa clear short-term catalyst likely to drive investor inflows despite valuation and technical caution.
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Valuation Metrics
Fundamental Analysis
Key Financial Insights: ⢠Strong free cashflow ⢠High leverage ⢠Rich valuation Ares delivers strong free cash flow and solid operating margins but faces material risk from high leverage, aggressive payouts, large noncontrolling interests, low asset turnover, and rich valuation multiples.
Price Behavior
Key Price Behavior Insights: ⢠Upward trend ⢠Rising support ⢠Near-term resistance Support Level: $166â$168 Resistance Level: $175â$176 Over last month ARES trended upward from about $158 to $170 with rising support near $166â$168 but has shown volatility with spikes above $174 and near-term resistance around $175â$176.
Sentiment & News
Key News Insights: ⢠Credit fundraising ⢠Renewables expansion ⢠PE buyout pursuit Ares is accelerating in private credit and infrastructureâraising $7B+ for credit secondaries, expanding renewables and real-estate lending, and eyeing PE buyouts amid solid institutional demand.
AI Summary
Ares' pivot to a hybrid, balance-sheet-heavy model materially boosts recurring fee stability and upside from realized performance but transforms the firm into a high-leverage capital allocator where execution, funding and realization timing now determine investment outcomes. Action: closely monitor upcoming earnings/performance realizations, debt/equity (~4â5x) and payout-ratio trends â failure to convert dry powder into accretive realizations or sustain cash conversion should trigger a re-rating or dividend cut.
Description
Ares Management Corporation is an alternative asset manager with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, headquartered in Los Angeles and founded in 1997. Its business comprises tradable credit strategies that manage institutional and retail vehicles across the corporate credit spectrum, a direct lending unit providing loans to small and medium-sized companies, private equity that pursues majority or shared-control stakes in under-capitalized businesses, and a real estate group that invests in development, asset repositioning and related financing for middle-market commercial properties. Ares Management GP LLC serves as the companyâs general partner.
Idea History
| Date | Close | Ticker | Company | Summary | Status | P/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10 | Dec 17 | ARES | Ares Management Corporation | Ares Management exhibits strong momentum with elevated fundraising, record fee growth, and approaching S&P 500 inclusion on 2025-12-11âa clear short-term catalyst likely to drive investor inflows despite valuation and technical caution. | Closed | -4.9% |