Ares Management vs Price T Rowe
ARES and TROW 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 TROW compare
Ares Management is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Price T Rowe ($48.5B against $23.2B).
Ares Management grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (21.9% versus 6.9% for Price T Rowe).
Price T Rowe keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.4% compared with 8.0% at Ares Management.
Both pay dividends: Ares Management yields 3.8% and Price T Rowe 4.7%.
Price T Rowe scores higher on the StockData Score (23 against 11 for Ares Management), 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 | TROW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $48.5B | $23.2B |
| Share price | $134.61 | $108.93 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.4% | 4.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 52.4% | −48.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.59 | 1.36 |
| Employees | 4,250 | 7,773 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 23 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 11.0× |
| P/S | 9.0× | 3.0× (better) |
| P/B | 12.7× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 8.0× |
| P/FCF | – | 14.5× |
| PEG | – | 0.97 |
| FCF yield | – | 6.9% |
| Fair value | $66.27 | $153.98 |
| Margin of safety | −103% | 29.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 21.9% (better) | 6.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 22.1% (better) | 3.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −33.5% | 5.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 7.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −1.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 32.0% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 28.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 20.7% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 19.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 25.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.44 | 4.92 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.8% | 4.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 22.2% | 52.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 9 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.1% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.8% | 7.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.0% | 89.3% |
| Held by insiders | 61.8% | 0.81% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.3M | −$1.9M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 12.9% |
Go deeper
- ARES stock overview
- ARES income statement
- ARES valuation and score
- TROW stock overview
- TROW income statement
- TROW valuation and score
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