Ares Management Corp (NYSE: ARES) is 25.48% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $110.63 and a high of $200.49 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The ARES stock was last observed hovering at around $179.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.25%.
Currently trading at $183.17, the stock is 5.04% and 7.75% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.87 million and changing 1.81% at the moment leaves the stock 9.23% off its SMA200. ARES registered 3.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 2.23%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $168.6522 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $167.3564.
The stock witnessed a 9.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 29.61%, and is 1.69% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.73% over the week and 2.36% over the month.
Ares Management Corp (ARES) has around 3200 employees, a market worth around $59.82B and $4.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 105.87 and Fwd P/E is 28.49. Profit margin for the company is 7.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 65.57% and -8.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.00%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 28.11% this year
1009.0 institutions hold shares in Ares Management Corp (ARES), with institutional investors hold 91.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 214.90M, and float is at 202.41M with Short Float at 2.92%. Institutions hold 80.47% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP with over 18.65 million shares valued at $2.49 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1828 of the ARES Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 18.02 million shares valued at $2.4 billion to account for 8.8715 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. which holds 13.36 million shares representing 6.5795 and valued at over $1.78 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.325 of the shares totaling 12.85 million with a market value of $1.71 billion.
Ares Management Corp (ARES) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Rosenthal Bennett, the company’s Co-Founder & Chairman of PEG. SEC filings show that Rosenthal Bennett sold 85,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 12 ’25 at a price of $168.79 per share for a total of $14.35 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Ares Management Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 11 ’25 that ARES MANAGEMENT LLC (10% Owner) sold a total of 2,250,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 11 ’25 and was made at $8.86 per share for $19.93 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 117.45 million shares of the ARES stock.
