Growth Metrics

Ares Management (ARES) Goodwill (2016 - 2026)

Ares Management filings provide 13 years of Goodwill readings, the most recent being $3.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Goodwill rose 197.09% to $3.5 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $3.5 billion, a 197.09% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $3.5 billion, up 197.09% from a year prior.
  • Goodwill hit $3.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Ares Management, roughly flat from $3.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Goodwill ranged from a high of $3.5 billion in Q1 2025 to a low of $788.0 million in Q4 2021.
  • Median Goodwill over the past 5 years was $1.1 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $1.6 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Goodwill: dropped 0.14% in 2023 and later skyrocketed 209.65% in 2025.
  • Ares Management's Goodwill stood at $788.0 million in 2021, then grew by 26.86% to $999.7 million in 2022, then increased by 12.44% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 3.44% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 197.09% to $3.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Goodwill were $3.5 billion (Q4 2025), $3.4 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.4 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.