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How Ares Management Corporation stacks up
ARES · against 23 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
14/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #23 of 24 · scores higher than 4% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score3 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including ARES · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 14?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 83% of peers. Earnings yield: 1.7% vs peer median 5.7%
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 77% of peers. EBITDA yield: 2.9% vs peer median 6.9%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 72% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 2.0% vs peer median 6.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 28 reported | 1.7% | 4.0% | 4% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 19 reported | 2.9% | 5.8% | 11% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 20 reported | 2.0% | 4.6% | 11% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 27 reported | 8.6% | 33.8% | 4% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ARES| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 2 | 26.0B GBP (≈$33.9B) | 93 | 73 | |
| 3 | 43.8B USD | 74 | 57 | |
| 4 | 22.7B USD | 72 | 64 | |
| 5 | 49.8B USD | 71 | 55 | |
| 19 | 70.1B USD | 23 | 45 | |
| 19 | 81.4B USD | 23 | 54 | |
| 21 | 59.8B USD | 21 | 46 | |
| 22 | 46.5B USD | 18 | 44 | |
| 23 | 42.8B USD | 14 | 39 | |
| 24 | 38.4B USD | 12 | 22 |
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