$80,000 of ARES MANAGEMENT LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Issues related to private equity; Mark to market proposals Issues related to retirement"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
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 Insider Trading Activity
ARES insiders have traded $ARES stock on the open market 81 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 80 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 25 sales selling 700,845 shares for an estimated $115,683,761.
- 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.
- R. KIPP DEVEER (Co-President) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 78,933 shares for an estimated $14,998,894.
- 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 409 institutional investors add shares of ARES stock to their portfolio, and 293 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 1,763,532 shares (-11.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $258,551,426
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 1,156,223 shares (+10.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $169,513,854
- FMR LLC added 960,828 shares (+13.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $140,866,993
- CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP LLC removed 837,214 shares (-45.3%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $122,743,944
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 796,418 shares (+25.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $116,762,842
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added 690,313 shares (+19.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $101,206,788
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC removed 639,424 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $93,745,952
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
ARES Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $ARES in the last several months. We have seen 6 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/11/2025
- JMP Securities issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 05/08/2025
- 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
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 04/03/2025
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 8 analysts offer price targets for $ARES in the last 6 months, with a median target of $190.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Brian McKenna from JMP Securities set a target price of $195.0 on 07/14/2025
- 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
- Craig Siegenthaler from B of A Securities set a target price of $201.0 on 04/04/2025
- Alexander Blostein from Goldman Sachs set a target price of $166.0 on 04/03/2025
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