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Ares Management (ARES) Competitors

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$152.65 -0.14 (-0.09%)
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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$3.88B12.21$440.96M$2.0374.11
KKR & Co. Inc.$21.64B4.63$3.08B$3.3333.91

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%

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% 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 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

KKR & Co. Inc. received 119 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.58% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares ManagementOutperform Votes
609
68.97%
Underperform Votes
274
31.03%
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
728
63.58%
Underperform Votes
417
36.42%

Ares Management presently has a consensus price target of $165.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $144.93, indicating a potential upside of 28.36%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 17 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 23 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.21 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Management
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KKR & Co. Inc.
30 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARES vs. The Competition

MetricAres ManagementInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.15B$10.59B$11.11B$18.97B
Dividend Yield2.43%24.59%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio75.2036.3121.9932.71
Price / Sales12.397.7126.0827.84
Price / Cash56.5517.7117.6017.53
Price / Book10.493.652.654.47
Net Income$440.96M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.43%3.73%1.35%2.26%
1 Month Performance5.23%0.03%-0.66%-2.86%
1 Year Performance14.77%4.35%536.11%5.48%

Ares Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARES
Ares Management
4.2823 of 5 stars
$152.65
-0.1%
$165.00
+8.1%
+13.3%$48.15B$3.88B75.202,550Upcoming Earnings
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9908 of 5 stars
$113.86
+0.2%
$144.93
+27.3%
+20.1%$101.14B$21.64B34.193,240Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BX
Blackstone
4.7459 of 5 stars
$133.61
+1.3%
$154.82
+15.9%
+10.6%$97.46B$10.71B36.814,700Positive News
Gap Down
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
3.928 of 5 stars
$53.30
+0.7%
$57.15
+7.2%
+34.9%$87.27B$482M40.382,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.736 of 5 stars
$136.36
+2.2%
$156.00
+14.4%
+24.0%$77.79B$26.11B18.652,540Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
2.7424 of 5 stars
$48.93
-1.1%
$53.88
+10.1%
+184.7%$43.33B$2.95B31.172,400Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
VICI
VICI Properties
4.6559 of 5 stars
$32.23
+0.0%
$34.93
+8.4%
+11.0%$34.06B$3.85B12.5920Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
0.7339 of 5 stars
$1,352.52
+1.3%
$917.00
-32.2%
+120.4%$31.09B$705.82M68.59100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.5156 of 5 stars
$18.75
+1.4%
$23.79
+26.9%
-2.3%$28.83B$2.30B110.30540Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.7797 of 5 stars
$212.19
-0.7%
$218.80
+3.1%
N/A$22.22B$4.09B29.391,540News Coverage
Positive News
TPG
TPG
4.6687 of 5 stars
$46.75
+0.5%
$58.25
+24.6%
+7.3%$17.27B$2.54B-106.251,110Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down

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