Seasonality
ARES seasonality — Ares Management
Over the last 11 years, ARES's strongest month on average has been July (+9.7%) and its weakest March (-4.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.95% | +2.25% | 70% | +21.3% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.78% | +3.11% | 60% | +15.1% | -25.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -4.20% | -2.17% | 40% | +7.8% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.23% | +3.87% | 80% | +8.5% | -18.5% | 10 |
| May | +4.54% | +5.20% | 80% | +12.6% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.77% | +0.80% | 50% | +15.2% | -20.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +9.70% | +9.44% | 100% | +26.0% | +0.6% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.81% | +0.52% | 50% | +11.8% | -4.4% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.08% | -2.45% | 30% | +8.9% | -18.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +4.18% | +6.12% | 60% | +22.4% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.36% | +5.47% | 89% | +14.4% | -4.2% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.88% | +3.74% | 80% | +12.3% | -20.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ARES
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -7.4 | -25.2 | -2.6 | 7.6 | 9.4 | -13.4 | 15.1 | 11.8 | -18.9 | 10.3 | 4.5 | -17.1% | |
| 2025 | 12.0 | -13.8 | -14.2 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 7.1 | -3.4 | -10.8 | -7.0 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.3 | -4.9 | 14.9 | -4.4 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 0.2 | +48.9% |
| 2023 | 21.3 | -2.8 | 3.5 | 5.0 | -0.6 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | -0.6 | -4.2 | 13.9 | 5.9 | +73.8% |
| 2022 | -1.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | -18.5 | 7.5 | -20.1 | 26.0 | 3.5 | -16.4 | 22.4 | 3.4 | -12.7 | -15.8% |
| 2021 | -4.0 | 15.1 | 7.8 | -6.3 | 5.1 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 7.8 | -4.3 | 14.8 | -4.2 | 0.1 | +72.7% |
| 2020 | 1.0 | -4.1 | -10.6 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | -0.1 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 4.4 | +31.8% |
| 2019 | 17.3 | 13.2 | -1.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 11.8 | -0.5 | -7.9 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 7.9 | +100.7% |
| 2018 | 16.8 | 4.5 | -12.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | -6.5 | 3.1 | -0.2 | 8.9 | -15.5 | 14.4 | -20.8 | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 9.9 | -12.3 | 3.7 | -8.1 | -0.3 | 2.8 | -1.9 | 2.8 | -1.6 | 0.5 | 8.4 | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 12.3 |