Futu (FUTU) Competitors

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and Futu (NASDAQ:FUTU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, ARES or FUTU?

Ares Management has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Futu has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARES or FUTU?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Futu shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ARES or FUTU?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 21 more articles in the media than Futu. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ares Management and 12 mentions for Futu. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Futu's score of 0.83 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	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Futu	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARES or FUTU?

Ares Management received 562 more outperform votes than Futu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Futu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 601 68.76%	Underperform Votes 273 31.24%
Futu	Outperform Votes 39 50.00%	Underperform Votes 39 50.00%

Is ARES or FUTU more profitable?

Futu has a net margin of 38.59% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Futu's return on equity of 16.86% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%
Futu	38.59%	16.86%	3.80%

Do analysts recommend ARES or FUTU?

Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $173.83, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Futu has a consensus price target of $121.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Ares Management's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Futu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Futu	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has better earnings and valuation, ARES or FUTU?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Management	$5.19B	9.03	$440.96M	$2.03	73.23
Futu	$13.59B	1.11	$548.14M	$4.99	21.98

Summary

Ares Management beats Futu on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.