ARES vs ET vs FNV Stock Comparison

Ares Management, Energy Transfer and Franco Nevada Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ARES Ares Management Corp
$122.21 +0.1% 1M -19.1% 1Y
Market cap
$44.02B
P/E
51.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.99B
Div. yield
4.23%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
1 win
ET Energy Transfer LP
$20.45 +1.2% 1M +20.9% 1Y
Market cap
$70.42B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$107.38B
Div. yield
6.59%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
6 wins
FNV FRANCO NEVADA Corp
$236.42 -8.2% 1M +28.5% 1Y
Market cap
$45.58B
P/E
31.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.32B
Div. yield
0.72%
Alternative Asset Managers Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 6, Franco Nevada 4, Ares Management 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARESETFNVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.02B $70.42B $45.58B ET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 51.7x 13.9x 31.3x ET
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.5x 11.4x 30.2x ET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.0% +33.3% +73.6% FNV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 4.7% 62.8% FNV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.8% 8.4% — ARES
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.23% 6.59% 0.72% ET
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -19.1% +20.9% +28.5% FNV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.2%/yr +16.1%/yr +10.3%/yr ET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.6% 17.4% 38.9% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 62/100 80/100 FNV

Percentile Scorecard

ARESETFNV

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

AxisARESETFNV
Valuation 51 #90 of 181 94 #3 of 35 56 #81 of 181
Growth 74 #30 of 111 61 #14 of 34 91 #11 of 111
Profitability 69 #41 of 129 30 #24 of 34 98 #3 of 129
Financial Health 45 #91 of 164 59 #15 of 35 98 #5 of 164
Shareholder Returns 50 #38 of 75 67 #11 of 31 57 #33 of 75
Overall 58 62 80
  • ARES ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • FNV ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodARESETFNVSPY
1 month +0.1%+1.2%-8.2% -0.2%
3 months -4.4%+1.2%+12.3% +3.9%
6 months +8.1%+5.4%+1.7% +8.2%
Year to date -24.4%+24.0%+14.1% +12.9%
1 year -19.1%+20.9%+28.5% +12.3%
3 years +21.2%+56.0%+72.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +6.6%+16.0%+19.8% +23.3%
5 years +41.7%+111.3%+62.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +7.2%+16.1%+10.3% +10.9%
10 years +610.5%+33.2%+272.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +21.7%+2.9%+14.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureARESETFNVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.6%17.4%38.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.1%16.6%42.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.67-0.211.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.441.200.73 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.3%-25.8%-38.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.5%-5.9%-15.8% -1.2%
52-week high $178.28$21.74$280.82 $779.14
52-week low $96.50$16.21$183.97 $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.

MultipleARESETFNV
P/E now vs peer median 51.7xmedian 34.2x 13.9xmedian 20.9x 31.3xmedian 34.2x
P/S now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 4.9x 0.7xmedian 2.7x 19.7xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.7x 8.2xmedian 11.0x 20.7xmedian 11.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 52.6xmedian 13.2x 13.5xmedian 16.5x 25.8xmedian 13.2x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 1.8x 1.4xmedian 2.6x 5.5xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 4.07median 0.91 2.00median 1.95 1.05median 0.91

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 monthsARESETFNV
Revenue $5.99B $107.38B $2.32B
Gross profit – $25.32B $1.79B
Operating income – $10.78B $1.82B
Net income $636.35M $7.04B $1.48B
Free cash flow $836.15M $5.22B $1.77B
EPS (diluted) $2.36 $1.46 $7.54
Cash & equivalents $1.85B $1.02B $1.01B
Total debt $4.58B $68.41B –
Shares (diluted) 226.30M 3.46B 193.00M
Enterprise value $42.70B $63.85B $42.94B

