ARES vs. CG, CSQ, TPG, AMP, APO, BN, 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), TPG (TPG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Apollo Global Management (APO), Brookfield (BN), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Carlyle Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Ares Management had 5 more articles in the media than Carlyle Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ares Management and 14 mentions for Carlyle Group. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Carlyle Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ares Management presently has a consensus price target of $174.94, indicating a potential downside of 1.70%. Carlyle Group has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.66%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Carlyle Group.
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 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 2.5%. 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Carlyle Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Carlyle Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Summary
Carlyle Group beats Ares Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARES) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
