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Ares Management (ARES) Competitors

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ARES vs. KKR, BX, BAM, APO, HOOD, VICI, OWL, TPL, CBOE, and NMR

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), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), and Nomura (NMR). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

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$5.19B7.93$440.96M$2.0364.33
KKR & Co. Inc.$21.64B4.20$3.08B$3.3330.73

KKR & Co. Inc. received 118 more outperform votes than Ares Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.80% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave KKR & Co. Inc. an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares ManagementOutperform Votes
602
68.80%
Underperform Votes
273
31.20%
KKR & Co. Inc.Outperform Votes
720
63.38%
Underperform Votes
416
36.62%

Ares Management has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KKR & Co. Inc. has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. KKR & Co. Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.

Ares Management presently has a consensus price target of $174.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.49%. KKR & Co. Inc. has a consensus price target of $160.79, indicating a potential upside of 57.13%. 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
KKR & Co. Inc.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 41.9% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of KKR & Co. Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

In the previous week, KKR & Co. Inc. had 21 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for KKR & Co. Inc. and 24 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat KKR & Co. Inc.'s score of 1.14 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KKR & Co. Inc.
28 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

KKR & Co. Inc. beats Ares Management on 13 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$41.19B$9.94B$11.03B$18.94B
Dividend Yield2.57%24.36%5.42%3.79%
P/E Ratio64.3335.2521.9831.59
Price / Sales7.937.1225.1525.45
Price / Cash56.5517.7117.6217.54
Price / Book8.983.312.664.36
Net Income$440.96M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.97%-4.72%-2.54%-3.87%
1 Month Performance-18.90%-8.50%496.67%-4.82%
1 Year Performance-1.18%-1.57%533.48%0.29%

Ares Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARES
Ares Management
4.7085 of 5 stars
$116.41
-10.9%
$174.33
+49.8%
-1.0%$36.72B$5.19B57.352,550Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.97 of 5 stars
$115.66
+0.7%
$160.79
+39.0%
+2.8%$102.73B$21.64B34.733,240Positive News
Gap Down
BX
Blackstone
4.8445 of 5 stars
$139.89
+1.3%
$171.13
+22.3%
+5.1%$102.04B$10.93B38.544,700Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
4.6987 of 5 stars
$48.44
-0.1%
$56.38
+16.4%
+12.9%$79.31B$482M36.702,400Positive News
Gap Down
APO
Apollo Global Management
4.5608 of 5 stars
$137.08
+0.1%
$165.21
+20.5%
+8.9%$78.20B$26.11B18.752,540Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
4.3314 of 5 stars
$41.69
-0.5%
$60.82
+45.9%
+99.2%$36.92B$2.95B26.552,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
VICI
VICI Properties
4.461 of 5 stars
$32.68
+2.1%
$34.23
+4.7%
+7.9%$34.54B$3.85B12.7720Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.1062 of 5 stars
$20.08
-0.3%
$26.33
+31.1%
-7.8%$30.89B$2.30B118.15540Positive News
Gap Down
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.3176 of 5 stars
$1,327.83
+1.7%
$917.00
-30.9%
+108.5%$30.52B$705.82M67.33100Positive News
Gap Down
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
2.6569 of 5 stars
$225.72
+1.4%
$206.86
-8.4%
N/A$23.63B$4.09B31.261,107Positive News
NMR
Nomura
3.5412 of 5 stars
$6.15
-3.8%
N/A-9.6%$18.26B$1.67T8.7826,600Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
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