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The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who didn’t). Let’s take a look at how asset management stocks fared in Q2, starting with Ares (NYSE:ARES).

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Ares Management (ARES) shares reacted after the company reported second quarter 2026 results, including revenue of US$1,428.61m and net income of US$150.64m. Management also affirmed quarterly dividends on both common and preferred stock. See our latest analysis for Ares Management. The earnings and dividend announcements appear to have contributed to a sharp short term rebound for Ares Management, with a 30 day share price return of 17.49% and a 90 day gain of 16.18%. However, the year to...

Ares Management Corporation recently reported past second-quarter 2026 results, with revenue of US$1,428.61 million and net income of US$150.64 million, alongside declaring quarterly dividends of US$1.35 per share for its common stock and US$0.84375 per share for its 6.75% Series B mandatory convertible preferred stock. The combination of higher year-on-year revenue and earnings, together with continued common and preferred dividends, highlights Ares Management’s ability to translate its...

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Ares Management delivered a quarter that met Wall Street’s revenue expectations and modestly exceeded consensus non-GAAP earnings per share for Q2, prompting a positive market response. Management attributed the performance to strong global fundraising, with CEO Michael Arougheti highlighting a record $36 billion raised across diverse strategies and approximately 17% year-over-year growth in both assets under management and fee-paying assets. The breadth of institutional investor engagement and

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Alternative asset manager Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 25.6% year on year to $1.28 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.29 per share was 1.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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

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Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) reported record fundraising in Q2 2026. The company recorded over US$36b in inflows during the quarter. These inflows increased its assets under management and supported its largest forward investment pipeline to date. For investors watching private markets, Ares Management sits at the intersection of credit, private equity and real assets, serving large institutional clients. The record Q2 2026 fundraising highlights how capital allocators are continuing to use...

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 joins a small but growing number of large private-markets firms defying a market slowdown with quarterly growth both in its fundraising and capital deployment.

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) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q2 CY2026, with sales at $1.43 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.29 per share was slightly above analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy Ares?

Private-fund manager Ares Management reported record fundraising of $36.4 billion in the second quarter, rebounding from a slowdown earlier in the year. The amount of money raised climbed about 24% from the first quarter of this year and 39% from the second quarter of 2025. Fundraising from Ares business development companies—a type of private-credit fund commonly sold to individual investors—dipped, but that was offset by a surge in sales of funds to institutional clients, like pensions and sovereign wealth funds.