Growth Metrics

Ares Management (ARES-PB) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2026)

Ares Management posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 15.2% year-on-year from $1.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.42% on a QoQ basis from $1.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Ares Management (ARES-PB) has 14 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 15.2% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.9 billion (up 42.42% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.7 billion, up 60.23% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.2 billion, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.3 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $538.5 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $837.7 million (2023), against an average of $844.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses plunged 46.05%; it then soared 101.5% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $686.4 million in 2022, then gained by 12.25% to $770.5 million in 2023, then grew by 27.29% to $980.8 million in 2024, then grew by 27.31% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then dropped by 6.42% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 3.88 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - 2.26 Bn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 3.87 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 733.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 4.68 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - 2.81 Bn
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 3.67 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 1.51 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - 1.17 Bn
10 Ares Management - - - 1.17 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 980.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 854.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 564.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 538.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 770.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 560.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 837.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 628.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 686.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 898.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 552.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 611.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 813.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 1.02 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 525.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 492.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 392.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 483.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 81.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 362.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 395.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 335.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 369.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 215.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 227.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 221.02 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 206.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 310.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 254.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 448.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 491.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 299.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 283.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 303.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 129.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 185.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 136.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 212.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 234.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 213.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 203.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 259.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 184.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 242.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 237.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 109.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 213.07 Mn