Ares Management ARES Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Ares Management Corp (NYSE:ARES) had 802 institutional holders reporting a position on Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• These investors held 66.68% of Ares Management's outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, up from 63.44% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in Ares Management rose 5.25% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 4.43% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 802 holders of ARES in Q2 2026, 477 added to their positions, 229 reduced their stakes and 96 left their positions unchanged.
• The aggregate institutional position in Ares Management was 217.86Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026, up 10.87Mn from the prior quarter and up 29.93Mn from a year earlier.
• BlackRock, Inc. held the largest position in ARES at 16.88Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 5.17% of shares outstanding.
• Among existing holders, the largest additions to Ares Management in Q2 2026 came from Bank of America Corp (+7.66Mn shares), UBS Group AG (+1.22Mn shares), Bessemer Group Inc (+1.1Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (+1.06Mn shares) and FMR LLC (+988.7K shares).
• The largest position reductions in ARES for Q2 2026 were by Citadel Advisors LLC (-1.99Mn shares), Nuveen, LLC (-1.87Mn shares), Massachusetts Financial Services Co (-1.68Mn shares), Wellington Management Group LLP (-1.64Mn shares) and Capital World Investors (-1.14Mn shares).
• According to Business Quant data, the leading holders of ARES for Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (16.88Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (13.75Mn shares), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (13.36Mn shares), Bank of America Corp (11.86Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (10.92Mn shares), Capital World Investors (10.64Mn shares), Wellington Management Group LLP (9.53Mn shares), State Street Corp (8.98Mn shares), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc (6.75Mn shares) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (6.65Mn shares).