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Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

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$11.16 +0.01 (+0.04%)
Closing price 03/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AACT vs. GCMG, ABR, IVT, SSRM, GNL, DBRG, VRE, RGTI, ELME, and LADR

Should you be buying Ares Acquisition Co. II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Acquisition Co. II include GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), SSR Mining (SSRM), Global Net Lease (GNL), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Veris Residential (VRE), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), Elme Communities (ELME), and Ladder Capital (LADR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Ares Acquisition Co. II vs.

GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) and Ares Acquisition Co. II (NYSE:AACT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

GCM Grosvenor received 36 more outperform votes than Ares Acquisition Co. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GCM GrosvenorOutperform Votes
36
57.14%
Underperform Votes
27
42.86%
Ares Acquisition Co. IIN/AN/A

In the previous week, Ares Acquisition Co. II had 1 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II and 2 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's score of -0.24 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GCM Grosvenor
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ares Acquisition Co. II
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Ares Acquisition Co. II shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

GCM Grosvenor has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GCM Grosvenor$523.47M4.66$18.69M$0.03429.67
Ares Acquisition Co. IIN/AN/A$16.92MN/AN/A

GCM Grosvenor currently has a consensus price target of $14.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.39%. Given GCM Grosvenor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Ares Acquisition Co. II
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

GCM Grosvenor has a net margin of 3.64% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. GCM Grosvenor's return on equity of -101.23% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor3.64% -101.23% 19.27%
Ares Acquisition Co. II N/A -128.65%5.02%

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats Ares Acquisition Co. II on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AACT vs. The Competition

MetricAres Acquisition Co. IIHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$697.81M$464.24M$129.59M$19.28B
Dividend YieldN/A7.24%N/A3.79%
P/E RatioN/A2.191.2233.03
Price / SalesN/A67.5519.3726.92
Price / Cash40.8769.0193.7917.55
Price / Book-34.893.800.944.51
Net Income$16.92M$35.78M$1.63M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.63%-0.70%0.27%-1.51%
1 Month Performance1.09%-4.19%-1.28%-5.65%
1 Year Performance5.73%18.46%36.74%5.31%

Ares Acquisition Co. II Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AACT
Ares Acquisition Co. II
N/A$11.17
+0.0%
N/A+5.7%$697.81MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
GCMG
GCM Grosvenor
1.3025 of 5 stars
$12.64
-2.0%
$14.10
+11.6%
+47.3%$2.39B$523.47M421.33530High Trading Volume
ABR
Arbor Realty Trust
1.6057 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.6%
$13.75
+11.7%
-2.3%$2.33B$625.94M10.34630High Trading Volume
IVT
InvenTrust Properties
2.6069 of 5 stars
$28.67
-1.9%
$32.00
+11.6%
+16.0%$2.22B$273.97M159.28110Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
SSRM
SSR Mining
1.8439 of 5 stars
$9.49
-4.2%
$9.93
+4.7%
+161.5%$1.92B$995.62M-7.362,500Gap Down
GNL
Global Net Lease
3.6188 of 5 stars
$8.03
-1.5%
$9.50
+18.4%
+9.6%$1.85B$805.01M-8.541
DBRG
DigitalBridge Group
4.6069 of 5 stars
$9.10
-7.7%
$16.61
+82.6%
-48.5%$1.59B$607.03M303.17300News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VRE
Veris Residential
1.4838 of 5 stars
$16.44
-1.6%
$18.75
+14.1%
+10.1%$1.53B$271.07M-96.70220
RGTI
Rigetti Computing
2.8659 of 5 stars
$7.91
-15.4%
$14.50
+83.3%
+466.7%$1.52B$10.79M-20.82160Insider Trade
Gap Up
ELME
Elme Communities
1.7363 of 5 stars
$17.08
-1.0%
$17.67
+3.4%
+29.0%$1.50B$241.94M-122.01100Positive News
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.8502 of 5 stars
$11.68
-0.4%
$13.29
+13.8%
+7.7%$1.48B$277.48M13.5860Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
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