Ares Management ARES
NYSE ARES
$140.68 +0.45 (+0.32%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 2:22 PM EDT

Ares Management (ARES) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Ares Management's (ARES) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.15 in Q1 2026, up 18.47% YoY from 0.13 in Q1 2025, and up 12.23% on a QoQ basis from 0.14 in Q4 2025.

Ares Management (ARES) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ares Management (ARES) has 14 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.15 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 18.47% year-over-year to 0.15 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.15 (up 18.47% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.14, up 33.86% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio improved to 0.15 in Q1 2026, from 0.14 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.53 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.04 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14 and a median of 0.11 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 189.93% in 2023, down 81.2% in 2023.
  • Tracing ARES's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.1 in 2022, then advanced by 16.03% to 0.12 in 2023, then retreated by 14.24% to 0.1 in 2024, then soared by 33.86% to 0.14 in 2025, then grew by 12.23% to 0.15 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.15 (Q1 2026), 0.14 (Q4 2025), and 0.14 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 179.36 Bn 165.49 Bn - 0.12
2 Blackstone 114.55 Bn 112.04 Bn - 0.26
3 Kkr 96.68 Bn -180.39 Bn - -
4 Brookfield 93.26 Bn 45.85 Bn - 0.03
5 Brookfield Asset Management 83.50 Bn 82.00 Bn - 0.17
6 Apollo Global Management 78.23 Bn 52.86 Bn 10.54 Bn 0.03
7 State Street 51.50 Bn 51.50 Bn - -
8 Ameriprise Financial 51.10 Bn 40.06 Bn 4.72 Bn 0.00
9 Raymond James Financial 33.99 Bn 20.74 Bn - 0.05
10 Ares Management 11.35 Bn 11.35 Bn - 0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.15
Mar 31, 2026 0.15
Dec 31, 2025 0.14
Sep 30, 2025 0.14
Jun 30, 2025 0.13
Mar 31, 2025 0.13
Dec 31, 2024 0.10
Sep 30, 2024 0.10
Jun 30, 2024 0.11
Mar 31, 2024 0.12
Dec 31, 2023 0.12
Sep 30, 2023 0.10
Jun 30, 2023 0.10
Mar 31, 2023 0.11
Dec 31, 2022 0.10
Sep 30, 2022 0.10
Jun 30, 2022 0.53
Mar 31, 2022 0.04
Dec 31, 2021 0.07
Sep 30, 2021 0.04