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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Ares Management has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carlyle Group has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carlyle Group has a net margin of 19.00% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 9.73%. Carlyle Group's return on equity of 23.78% beat Ares Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Carlyle Group had 6 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Carlyle Group and 21 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are held by institutional investors. 36.9% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $176.06, indicating a potential downside of 2.20%. Carlyle Group has a consensus target price of $56.13, indicating a potential downside of 4.05%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Carlyle Group pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. Carlyle Group pays out 47.5% 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.
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 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff