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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?

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

Ares Management’s biggest private-credit fund took more losses from software loans in the second quarter. The $29 billion Ares Capital Corp. fund swung to a $188 million quarterly unrealized loss from existing loans compared with the same period in 2025, but the result was an improvement from a $306 million loss in the first quarter. While net new loan commitments declined by $323 million in the quarter, the fund did more new deals in June and July, especially with larger companies, fund executives said.

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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 (ARES) is back in focus after being identified as the lender behind Charterhouse Capital Partners’ acquisition of Batibig, a French emergency building repairs group, which is putting fresh attention on the stock’s role in European private credit. See our latest analysis for Ares Management. At a share price of $121.28, Ares Management has seen short term share price momentum soften, with a 7 day share price return down 3.31% and year to date share price return down 27.08%...

Ares Management (ARES) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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...

Morgan Stanley recently reiterated a Hold rating on Ares Management as analysts refreshed coverage and forecasts ahead of the company’s late-July Q2 2026 earnings release. At the same time, Ares’ role financing Charterhouse Capital Partners’ acquisition of Batibig highlights its growing footprint in European private credit and sponsor-backed deals. We’ll now examine how this refreshed analyst coverage ahead of Ares’ Q2 earnings update may influence the company’s broader investment...

Financial stocks were lower in late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index decrea

Financial stocks were lower in Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index decreasing

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