Ares Management Corp (NYSE: ARES) – Not A Clear Buying Opportunity?

Ares Management Corp (ARES) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $135.77, with 3.93 million shares of worth about $534.1 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -11.48% during that period and on April 10, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -4.64%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 199.87M shares, out of which, 192.08M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 3.97% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -6.96%. Year-to-date (YTD), ARES shares are showing a performance of -23.31% which increased to 1.47% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $110.63 but also hit the highest price of $200.49 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Ares Management Corp shares is 1.83 million. The stock is currently trading -5.04% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -16.12% for SMA50 and it goes to -15.65% lower than SMA200.

Ares Management Corp (NYSE: ARES) currently have 199.87M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 87.50% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $42.82B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.42. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 67.26, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.02 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.74 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.71. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for ARES, volatility over the week remained 12.87% while standing at 6.46% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 27.15% while it is estimated to increase by 28.24% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 24.58% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 14.31% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Citizens JMP on April 08, 2025 offering a Mkt outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $165 to it. Coverage by Barclays stated Ares Management Corp (ARES) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on January 27, 2025, suggesting a price target of $224 for the stock. On December 20, 2024, Keefe Bruyette Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 12, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $212. Stock get an Equal weight rating from Wells Fargo on September 12, 2024.

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