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Ares Management (ARES) Competitors

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$179.14 -0.36 (-0.20%)
(As of 11:46 AM ET)

ARES vs. KKR, BX, OWL, HOOD, TPL, BAM, TPG, CG, NMR, and JEF

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), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), TPG (TPG), The Carlyle Group (CG), Nomura (NMR), and Jefferies Financial Group (JEF). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Ares Management vs.

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) 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, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KKR & Co. Inc. received 121 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.74% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
717
63.56%
Underperform Votes
411
36.44%
Ares ManagementOutperform Votes
596
68.74%
Underperform Votes
271
31.26%

KKR & Co. Inc. presently has a consensus price target of $160.07, indicating a potential upside of 6.81%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $172.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.99%. Given KKR & Co. Inc.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
KKR & Co. Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ares Management
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

KKR & Co. Inc. has a net margin of 13.21% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 12.51%. Ares Management's return on equity of 19.89% beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KKR & Co. Inc.13.21% 5.77% 0.98%
Ares Management 12.51%19.89%3.95%

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
KKR & Co. Inc.$22.81B5.83$3.73B$3.2945.55
Ares Management$5.08B11.07$474.33M$2.1782.72

KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 7 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 2 mentions for Ares Management. KKR & Co. Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Ares Management's score of 0.18 indicating that KKR & Co. Inc. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 15 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$56.19B$11.84B$11.48B$19.26B
Dividend Yield2.08%23.95%5.69%3.63%
P/E Ratio82.7232.3624.9240.76
Price / Sales11.075.8326.8818.84
Price / Cash59.2719.8018.5321.25
Price / Book12.344.402.615.31
Net Income$474.33M$297.73M$1.04B$989.46M
7 Day Performance0.28%1.36%0.22%1.03%
1 Month Performance1.57%-5.05%-4.35%-4.76%
1 Year Performance50.94%17.00%10.90%12.09%

Ares Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARES
Ares Management
4.2928 of 5 stars
$179.14
-0.2%
$172.33
-3.8%
+51.0%$56.08B$5.08B82.552,850Short Interest ↑
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.5697 of 5 stars
$149.16
+1.1%
$160.07
+7.3%
+80.9%$132.49B$22.81B45.344,490
BX
Blackstone
4.5215 of 5 stars
$172.52
+1.0%
$171.00
-0.9%
+32.9%$124.56B$9.33B59.294,735Short Interest ↓
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
1.7775 of 5 stars
$23.59
+0.4%
$23.73
+0.6%
+58.5%$35.23B$2.16B138.77540
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
4.2483 of 5 stars
$37.42
-2.4%
$39.20
+4.8%
+206.3%$33.08B$2.41B63.422,200Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
0.86 of 5 stars
$1,128.33
-0.4%
$694.17
-38.5%
+118.5%$25.92B$686.70M57.89100
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
4.2258 of 5 stars
$54.52
+0.2%
$54.54
+0.0%
+36.0%$24.16B$522M48.252,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TPG
TPG
3.3029 of 5 stars
$63.82
-1.5%
$63.00
-1.3%
+48.2%$23.29B$2.47B-187.701,850
CG
The Carlyle Group
4.3892 of 5 stars
$50.24
+0.0%
$54.00
+7.5%
+25.0%$17.97B$2.26B173.242,200Short Interest ↓
NMR
Nomura
4.1747 of 5 stars
$5.74
+0.2%
N/A+29.9%$17.05B$1.57T9.7326,850Short Interest ↓
Positive News
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.0982 of 5 stars
$77.06
+1.1%
$82.33
+6.8%
+95.1%$15.84B$9.63B32.937,564

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This page (NYSE:ARES) was last updated on 12/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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