Ares Management (ARES-PB) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)
Ares Management posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.21 for Q1 2026, up 28.68% year-on-year from 0.16 in Q1 2025, and up 110.28% on a QoQ basis from 2.04 in Q4 2025.
Ares Management (ARES-PB) has 14 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.21 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 28.68% year-over-year to 0.21; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.39 (up 415.25% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.27, up 2868.49% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.21, up from 2.04 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 49.04 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 2.04 in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.16 (2025), against an average of 3.11.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio soared 12427.1%; it then tumbled 1184.7% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.54 in 2022, then fell by 13.35% to 1.34 in 2023, then sank by 111.9% to 0.16 in 2024, then sank by 1184.7% to 2.04 in 2025, then surged by 110.28% to 0.21 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.21 (Q1 2026), 2.04 (Q4 2025), and 0.02 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 158.51 Bn | 148.89 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Blackstone | 92.68 Bn | 91.63 Bn | - | 0.37 |
| 3 | Kkr | 84.94 Bn | 132.45 Bn | - | 0.10 |
| 4 | Brookfield Asset Management | 77.34 Bn | 77.68 Bn | - | 2.44 |
| 5 | Apollo Global Management | 76.27 Bn | 95.00 Bn | 5.04 Bn | 0.18 |
| 6 | State Street | 44.42 Bn | 18.75 Bn | - | -0.02 |
| 7 | Ameriprise Financial | 41.68 Bn | 41.55 Bn | 4.57 Bn | 0.34 |
| 8 | Northern Trust | 31.21 Bn | 31.21 Bn | - | -0.45 |
| 9 | Ares Management | 28.85 Bn | 32.22 Bn | - | 0.21 |
| 10 | Ares Management | - | - | - | 0.21 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.21 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -2.04 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.02 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.13 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.34 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.45 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.06 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.54 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 49.04 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.40 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.98 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.80 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.39 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.90 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.02 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -0.62 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 1.18 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -0.10 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -0.52 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -0.01 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.88 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -0.13 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.01 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -1.68 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -0.03 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.06 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.65 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -0.83 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -4.04 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 6.79 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 1.00 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -19.08 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | -0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.43 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.46 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -0.79 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | -1.95 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 1.12 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 7.08 |