Ares Management Corp financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
ARES, ARES-PB on NYSE
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
25 Feb 2026

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 13.5%, Return On Assets 2.3%, and Operating Margin 13.5%.

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

46.5/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

14%

Metric score 32.5/100

Return On Assets

2.3%

Metric score 4.2/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.47x
Quick Ratio
0.41x
Debt to Equity
1.63x

Strengths

Revenues YoY and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Debt-to-equity

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

14%

YoY: -21%

Industry median: 12% (n=52)

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Return On Assets

2.3%

YoY: +5.4%

Industry median: 4.7% (n=61)

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Operating Margin

14%

YoY:

Industry median: 20% (n=26)

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Current Ratio

0.47x

YoY:

Industry median: 3.33x (n=22)

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Debt-to-equity

1.63x

YoY: -46%

Industry median: 0.71x (n=50)

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Revenues YoY

44%

YoY:

Industry median: 8.4% (n=26)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

14%

YoY:

Industry median: 1.8% (n=52)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 14% -21%
Return On Assets 2.3% +5.4%
Operating Margin 14%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.47x
Quick Ratio 0.41x
Debt-to-equity 1.63x -46%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 44%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 14%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $5,601,482,000 +44%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $394,177,000 +20%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,286,893,000 +0.9%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $198,535,000 +21%
Goodwill $3,454,107,000 +197%
Assets $28,633,369,000 +15%
Liabilities $19,931,981,000 +14%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $21,743,000
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $1,452,259,000 -73%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $4,275,463,000 +21%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $8,676,092,000 +27%
Liabilities and Equity $28,633,369,000 +15%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $488,896,000 -68%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $900,000 0%
Operating Lease, Liability $669,999,000 +4.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $1,013,980,000 +0.14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $69,712,000 +14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $72,615,000 +29%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.058 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $343,981,000 -7.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $79,756,000 +41%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $74,020,000 +5.9%
Additional Paid in Capital $4,242,678,000 +44%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $193,400,000 +66%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $740,549,000 +110%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%