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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$183.18
+0.0%
$170.38
$110.63
$200.49
$59.91B1.371.43 million shs1.10 million shs
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$60.02
-0.2%
$49.23
$33.02
$60.63
$21.74B1.862.68 million shs683,321 shs
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
$18.29
+0.1%
$17.62
$13.11
$18.55
N/AN/A203,694 shs103,678 shs
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
$62.85
-0.6%
$57.29
$40.07
$70.38
$7.33B1.36621,684 shs273,882 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
+1.95%+1.86%+11.00%+29.74%+27.60%
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
+3.30%+2.75%+30.39%+67.72%+32.20%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
+0.38%-0.38%+5.06%+22.13%+6.59%
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
+6.04%+5.07%+20.07%+34.38%+28.96%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
4.7903 of 5 stars
2.45.02.52.73.33.31.9
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
3.7968 of 5 stars
2.21.02.52.62.72.51.3
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
2.4461 of 5 stars
1.25.01.70.02.62.51.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
2.76
Moderate Buy$177.50-3.10% Downside
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
2.44
Hold$57.73-3.80% Downside
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
0.00
N/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
2.43
Hold$63.430.92% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ARES, CG, CSQ, and STEP Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/14/2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
Citigroup
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform
7/14/2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
JMP Securities
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Set Price TargetMarket Outperform ➝ Market Outperform$185.00 ➝ $195.00
7/14/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
JMP Securities
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Boost Price TargetMarket Outperform ➝ Market Outperform$58.00 ➝ $70.00
7/14/2025
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$74.00 ➝ $81.00
7/11/2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$189.00 ➝ $202.00
7/11/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$49.00 ➝ $61.00
7/10/2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$182.00 ➝ $200.00
7/10/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
Barclays
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$49.00 ➝ $64.00
7/10/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
Evercore ISI
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Boost Price TargetIn-Line ➝ In-Line$45.00 ➝ $58.00
7/10/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
Citigroup
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$44.00 ➝ $65.00
7/10/2025
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
Evercore ISI
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$56.00 ➝ $61.00
(Data available from 7/18/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$3.88B15.40$3.19 per share57.39$17.13 per share10.69
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$3.47B6.25$4.32 per share13.88$17.75 per share3.38
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
$1.17B6.23$2.63 per share23.91$11.94 per share5.26
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$463.74M$1.70107.9127.551.479.73%16.29%3.66%8/1/2025 (Estimated)
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$1.02B$2.9520.4112.661.1219.00%23.78%6.40%8/4/2025 (Estimated)
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/AN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
-$179.56M-$2.39N/A30.81N/A-15.28%15.21%5.81%8/6/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ARES, CG, CSQ, and STEP Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/6/2025Q1 2026
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
$0.4218N/AN/AN/A$238.99 millionN/A
8/4/2025Q2 2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$0.93N/AN/AN/A$940.06 millionN/A
8/1/2025Q2 2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$1.15N/AN/AN/A$1.02 billionN/A
5/22/2025Q4 2025
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
$0.44$0.68+$0.24-$0.24$231.87 million$295.86 million
5/9/2025Q1 2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$0.97$1.14+$0.17$0.35$972.27 million$973.10 million
5/5/2025Q1 2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$0.94$1.09+$0.15N/A$914.00 million$951.96 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
$4.482.45%N/A263.53%7 Years
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
$1.402.33%N/A47.46%4 Years
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
$1.236.72%N/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
$0.961.53%N/AN/A 3 Years

Latest ARES, CG, CSQ, and STEP Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/1/2025
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Monthly$0.10256.67%7/14/20257/14/20257/21/2025
5/6/2025
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
quarterly$1.122.8%6/16/20256/16/20256/30/2025
5/20/2025
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
quarterly$0.241.6%6/13/20256/13/20256/30/2025
6/2/2025
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
monthly$0.10257%6/12/20256/12/20256/20/2025
4/23/2025
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
quarterly$0.353.3%5/19/20255/19/20255/27/2025
5/1/2025
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
monthly$0.10257.5%5/13/20255/13/20255/20/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
0.61
1.07
1.07
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
1.56
2.36
2.36
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/AN/AN/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
N/A
0.17
0.17

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
50.03%
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
55.88%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
55.54%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
36.86%
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
26.30%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
18.44%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Ares Management Corporation stock logo
ARES
Ares Management
3,200326.58 million206.20 millionOptionable
Carlyle Group Inc. stock logo
CG
Carlyle Group
2,300361.14 million266.16 millionOptionable
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock logo
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/AN/AN/ANot Optionable
StepStone Group Inc. stock logo
STEP
StepStone Group
1,130116.42 million94.95 millionNot Optionable

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Ares Management stock logo

Ares Management NYSE:ARES

$183.18 +0.01 (+0.01%)
As of 01:22 PM Eastern
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Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company's Tradable Credit Group segment manages various types of investment funds, such as commingled and separately managed accounts for institutional investors, and publicly traded vehicles and sub-advised funds for retail investors in the tradable and non-investment grade corporate credit markets. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company's Private Equity Group segment focuses on majority or shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies. 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 was previously known as Ares Management, L.P. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ares Management GP LLC is the general partner of the company.

