With 1.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.28 million shares. During the session, the Asset Management company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $149.68 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $142.79. The 52-week range on ARES shows that it touched its highest point at $200.49 and its lowest point at $125.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $196.20. With its current market cap of 46.03 billion, ARES has annualized dividend of $3.72 while the current yield stands at 2.55%. ARES paid its most recent dividend on 1734393600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742169600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.34.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ARES was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -10.47%, but this was down by -23.19% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.05% while six-month performance rose 4.18%. The stock gained 8.82% in the past year, while it has lost -17.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ARES yields 2.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.62. For the next quarter, that number is 0.98. This implies an EPS growth rate of 31.61% for this year and 26.69% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 26.27% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 14.31%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 199.87 million ARES shares are outstanding with a float of 191.97 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 3.89 million, which was 187.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Antony Peter Ressler as the firm’s Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Mr. Michael J. Arougheti serves as its Co-Founder, CEO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.78976995 of ARES’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, ARES reported revenue of $1607106000.0 and operating income of $626339000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $646439000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ARES since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ARES analysts setting a high price target of 221.0 and a low target of 164.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 197.7143. Based on these targets, ARES could surge 51.44% to reach the target high and rise by 12.38% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 35.49% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.20286 being high and $3.9627 being low. For ARES, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.04275. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.4 and the low estimate is $1.14. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.25.
