Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. At $116.94, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 9.3%; Concentration risk — Customer: ARCC.
Ares Management is a global alternative investment manager with $622.5B in AUM across Credit, Real Assets, Secondaries, and Private Equity groups, operating in 55+ offices in 25+ countries with 4,250+ employees. It earns management fees, performance fees, and carried interest... Read more
Sell if holding. At $116.94, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 9.3%; Concentration risk — Customer: ARCC. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 62. Score 4.8/10, high confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerARCC10-K Item 1A: 'we derive a significant portion of our management fees from ARCC'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. At $116.94, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 9.3%; Concentration risk — Customer: ARCC. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 62. Prior stop was $108.52. Score 4.8/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $127.54 (+9.3% upside). Prior stop was $108.52. Stop-loss: $108.52.
Concentration risk — Customer: ARCC; Thin upside margin: 9.3%; Leverage penalty (D/E 1.6): -1.0.
Ares Management Corporation trades at a P/E of 68.7 (forward 15.9). TrendMatrix value score: 5.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
23 analysts cover ARES with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $142.
What does Ares Management Corporation do?Ares Management is a global alternative investment manager with $622.5B in AUM across Credit, Real Assets, Secondaries,...
Ares Management is a global alternative investment manager with $622.5B in AUM across Credit, Real Assets, Secondaries, and Private Equity groups, operating in 55+ offices in 25+ countries with 4,250+ employees. It earns management fees, performance fees, and carried interest from funds serving 2,850+ direct institutional relationships. AUM grew at a 21% CAGR over the past decade.