Ares Management (ARES) Net Margin (2013 - 2026)
Ares Management posted quarterly Net Margin of 8.4% for Q1 2026, up 622.0% year-on-year from 1.16% in Q1 2025, and up 597.61% on a QoQ basis from 1.2% in Q4 2025.
Ares Management (ARES) has 14 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 8.4% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 622.0% year-over-year to 8.4%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.7% (down 25.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 7.61%, down 374.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 8.4%, up from 1.2% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 22.87% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 5.89% in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.49% (2024), against an average of 9.92%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin slumped 1482 bps; it then jumped 1510 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 15.41% in 2022, then advanced by 7 bps to 16.5% in 2023, then sank by 35 bps to 10.79% in 2024, then slumped by 89 bps to 1.2% in 2025, then soared by 598 bps to 8.4% in 2026.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 8.4% (Q1 2026), 1.2% (Q4 2025), and 22.87% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 158.51 Bn | 148.89 Bn | - | 34.73% |
| 2 | Blackstone | 92.68 Bn | 91.63 Bn | - | 34.77% |
| 3 | Kkr | 84.94 Bn | 132.45 Bn | - | 8.45% |
| 4 | Brookfield Asset Management | 77.34 Bn | 77.68 Bn | - | 46.11% |
| 5 | Apollo Global Management | 76.27 Bn | 95.00 Bn | 5.04 Bn | -38.15% |
| 6 | State Street | 44.42 Bn | 18.75 Bn | - | 18.57% |
| 7 | Ameriprise Financial | 41.68 Bn | 41.55 Bn | 4.57 Bn | 18.73% |
| 8 | Northern Trust | 31.21 Bn | 31.21 Bn | - | 37.97% |
| 9 | Ares Management | 28.85 Bn | 32.22 Bn | - | 8.40% |
| 10 | Raymond James Financial | 28.62 Bn | 17.38 Bn | - | 12.72% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.40% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.74% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.79% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.49% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.92% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.50% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.21% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.41% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.41% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.89% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.61% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.46% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.93% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.65% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 8.04% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 11.40% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 8.60% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 15.61% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -8.49% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 7.56% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 5.98% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 9.31% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 8.28% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 2.63% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 4.35% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -8.42% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 13.35% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 9.11% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 7.77% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 7.77% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -19.06% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.98% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 10.90% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 10.17% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -2.27% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.12% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -7.89% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 21.33% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 15.71% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 21.40% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | -317.36% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 141.49% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 76.95% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -4,210.93% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 298.94% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | -153.11% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 230.19% |