Ares Management vs Blackstone
ARES and BX side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARES and BX compare
Blackstone is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Ares Management ($90.2B against $48.5B).
Ares Management grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (21.9% versus 17.2% for Blackstone).
Blackstone keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 21.8% compared with 8.0% at Ares Management.
Both pay dividends: Ares Management yields 3.8% and Blackstone 3.3%.
Ares Management scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 10 for Blackstone), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARES | BX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $48.5B | $90.2B |
| Share price | $134.61 | $120.19 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.4% | −16.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 52.4% | −17.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.59 | 1.57 |
| Employees | 4,250 | 5,285 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.9× |
| P/S | 9.0× | 5.6× (better) |
| P/B | 12.7× | 10.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 16.4× |
| PEG | – | 1.50 |
| FCF yield | – | 6.1% |
| Fair value | $66.27 | $111.33 |
| Margin of safety | −103% | −8.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 21.9% (better) | 17.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 22.1% (better) | 18.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −33.5% | 22.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 20.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 20.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 8.0% | 21.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 34.1% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 40.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.44 | 2.29 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.8% (better) | 3.3% |
| Payout ratio | 22.2% | 181% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 19.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.8% (better) | 3.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.0% | 71.9% |
| Held by insiders | 61.8% | 0.99% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.3M (better) | −$28.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 2.6% |
Go deeper
- ARES stock overview
- ARES income statement
- ARES valuation and score
- BX stock overview
- BX income statement
- BX valuation and score
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