Ares Management (ARES) Goodwill (2013 - 2026)
Ares Management's (ARES) quarterly Goodwill came in at $3.5 billion in Q1 2026, down 1.03% YoY from $3.5 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $3.5 billion in Q4 2025.
Ares Management (ARES) Goodwill (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ares Management (ARES) has 14 years of Goodwill data on file, last reported at $3.5 billion in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Goodwill fell 1.03% year-over-year to $3.5 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.5 billion (down 1.03% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.5 billion, up 197.09% from the prior year.
- Goodwill steadied at $3.5 billion in Q1 2026, from $3.5 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 $55.7 million in Q1 2024.
- A 5-year average of $1.7 billion and a median of $1.1 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Goodwill.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Goodwill plunged 77.55% — and 2025, when it surged 6182.48%.
- Tracing ARES's Goodwill over 5 years: stood at $999.7 million in 2022, then rose by 12.44% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then grew by 3.44% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 197.09% to $3.5 billion in 2025, then climbed by 0.27% to $3.5 billion in 2026.
- The last three Goodwill figures came in at $3.5 billion (Q1 2026), $3.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.46 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.45 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.50 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.16 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.13 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 55.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.12 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 997.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 998.02 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 224.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 999.66 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 996.74 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 998.44 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 787.97 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 371.05 Mn |