Growth Metrics

Ares Management (ARES-PB) FCF Margin (2013 - 2026)

Ares Management posted quarterly FCF Margin of 27.99% for Q1 2026, down 16835.0% year-on-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and up 234.7% on a QoQ basis from 20.78% in Q4 2025.

Ares Management (ARES-PB) has 14 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 27.99% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 16835.0% year-over-year to 27.99%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.92% (down 6465.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 57.03%, down 1246.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 27.99%, up from 20.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 196.34% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 133.39% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 38.96% (2022), against an average of 29.09%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin surged 15202 bps; it then sank 16835 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 25.96% in 2022, then slumped by 113 bps to 55.32% in 2023, then jumped by 201 bps to 55.74% in 2024, then sank by 137 bps to 20.78% in 2025, then soared by 235 bps to 27.99% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 27.99% (Q1 2026), 20.78% (Q4 2025), and 115.33% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - -16.21%
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 26.47%
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 39.82%
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 24.81%
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 32.02%
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -327.00%
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 8.80%
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - -24.56%
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 27.99%
10 Ares Management - - - 27.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 27.99%
Dec 31, 2025 -20.78%
Sep 30, 2025 115.33%
Jun 30, 2025 37.74%
Mar 31, 2025 196.34%
Dec 31, 2024 55.74%
Sep 30, 2024 72.09%
Jun 30, 2024 51.09%
Mar 31, 2024 92.96%
Dec 31, 2023 -55.32%
Sep 30, 2023 43.98%
Jun 30, 2023 -90.60%
Mar 31, 2023 85.90%
Dec 31, 2022 -25.96%
Sep 30, 2022 2.43%
Jun 30, 2022 -133.39%
Mar 31, 2022 38.96%
Dec 31, 2021 -27.46%
Sep 30, 2021 -82.42%
Jun 30, 2021 -25.69%
Mar 31, 2021 -113.06%
Dec 31, 2020 -68.78%
Sep 30, 2020 33.23%
Jun 30, 2020 63.53%
Mar 31, 2020 -85.30%
Dec 31, 2019 -93.30%
Sep 30, 2019 -84.72%
Jun 30, 2019 -329.10%
Mar 31, 2019 -73.94%
Dec 31, 2018 122.12%
Sep 30, 2018 -183.96%
Jun 30, 2018 -672.20%
Mar 31, 2018 29.18%
Dec 31, 2017 -180.22%
Sep 30, 2017 -310.27%
Jun 30, 2017 -4.07%
Mar 31, 2017 -123.67%
Dec 31, 2016 -103.31%
Sep 30, 2016 -98.75%
Jun 30, 2016 24.84%
Mar 31, 2016 -20.62%
Dec 31, 2015 -5.32%
Sep 30, 2015 6.57%
Jun 30, 2015 25.50%
Mar 31, 2015 -222.71%
Dec 31, 2014 -4.42%
Sep 30, 2014 -484.64%
Jun 30, 2014 1,038.41%
Mar 31, 2014 752.33%
Dec 31, 2013 1,087.62%
Sep 30, 2013 -225.79%
Jun 30, 2013 970.09%
Mar 31, 2013 14.76%