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

Ares Management Q1 after-tax realized income up 44% to $381.4 million; GAAP profit falls

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Ares Management reported first-quarter 2025 results and declared a $1.12 per share quarterly dividend on Class A common stock. After-tax realized income rose 44% year over year to $381.4 million, and fee related earnings rose 22% to $367.3 million, but GAAP net income attributable to Ares fell to $47.2 million from $73.0 million, and GAAP earnings per share were $0.00 versus $0.33 a year earlier.

Key points

  • After-tax realized income was $381.4 million, or $1.09 per Class A share, compared with $265.1 million, or $0.80 per share, in Q1 2024.
  • GAAP net income attributable to Ares Management was $47.2 million, versus $73.0 million a year earlier; net income to Class A and non-voting common stockholders after $25.3 million of preferred dividends was $21.9 million.
  • Assets under management reached $545.9 billion as of March 31, 2025, up 27% from a year earlier, including the GCP International acquisition completed March 1, 2025.
  • Quarterly common dividend of $1.12 per share is payable June 30, 2025, to holders of record as of June 16, 2025.

The filing

CompanyAres Management (ARES)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 2, 2025, 8:51 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-25-022010

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 May 02, 2025.

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