ARES (Ares Management) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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ARES Ares Management Corp ARES
81 GF Score
Price $126.92
GF Value $182.98
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What is Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Ares Management's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $39 Mil. Ares Management's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $14,834 Mil. Ares Management's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $2,411 Mil. Ares Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 6.17.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ARES' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.45   Med: 9.23   Max: 17.29
Current: 6.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ares Management was 17.29. The lowest was 5.45. And the median was 9.23.

ARES's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.47% of 377 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs ARES: 6.49

Ares Management  (NYSE:ARES) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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ARES vs NTRS, RJF, PFG: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Ares Management Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Ares Management's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1494.754 + 12820.239) / 2296.278
=6.23

Ares Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38.689 + 14833.919) / 2410.964
=6.17

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Ares Management (ARES) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Ares Management stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $126.92 is trading 30.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $182.98. GuruFocus considers Ares Management to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for ARES:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $182.98 vs. price of $126.92 (30.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 81/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the ARES stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Ares Management Business Description

Other Exchanges 0QN:GermanyA2RE34:Brazil
Address 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90067
Ares Management is one of the world's largest alternative-asset managers, with $622.5 billion in total assets under management, or AUM, including $384.9 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of 2025. The company has four main business segments: credit strategies ($406.9 billion in total AUM and $249.8 billion in fee-earning AUM), private equity, ($25.3 billion/$14.4 billion), real estate/real assets ($139.1 billion/$84.1 billion), and other alternatives ($51.2 billion/$36.6 billion). The firm primarily serves institutional investors (80% of AUM) and high-net-worth individuals (20%). Ares operates through more than 35 offices in over 15 countries around the globe.
81GF Score

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