AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Ares Management (ARES)

Ares Management Q4 revenue rises 19% to $1.26 billion; GAAP EPS falls to $0.72

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Ares Management reported fourth-quarter 2024 results on February 5, 2025, with total revenues of $1.26 billion, up from $1.05 billion a year earlier. Fee related earnings rose 7% to $396.2 million and after-tax realized income per share rose 2% to $1.23, while GAAP basic EPS fell to $0.72 from $0.88 after a $22.8 million Series B preferred dividend was deducted. The company also declared a quarterly common dividend of $1.12 per share, payable March 31, 2025.

Key points

  • Total revenues of $1,258,997 thousand for Q4 2024 versus $1,053,981 thousand for Q4 2023
  • GAAP net income attributable to Ares Management of $177.3 million; $154.5 million to Class A and non-voting common stockholders after the preferred dividend
  • After-tax realized income of $434.7 million, or $1.23 per Class A share, up 9% in dollars
  • Quarterly common dividend of $1.12 per share payable March 31, 2025 to holders of record on March 17, 2025

The filing

CompanyAres Management (ARES)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 5, 2025, 6:17 AM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-003909

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 05, 2025.

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