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How Ares Management Corporation stacks up
ARES · against 25 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
69/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #15 of 26 · scores higher than 44% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score5 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including ARES · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 63% of peers. Return on assets: 1.8% vs peer median 2.6%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 18.1% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on invested capital: 25.1% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ARES, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ARES | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 25 reported | 25.1% | 14.9% | 71% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 17 reported | 18.1% | 26.5% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 28 reported | 1.8% | 2.9% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 27 reported | 14.9% | 19.0% | 35% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 28 reported | 100.0% | 62.7% | 89% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARES| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 1 | 31.1B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 3 | 46.5B USD | 95 | 44 | |
| 4 | 81.4B USD | 93 | 54 | |
| 5 | 22.7B USD | 87 | 64 | |
| 11 | 197.1B BRL (≈$35.5B) | 77 | 60 | |
| 12 | 70.0B USD | 76 | 53 | |
| 13 | 49.8B USD | 72 | 55 | |
| 14 | 59.8B USD | 71 | 46 | |
| 15 | 42.8B USD | 69 | 39 | |
| 16 | 24.3B USD | 67 | 67 | |
| 17 | 31.6B USD | 63 | 57 | |
| 18 | 23.7B USD | 60 | 59 | |
| 18 | 56.1B EUR (≈$61.7B) | 60 | 53 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score