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Record $36B quarterly fundraising drives 17% AUM growth and 20% fee-related earnings increase.

Despite a dip in realized performance income, Ares Management Corp (ARES) posts record quarterly fundraising and robust fee-related earnings growth, positioning for continued expansion.

Moby summary of Ares Management Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) reported second-quarter results marked by record fundraising, higher fee-paying assets under management and double-digit growth in fee-related earnings and realized income, as the alternative investment manager expanded activity across credit, real assets, secondaries and

ARES' Q2 earnings meet estimates as fee-related earnings and AUM grow y/y, even as revenues missed expectations.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Ares Management (ARES) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Ares Capital and Blue Owl Capital reported resilient second-quarter results this week, while Ares Management posted record fundraising, highlighting continued institutional demand for private credit despite rising defaults, ‌retail redemptions and liquidity concerns. Ares Management, one of the industry's largest players, raised a record $36 billion ‌in the second quarter, including $23.7 billion for its credit strategies. Assets under management rose 17% from a year earlier to $671.3 billion.

Ares Management (ARES) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 0.00% and -4.16%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Alternative asset manager Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) will be announcing earnings results this Friday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

ARES' Q2 results, set to be reported on July 31, are expected to benefit from higher AUM, management fees and revenues, supported by favorable inflows.

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Ares Management stock has more than doubled over the past five years, yet its current valuation checks and intrinsic value estimate now point to a premium price rather than an obvious bargain. Ares Management has returned 101.1% over five years, which puts extra focus on whether the current share price still offers an attractive entry point for new capital. The completed US$1.7b acquisition of Whitestone REIT can support long term cash flow potential. At the same time, integration execution...

Blackstone's Q2 earnings beat estimates as record $1.35 trillion AUM and strong inflows outweighed higher expenses.

Ares Management is scheduled to report its second-quarter results next week, and analysts expect a double-digit earnings growth.

Ares Management stock is coming off a strong 113.7% gain over the last five years, yet current valuation checks show a different picture, with the intrinsic value estimate from the Excess Returns model sitting close to the market price while earnings based multiples lean expensive. Over five years, Ares Management has returned 113.7%, which puts recent weakness in context as a longer term winner that now needs its fundamentals to keep up with the share price. Fresh growth initiatives, such...

Ares Management targets strong long-term earnings growth as rising AUM, fee revenues and acquisitions expand its alternative investment platform.

Ares Management’s first quarter saw strong revenue growth, with management attributing performance to robust institutional fundraising and broad-based product demand across its credit, real assets, and secondaries platforms. CEO Michael J. Arougheti emphasized that, despite a seasonal slowdown and geopolitical uncertainty, the firm’s deployment and fundraising remained resilient. He highlighted that “our pipeline of new institutional funds remains robust for this year and next year,” supporting