Michael J Arougheti, the Co-Founder and CEO of $ARES, sold 4,572 shares of the company on 08-15-2025 for an estimated $872,063. We received data on the trade from a recent SEC filing. This was a sale of approximately 0.8% of their shares of this class of stock. Following this trade, they now own 533,796 shares of this class of $ARES stock.
$ARES Insider Trading Activity
$ARES insiders have traded $ARES stock on the open market 93 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 92 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ARES stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- MICHAEL J AROUGHETI (Co-Founder and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 43 sales selling 979,117 shares for an estimated $167,408,817.
- BENNETT ROSENTHAL (Co-Founder & Chairman of PEG) has made 0 purchases and 25 sales selling 225,000 shares for an estimated $37,222,465.
- DAVID B KAPLAN (Co-Founder) has made 0 purchases and 24 sales selling 225,000 shares for an estimated $37,002,068.
- ASHISH BHUTANI purchased 10,000 shares for an estimated $1,413,300
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$ARES Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 411 institutional investors add shares of $ARES stock to their portfolio, and 394 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 4,838,965 shares (+342.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $838,108,738
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 1,746,376 shares (+9.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $302,472,323
- LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC removed 1,604,441 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $277,889,181
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added 1,438,607 shares (+34.4%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $249,166,732
- VULCAN VALUE PARTNERS, LLC added 1,082,259 shares (+780.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $187,447,258
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 982,565 shares (-7.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $170,180,258
- WINSLOW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added 934,030 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $161,773,996
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$ARES Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $ARES stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $ARES stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $100,000 on 04/17 and 2 sales worth up to $150,000 on 05/12, 03/13.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
$ARES Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ARES in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- RBC Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 08/18/2025
- JMP Securities issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 08/06/2025
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods issued a "Outperform" rating on 08/04/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/11/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/06/2025
- TD Cowen issued a "Buy" rating on 04/09/2025
- B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 04/04/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $ARES, check out Quiver Quantitative's $ARES forecast page.
$ARES Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $ARES recently. We have seen 10 analysts offer price targets for $ARES in the last 6 months, with a median target of $200.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Kenneth S. Lee from RBC Capital set a target price of $215.0 on 08/18/2025
- Brian McKenna from JMP Securities set a target price of $205.0 on 08/06/2025
- Kyle Voigt from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a target price of $203.0 on 08/04/2025
- Michael Brown from Wells Fargo set a target price of $202.0 on 07/11/2025
- Benjamin Budish from Barclays set a target price of $200.0 on 07/10/2025
- Michael Cyprys from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $152.0 on 04/14/2025
- Bill Katz from TD Cowen set a target price of $161.0 on 04/09/2025
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