Ares Management Corporation (ARES) earnings on May 1, 2026
More Ares Management Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
ARES initially jumped after earnings, reaching a high of +6.14%, but gave back most gains to close up 1.36%. The stock showed strength but couldn't hold all its early gains.
ARES price around the earnings
119.04
Change: +1.4%
2026-05-01, 19:59 UTC
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- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Analysts expect upside, momentum strong, but resistance near.
Analysts anticipate the stock price may increase, even after a recent price target reduction, supported by strong upward price movement.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cite an optimistic scenario, momentum strong, but resistance near.
- Reasoning
- Analysts anticipate an optimistic scenario, even after a recent price target reduction, supported by strong upward price movement.
- Playbook
- The stock is testing a key price level, with resistance above.
- Trend
- Analyst confidence improving steadily, but score declining.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
The average price target from analysts points to an optimistic scenario, showing confidence in its future.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.94
- Analysts covering the stock
- 17
- Average price target
- 145.18
- Lowest price target
- 104
- Highest price target
- 205
- Upside to price target
- 21.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -69.4%
- Revenue growth
- 19.5%
- Forward EPS
- 7.42
- Trailing EPS
- 1.71
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 6
- Strong buy: 4
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 4
- Buy
- 7
- Hold
- 6
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 21, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- April 13, 2026 · Oppenheimer: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- April 8, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 7, 2026 · Goldman Sachs: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 24, 2026 · BMO Capital: Maintains rating (Market Perform → Market Perform)
- February 24, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
One major analyst firm has maintained a neutral rating and lowered its price target, adding a note of caution despite generally positive views.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Ares Management, Lowers Price Target to $163 — Benzinga
- Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform on Ares Management, Lowers Price Target to $147 — Benzinga
- Ares Targets $20 Billion For New Private Credit Fund — Benzinga
- Whitestone Shares Rally As Ares Buyout Sets $19 Per Share Price — Benzinga
- Ares Enters Agreement to Acquire Whitestone REIT For $19.00 Per Unit In Cash In Transaction Valued At Approximately $1.7B, Expected to Close In Q3 2026 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock has shown strong upward price movement over the last 14 and 30 days, significantly outperforming the broader market.
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Technical
Negative
Although the stock has moved up strongly, it is now approaching a price level where it may face selling pressure, limiting immediate gains.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4.3%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -38.6%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +13.3%
- 30-day change
- +10.3%
- 30-day relative strength
- +6.5%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 95.8
- Nearest resistance
- 123.29
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.98
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +0.0%
- February 5, 2026: actual EPS 1.45 vs estimate 1.69 (surprise -14.0%)
- November 3, 2025: actual EPS 1.19 vs estimate 1.14 (surprise +4.0%)
- August 1, 2025: actual EPS 1.03 vs estimate 1.09 (surprise -5.8%)
- May 5, 2025: actual EPS 1.09 vs estimate 0.94 (surprise +15.9%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.1%
- 75th percentile move
- 4.8%
- 90th percentile move
- 6.9%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 9
- Average up move
- +3.7%
- Average down move
- -3.7%
Monitoring and close
What Ares Management Corporation reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +1.4%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 6.1%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 2%