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Ares Management (ARES) Competitors

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$165.98 -2.66 (-1.58%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

ARES vs. KKR, BX, BAM, APO, HOOD, VICI, TPL, OWL, CBOE, and TPG

Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), Blackstone (BX), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Apollo Global Management (APO), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), VICI Properties (VICI), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and TPG (TPG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Ares Management vs.

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Management11.35% 16.64% 3.41%
KKR & Co. Inc. 14.31%6.20%1.03%

50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.9% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

KKR & Co. Inc. received 120 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.92% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.65% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares ManagementOutperform Votes
612
68.92%
Underperform Votes
276
31.08%
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
732
63.65%
Underperform Votes
418
36.35%

KKR & Co. Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ares Management$4.27B12.71$440.96M$1.7097.64
KKR & Co. Inc.$15.09B7.32$3.08B$2.3752.34

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 9 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 32 mentions for Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Ares Management's score of 0.73 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Management
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KKR & Co. Inc.
31 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $174.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $149.14, indicating a potential upside of 20.24%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KKR & Co. Inc. is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Management
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
KKR & Co. Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ares Management pays out 263.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and KKR & Co. Inc. has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Ares Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ares Management has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARES vs. The Competition

MetricAres ManagementInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.21B$11.67B$11.64B$19.69B
Dividend Yield2.55%24.46%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio81.7640.2722.8435.11
Price / Sales12.717.9627.5634.10
Price / Cash56.5517.7117.6217.51
Price / Book11.413.852.854.78
Net Income$440.96M$419.40M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.14%-0.20%1.44%0.90%
1 Month Performance17.43%10.60%8.90%11.10%
1 Year Performance14.82%8.87%539.12%5.28%

Ares Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARES
Ares Management
4.6162 of 5 stars
$165.98
-1.6%
$174.50
+5.1%
+14.8%$54.21B$4.27B81.762,550Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9607 of 5 stars
$125.21
+6.2%
$147.00
+17.4%
+18.3%$111.21B$21.64B37.603,240Trending News
BX
Blackstone
4.3931 of 5 stars
$149.00
+6.9%
$154.82
+3.9%
+14.6%$108.72B$10.71B41.054,700Trending News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
3.9449 of 5 stars
$57.52
+2.1%
$58.77
+2.2%
+45.3%$94.18B$1.56B43.582,400Positive News
Gap Up
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.8958 of 5 stars
$143.46
+8.3%
$157.89
+10.1%
+23.2%$81.84B$24.62B19.632,540Trending News
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.4655 of 5 stars
$57.43
+5.1%
$53.24
-7.3%
+211.5%$50.85B$3.26B36.582,400Trending News
VICI
VICI Properties
4.7793 of 5 stars
$31.49
-1.2%
$35.07
+11.4%
+5.6%$33.28B$3.88B12.3020Positive News
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.0526 of 5 stars
$1,338.97
+2.9%
$917.00
-31.5%
+122.3%$30.78B$727.66M67.90100Trending News
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.0388 of 5 stars
$19.62
+6.1%
$23.56
+20.1%
+1.4%$30.16B$2.47B115.39540Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.6647 of 5 stars
$221.12
-4.6%
$223.36
+1.0%
N/A$23.15B$4.09B30.631,540Positive News
TPG
TPG
4.4538 of 5 stars
$52.50
+5.8%
$60.08
+14.4%
+15.5%$19.40B$2.64B-119.321,110Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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