ARES vs. CG, CSQ, STEP, TPG, AMP, APO, BX, EVR, KKR, and OWL
Should you be buying Ares Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Management include Carlyle Group (CG), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), StepStone Group (STEP), TPG (TPG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Apollo Global Management (APO), Blackstone (BX), Evercore (EVR), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and Blue Owl Capital (OWL).
Ares Management vs. Its Competitors
Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlyle Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. Carlyle Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ares Management pays out 259.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carlyle Group pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Ares Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $180.81, indicating a potential upside of 21.53%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $60.87, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 9.47%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.60% beat Ares Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 9 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ares Management and 20 mentions for Carlyle Group. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Carlyle Group beats Ares Management on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARES) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
