ARES
Ares Management Corporation
There isn't enough reported data to score ARES yet.
HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc.
HOOD's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks cheap: trading at 38x earnings, below its usual 51x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth, though they disagree widely on how much.
ARES Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Unavailable | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
ARES's profitability is currently stable. There isn't enough data to rate its revenue. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like ARES.
HOOD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
HOOD's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like HOOD.
ARES PE Valuation
ARES has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
HOOD PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 30x | $81.35 | — |
| Cheap | 37x | $78.84 | -3.1% |
| Current | 38x | $81.35 | — |
| Fair | 51x | $110 | +35% |
| Expensive | 74x | $160 | +96% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
HOOD's PE is in its cheap range at 38x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 30x next year's earnings.
ARES Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ARES, but weaker profitability.
HOOD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
HOOD has the edge over ARES on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
ARES Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $6.53 | +220% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.04 | -16% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.20 | +1.4% |
| Q2 2024 | $1.95 | +18% |
| Q1 2024 | $2.26 | +102% |
| Q4 2023 | $2.42 | +178% |
| Q3 2023 | $2.17 | +136% |
| Q2 2023 | $1.65 | +3.8% |
| Q1 2023 | $1.12 | -46% |
HOOD has the stronger earnings trend. Trailing diluted EPS is down 16% for ARES versus HOOD down 10%.
HOOD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.72 | +26% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.16 | -10% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.26 | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.06 | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.05 | +31% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.40 | +314% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.96 | +513% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.75 | +1150% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.56 | +$2.17 |
HOOD earned $2.16 per share over the past year, down 10% from the year before.
ARES Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $1.2B | +11% |
| Q3 2024 | $842M | +24% |
| Q2 2024 | $874.9M | +11% |
| Q1 2024 | $735.8M | +13% |
| Q4 2023 | $1.1B | +0.7% |
| Q3 2023 | $677.7M | +12% |
| Q2 2023 | $785.1M | +28% |
| Q1 2023 | $653.7M | +18% |
ARES has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is up 71% for ARES versus up 12% for HOOD.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 19% | N/A |
| Q4 2024 | 32% | -11 points |
| Q3 2024 | 39% | +5.4 points |
| Q2 2024 | 36% | -12 points |
| Q1 2024 | 31% | -5.5 points |
| Q4 2023 | 43% | +12 points |
| Q3 2023 | 33% | +44 points |
| Q2 2023 | 49% | +38 points |
ARES's operating margin was 19% last quarter, down 12 points from the same quarter a year ago.
HOOD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.4B | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.3B | +32% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.3B | +27% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.3B | +100% |
| Q2 2025 | $989M | +45% |
| Q1 2025 | $927M | +50% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | +115% |
HOOD's revenue has grown year over year for 16 quarters in a row: $1.4B last quarter, up 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 44% | -5.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 54% | +9.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 39% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 52% | -3.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 50% | +26 points |
| Q2 2025 | 45% | +17 points |
| Q1 2025 | 40% | +14 points |
| Q4 2024 | 55% | +49 points |
HOOD has the edge over ARES on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ARES Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $807.6M | +$1.4B |
| Q3 2024 | $841.3M | +164% |
| Q2 2024 | $432.2M | +$1.1B |
| Q1 2024 | $710M | +0.3% |
| Q4 2023 | -$560.1M | -$369.5M |
| Q3 2023 | $318.3M | +1194% |
| Q2 2023 | -$699.1M | +$93.3M |
| Q1 2023 | $707.6M | +216% |
HOOD has the stronger cash trend. Its trailing FCF is up 1,003% versus its history, compared with ARES at up 484%.
HOOD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B | +$2.8B |
| Q2 2026 | $720M | -79% |
| Q1 2026 | $2B | +217% |
| Q4 2025 | -$937M | +$463M |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.6B | -187% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.5B | +6398% |
| Q1 2025 | $642M | +$1.3B |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.4B | -246% |
HOOD's free cash flow was $3B over the past year, up 159% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HOOD.
ARES Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +15% | +47.1M shares |
| 1 year | +16% | +50.6M shares |
| 3 years | +23% | +66.9M shares |
| 5 years | +46% | +113M shares |
ARES has 360M diluted shares, up 16% from a year ago.
HOOD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -1M shares |
| 1 year | -0.8% | -6.9M shares |
| 3 years | +1.8% | +15.9M shares |
| 5 years | +292% | +679M shares |
| Available history | +7.2% | +60.8M shares |
HOOD has the edge over ARES on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $25M |
| Q2 2026 | $414M |
| Q1 2026 | $250M |
| Q4 2025 | $100M |
| Q3 2025 | $107M |
| Q2 2025 | $124M |
| Q1 2025 | $322M |
| Q4 2024 | $160M |
HOOD spent $789M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 11% from the year before.
ARES Net Leverage
HOOD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
HOOD has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HOOD.
ARES Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 54.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 54.4 | Neutral |
ARES's weekly RSI is 54 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 54 (neutral).
HOOD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.5 | Oversold |
HOOD's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
ARES PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | ARES | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 13x | — |
ARES has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
HOOD PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | HOOD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 38x | 13x | 189% above |
| PE % | 22 | 66 | 44 pts below |
HOOD is trading at 38x earnings, a 189% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
ARES Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $123.3 | 8.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $128.3 | 3.9% above |
| 50 week MA | $130.7 | 2% above |
| 100 week MA | $148.9 | 10% below |
| 200 week MA | $134.3 | 0.7% below |
ARES has the edge over HOOD on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
HOOD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $97.8 | 17% below |
| 20 week MA | $102.2 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $95.4 | 15% below |
| 100 week MA | $88.5 | 8.1% below |
| 200 week MA | $52.1 | 56% above |
HOOD has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 56% above its 200-week average.
ARES Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $34.8 | $49.1 | +41% |
| 2021 | $49.1 | $81.4 | +66% |
| 2022 | $81.4 | $67.7 | -17% |
| 2023 | $67.7 | $118.9 | +76% |
| 2024 | $118.9 | $179.5 | +51% |
| 2025 | $179.5 | $168.7 | -6% |
| 2026 YTD | $168.7 | $133.3 | -21% |
ARES has the edge over HOOD on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
HOOD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $35.2 | $18.9 | -46% |
| 2022 | $18.9 | $7.95 | -58% |
| 2023 | $7.95 | $12.7 | +60% |
| 2024 | $12.7 | $39.0 | +206% |
| 2025 | $39.0 | $118.1 | +203% |
| 2026 YTD | $118.1 | $81.4 | -31% |
HOOD's yearly returns have swung widely, from +206% in 2024 to −58% in 2022. It's down 31% so far in 2026.