Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Ares Management Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Ares Management Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Ares Management Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Ares Management Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for ARES from analysts
• ARES’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Ares Management Corporation (ARES)

Before we jump into Ares Management Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company’s Private Equity Group segment specializes in early venture, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, recapitalization, growth capital, middle market, mezzanine, distressed and growth buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, services, energy, industrials and consumer. The firm seeks to takes majority, minority and shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia and Australia. Its Real Estate Group segment invests in new developments and the repositioning of assets, with a focus on control or majority-control investments; and originates and invests in a range of self-originated financing opportunities for middle-market owners and operators of commercial real estate. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $500 million in companies having EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million and debt investment value between $10 million and $100 million. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

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What Caused Ares Management Corporation Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 31, 2026, there was 1 analyst who downgraded Ares Management Corporation’s stock and 0 analysts who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Ares Management Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Ares Management Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Ares Management Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a F, which means it is considered to be Ultra Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Ares Management Corporation (ARES) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Ares Management Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 31, 2026, Ares Management Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -8.51%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 27 and is considered to be Weak.

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Ares Management Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of August 3, 2026, Ares Management Corporation’s stock price is $131.995, which is up 3.05% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Ares Management Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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