TTM
24.6%
YoY change
+2.87pp
Trough year (2012)
-127.1%
Peak year (2025)
27.2%
Latest annual
27.2%
Operating Margin history chart for Ares Management (ARES) from 2011 to 2025
Latest: 27.2%
Operating Margin change chart for Ares Management (ARES) from 2011 to 2025
Latest: +2.87pp
Operating Margin history table for Ares Management (ARES) from 2011 to 2025
| 2025 | 27.2% | +2.87pp | ||
| 2024 | 24.4% | +1.39pp | ||
| 2023 | 23.0% | +12.94pp | ||
| 2022 | 10.0% | -9.01pp | ||
| 2021 | 19.0% | +1.27pp | ||
| 2020 | 17.8% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.1% | +7.95pp | ||
| 2018 | 9.2% | +15.22pp | ||
| 2017 | -6.0% | -20.60pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.6% | +9.00pp | ||
| 2015 | 5.6% | +47.99pp | ||
| 2014 | -42.4% | +25.11pp | ||
| 2013 | -67.5% | +59.54pp | ||
| 2012 | -127.1% | -117.33pp | ||
| 2011 | -9.7% | — |
- 202527.2%+2.87pp
- 202424.4%+1.39pp
- 202323.0%+12.94pp
- 202210.0%-9.01pp
- 202119.0%+1.27pp
- 202017.8%+0.63pp
- 201917.1%+7.95pp
- 20189.2%+15.22pp
- 2017-6.0%-20.60pp
- 201614.6%+9.00pp
- 20155.6%+47.99pp
- 2014-42.4%+25.11pp
- 2013-67.5%+59.54pp
- 2012-127.1%-117.33pp
- 2011-9.7%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Ares Management's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Ares Management (ARES)
According to Ares Management's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 24.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Ares Management (ARES) operating margin is 27.22% – expanded 2.9 percentage points year-over-year.
27.22% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2025, against a low of -127.07% during 2012.
Ares Management Operating Margin by Year
Ares Management Operating Margin 2025: 27.2%
2025's operating margin for Ares Management came in at 27.22%, expanded 2.9 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Ares Management Operating Margin 2024: 24.4%
Ares Management posted operating margin of 24.35% in 2024, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2023.
Ares Management Operating Margin 2023: 23.0%
In 2023, Ares Management reported operating margin of 22.96%, expanded 12.9 percentage points from 2022.
Ares Management Operating Margin 2022: 10.0%
Ares Management operating margin in 2022 was 10.03%, contracted 9.0 percentage points from 2021.
Ares Management Operating Margin 2021: 19.0%
Ares Management operating margin in 2021 was 19.04%.
See more financial history for Ares Management (ARES).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Financial Services peers of Ares Management (ARES), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 61.1% | |
| 59.4% | |
| 26.2% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 20.5% | |
| 20.5% | |
| 19.5% | |
| 16.1% |
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