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Carlyle Group NASDAQ:CG

$60.02 -0.10 (-0.16%)
As of 01:22 PM Eastern
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The Carlyle Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in management-led/ Leveraged buyouts, privatizations, divestitures, strategic minority equity investments, structured credit, global distressed and corporate opportunities, small and middle market, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, senior debt, mezzanine and leveraged finance, and venture and growth capital financings, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, PIPES. The firm invests across four segments which include Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies, and Solutions. The firm typically invests in industrial, agribusiness, ecological sector, fintech, airports, parking, Plastics, Rubber, diversified natural resources, minerals, farming, aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer, retail, industrial, infrastructure, energy, power, healthcare, software, software enabled services, semiconductors, communications infrastructure, financial technology, utilities, gaming, systems and related supply chain, electronic systems, systems, oil and gas, processing facilities, power generation assets, technology, systems, real estate, financial services, transportation, business services, telecommunications, media, and logistics sectors. Within the industrial sector, the firm invests in manufacturing, building products, packaging, chemicals, metals and mining, forestry and paper products, and industrial consumables and services. In consumer and retail sectors, it invests in food and beverage, retail, restaurants, consumer products, domestic consumption, consumer services, personal care products, direct marketing, and education. Within aerospace, defense, business services, and government services sectors, it seeks to invest in defense electronics, manufacturing and services, government contracting and services, information technology, distribution companies. In telecommunication and media sectors, it invests in cable TV, directories, publishing, entertainment and content delivery services, wireless infrastructure/services, fixed line networks, satellite services, broadband and Internet, and infrastructure. Within real estate, the firm invests in office, hotel, industrial, retail, for sale residential, student housing, hospitality, multifamily residential, homebuilding and building products, and senior living sectors. The firm seeks to make investments in growing business including those with overleveraged balance sheets. The firm seeks to hold its investments for four to six years. In the healthcare sector, it invests in healthcare services, outsourcing services, companies running clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies, managed care, pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical related services, healthcare IT, medical, products, and devices. It seeks to invest in companies based in Sub-Saharan focusing on Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda, West Africa, North Africa and South Africa focusing on Tanzania and Zambia; Asia focusing on Pakistan, India, South East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan; Australia; New Zealand; Europe focusing on France, Italy, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Benelux , Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, and Russia; Middle East focusing on Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE; North America focusing on United States which further invest in Southeastern United States, Texas, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest; Asia Pacific; Soviet Union, Central-Eastern Europe, and Israel; Nordic region; and South America focusing on Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. The firm seeks to invest in food, financial, and healthcare industries in Western China. In the real estate sector, the firm seeks to invest in various locations across Europe focusing on France and Central Europe, United States, Asia focusing on China, and Latin America. It typically invests between $1 million and $50 million for venture investments and between $50 million and $2 billion for buyouts in companies with enterprise value of between $31.57 million and $1000 million and sales value of $10 million and $500 million. It seeks to invest in companies with market capitalization greater than $50 million and EBITDA between $5 million to $25 million. It prefers to take a majority or a minority stake. While investing in Japan, it does not invest in companies with more than 1,000 employees and prefers companies' worth between $100 million and $150 million. The firm originates, structures, and acts as lead equity investor in the transactions. The Carlyle Group Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in 21 countries across 5 continents (North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe).

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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund NASDAQ:CSQ

$18.29 +0.01 (+0.05%)
As of 01:20 PM Eastern
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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. The fund is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in common and preferred stocks of companies across all market capitalizations, convertible securities, and high yield corporate bonds with an average credit rating of BB as rated by S&P. The fund employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down security picking approaches to create its portfolio. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund was formed on December 31, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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StepStone Group NASDAQ:STEP

$62.85 -0.39 (-0.61%)
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StepStone Group Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, fund of funds, secondary direct, and secondary indirect investments. For direct investment, it seeks to invest in private debt, venture debt, incubation, mezzanine, distressed/vulture, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, later stage, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, recapitalization, buyout investments in mature and middle market companies. It prefers to invest in natural resources, technology, healthcare, services, materials, manufacturing, consumer durables, apparel, hotels, restaurants and leisure, media, retailing, power, utilities consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services, clean energy/renewables, transport, social, natural capital, infrastructure, corporate, real estate, credit and real asset. The firm invests globally with a focus on United States, North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand, China, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Australia region. The firm invests between 5% and 40% in emerging markets. For fund of fund investment, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, Special situation funds, Real estate funds, Infrastructure funds, mezzanine funds, and turnaround/distressed funds. It considers investments in both domestic and international funds. It also seeks to make co-investments and follow-on investments and considers partial interests in funds. StepStone Group Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices across North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.