ARES vs BN vs GL Stock Comparison

Ares Management, Brookfield and Globe Life Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ARES Ares Management Corp
$127.50 +7.1% 1M -15.3% 1Y
Market cap
$28.98B
P/E
54.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.99B
Div. yield
0.07%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
3 wins
BN BROOKFIELD Corp /ON/
$39.49 +8.2% 1M -15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$88.13B
P/E
70.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$76.56B
Div. yield
–
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
1 win
GL Globe Life Inc.
$160.53 -3.4% 1M +21.9% 1Y
Market cap
$12.32B
P/E
10.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.19B
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Globe Life leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Globe Life 6, Ares Management 3, Brookfield 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARESBNGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.98B $88.13B $12.32B BN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 54.2x 70.1x 10.2x GL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.4x 14.2x 10.9x GL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.0% -9.6% +5.2% ARES
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 1.6% 19.6% GL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.8% — -13.3% ARES
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.3% -15.2% +21.9% GL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.5%/yr +3.9%/yr +12.5%/yr GL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.8% 27.7% 21.3% GL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 39/100 33/100 ARES

Percentile Scorecard

ARESBNGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARESBNGL
Valuation 51 #90 of 181 76 #44 of 181 27 #87 of 119
Growth 73 #30 of 110 35 #72 of 110 26 #85 of 114
Profitability 70 #39 of 127 31 #88 of 127 49 #55 of 106
Financial Health 46 #88 of 162 39 #100 of 162 14 #90 of 104
Shareholder Returns 53 #36 of 76 15 #65 of 76 48 #55 of 105
Overall 59 39 33
  • ARES ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • BN ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • GL ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARESBNGLSPY
1 month +7.1%+8.2%-3.4% +0.7%
3 months +2.8%-6.0%-12.2% +3.7%
6 months +8.6%-12.5%+4.0% +7.1%
Year to date -21.1%-13.9%+14.8% +12.8%
1 year -15.3%-15.2%+21.9% +11.9%
3 years +25.7%+103.2%+41.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +7.9%+26.7%+12.3% +22.8%
5 years +50.5%+21.3%+80.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +8.5%+3.9%+12.5% +10.9%
10 years +650.0%+216.7%+153.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +22.3%+12.2%+9.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARESBNGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.8%27.7%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.5%29.0%24.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.661.360.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.35-0.551.02 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.3%-42.5%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.5%-19.7%-13.7% -1.2%
52-week high $178.28$49.17$186.01 $779.14
52-week low $96.50$35.94$130.37 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARESBNGL
P/E now vs peer median 53.9xmedian 33.5x 70.6xmedian 33.5x 10.3xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 4.9x 1.2xmedian 4.9x 2.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.0x —median 12.0x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 54.9xmedian 14.3x —median 14.3x 12.0xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 1.8x 21.7xmedian 1.8x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 4.24median 0.97 -0.74median 0.97 0.53median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARESBNGL
Revenue $5.99B $76.56B $6.19B
Gross profit – – $3.23B
Operating income – – -$1.47B
Net income $636.35M $3.71B $1.21B
Free cash flow $836.15M – $1.23B
EPS (diluted) $2.36 $0.53 $15.36
Cash & equivalents $1.85B $14.89B –
Total debt $4.58B $59.07B $2.94B
Shares (diluted) 226.30M 2.37B 78.91M
Enterprise value $22.74B -$95.18B $11.56B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARESBNGL
P/E 53.9x 70.6x 10.3x
P/FCF 54.9x – 12.0x
P/Operating cash flow 50.4x – 10.6x
P/S 7.7x 1.2x 2.4x
P/B 5.3x 21.7x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 5.8x -2.7x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT 21.2x – -11.9x
EV/Revenue 8.1x 0.7x 2.8x
EV/FCF 58.2x – 14.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 53.3x – 12.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.24 -0.74 0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARESBNGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.0% -9.6% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.0% -4.2% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 9.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 15.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 9.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -12.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 32.6% 28.4% 13.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.5% 11.2% 11.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 27.3% 65.8% 19.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.7% -95.3% 19.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -77.5% – -1.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 98.3% – -3.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -79.0% – -8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.4% – -6.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARESBNGL
Gross margin – – 52.1%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – – -23.7%
Pretax margin 26.0% – 24.2%
Net margin 8.9% 1.6% 19.6%
FCF margin 14.0% – 19.9%
Operating cash flow margin 15.2% – 22.5%
Return on equity 15.4% 4.3% 19.8%
Return on assets 4.5% 0.7% 3.9%
Return on invested capital 14.8% – -13.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARESBNGL
Debt / assets 15.4% 2.8% 9.3%
Debt / equity 0.5x 3.6x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF 5.5x – 2.4x
Liabilities / assets 71.0% 99.2% 80.5%
Equity / assets 29.0% 0.8% 19.5%
Interest coverage 3.1x – -10.4x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARESBNGL
Dividend yield 4.1% 0.7% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 0.8% – 4.7%
Shareholder yield 4.9% 0.7% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 301.7% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 229.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 23.7% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 26.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARESBNGL
Forward P/E 23.4xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 10.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.44FY2026 $2.78FY2026 $14.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.3%FY2026 +23.6%FY2026 +1.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +35.3% +12.6% +5.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.46BFY2026 $7.00BFY2026 $6.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.0%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.6% +21.1% +17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARESBNGL
Held by institutions 66.7% 66.5% 70.7%
Institutions holding 803 931 698
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.3% +1.2% +20.7%
Institutions buying 478 408 346
Institutions selling 229 317 207
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.29 1.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARESBNGL
ARES 1.00 0.70 0.06
BN 0.70 1.00 0.24
GL 0.06 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARES, BN and GL?

Brookfield (BN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ares Management (ARES) $28.98B, Brookfield (BN) $88.13B, Globe Life (GL) $12.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARES, BN and GL?

Globe Life (GL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ares Management (ARES) 54.2x, Brookfield (BN) 70.1x, Globe Life (GL) 10.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Globe Life (GL) is cheapest (Ares Management (ARES) 23.4x, Brookfield (BN) 14.2x, Globe Life (GL) 10.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ares Management (ARES) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ares Management (ARES) +24.0%, Brookfield (BN) -9.6%, Globe Life (GL) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Globe Life (GL) has the highest net margin (Ares Management (ARES) 8.9%, Brookfield (BN) 1.6%, Globe Life (GL) 19.6%). On return on invested capital, Ares Management (ARES) leads (Ares Management (ARES) 14.8%, Globe Life (GL) -13.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Globe Life (GL) returned the most: Ares Management (ARES) -15.3%, Brookfield (BN) -15.2%, Globe Life (GL) +21.9%. Over five years, Globe Life (GL) compounded fastest (Ares Management (ARES) +8.5%/yr, Brookfield (BN) +3.9%/yr, Globe Life (GL) +12.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ares Management (ARES) 0.07%, Brookfield (BN) 0.00%, Globe Life (GL) 0.00%. Brookfield (BN) and Globe Life (GL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Globe Life (GL) has been the steadiest (Ares Management (ARES) 43.8%, Brookfield (BN) 27.7%, Globe Life (GL) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARES, BN and GL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Globe Life (GL) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.