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
MetricARESETFNV
P/E 51.7x 13.9x 31.3x
P/FCF 52.6x 13.5x 25.8x
P/Operating cash flow 48.3x 5.8x 25.6x
P/S 7.4x 0.7x 19.7x
P/B 5.1x 1.4x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 5.6x 1.6x 5.5x
EV/EBITDA – 8.2x 20.7x
EV/EBIT 20.4x 12.8x 24.5x
EV/Revenue 7.8x 1.3x 19.2x
EV/FCF 55.9x 26.4x 25.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 51.2x 11.4x 25.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.07 2.00 1.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARESETFNV
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.0% 33.3% 73.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.0% 10.0% 23.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 18.9% 88.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.2% 32.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 16.5% 89.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 12.0% 34.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 32.6% 16.1% 88.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.5% 9.0% 30.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 27.3% 12.6% 87.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 7.0% 29.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -77.5% 8.8% 53.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 98.3% 5.9% 20.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -79.0% -8.5% 83.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.4% -7.3% 19.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARESETFNV
Gross margin – 23.6% 77.3%
EBITDA margin – 15.7% 93.0%
Operating margin – 10.0% 78.5%
Pretax margin 26.0% 7.1% 85.0%
Net margin 8.9% 4.7% 62.8%
FCF margin 14.0% 4.9% 76.4%
Operating cash flow margin 15.2% 11.3% 76.7%
Return on equity 15.4% 14.0% 18.1%
Return on assets 4.5% 4.8% 16.7%
Return on invested capital 14.8% 8.4% –
Return on capital employed – 8.4% 20.9%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARESETFNV
Debt / assets 15.4% 46.2% –
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.0x –
Debt / FCF 5.5x 13.1x –
Liabilities / assets 71.0% 65.9% 7.6%
Equity / assets 29.0% 34.1% 92.4%
Interest coverage 3.1x 2.9x 1,070x
Current ratio – 1.2x 9.4x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 8.5x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 6.9x
Altman Z-score – – 41.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARESETFNV
Dividend yield 4.2% 6.6% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 0.9% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 5.1% 6.6% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 301.7% 67.9% 18.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 229.6% 91.6% 15.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 23.7% 2.9% 12.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 26.9% 8.0% 11.0%

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.

ConsensusARESETFNV
Forward P/E 22.5xFY2026 11.4xFY2026 30.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.44FY2026 $1.80FY2026 $7.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.3%FY2026 +48.8%FY2026 +40.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +35.3% -9.4% +8.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.46BFY2026 $124.23BFY2026 $2.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.0%FY2026 +45.2%FY2026 +46.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.6% +1.4% +1.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARESETFNV
Held by institutions 66.7% 31.4% 71.6%
Institutions holding 802 1,280 661
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.3% +1.9% +0.4%
Institutions buying 477 628 335
Institutions selling 229 340 207
Buyers to sellers 2.08 1.85 1.62

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.

ARESETFNV
ARES 1.00 -0.08 0.14
ET -0.08 1.00 0.00
FNV 0.14 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARES, ET and FNV?

Energy Transfer (ET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ares Management (ARES) $44.02B, Energy Transfer (ET) $70.42B, Franco Nevada (FNV) $45.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARES, ET and FNV?

Energy Transfer (ET) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ares Management (ARES) 51.7x, Energy Transfer (ET) 13.9x, Franco Nevada (FNV) 31.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Energy Transfer (ET) is cheapest (Ares Management (ARES) 22.5x, Energy Transfer (ET) 11.4x, Franco Nevada (FNV) 30.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Franco Nevada (FNV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ares Management (ARES) +24.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) +33.3%, Franco Nevada (FNV) +73.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Franco Nevada (FNV) has the highest net margin (Ares Management (ARES) 8.9%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.7%, Franco Nevada (FNV) 62.8%). On return on invested capital, Ares Management (ARES) leads (Ares Management (ARES) 14.8%, Energy Transfer (ET) 8.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Franco Nevada (FNV) returned the most: Ares Management (ARES) -19.1%, Energy Transfer (ET) +20.9%, Franco Nevada (FNV) +28.5%. Over five years, Energy Transfer (ET) compounded fastest (Ares Management (ARES) +7.2%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +16.1%/yr, Franco Nevada (FNV) +10.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Energy Transfer (ET) has the highest dividend yield: Ares Management (ARES) 4.23%, Energy Transfer (ET) 6.59%, Franco Nevada (FNV) 0.72%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Ares Management (ARES) 43.6%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.4%, Franco Nevada (FNV) 38.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARES, ET and FNV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Energy Transfer (ET) 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.