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ARES vs WHG
Side-by-side comparison of Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ARES and WHG operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- ARES is the larger of the two at $37.61B, about 241.5x WHG ($155.7M).
- Over the past year, ARES is down 24.9% and WHG is down 0.8% - WHG leads by 24.1 points.
- WHG has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for ARES).
- ARES has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for WHG).
Ares Management Corporation
Ares Management Corporation operates as an alternative asset manager in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company's Tradable Credit Group segment manages various types of investment funds, such as commingled and separately managed accounts for institutional investors, and publicly traded vehicles and sub-advised funds for retail investors in the tradable and non-investment grade corporate credit markets. Its Direct Lending Group segment provides financing solutions to small-to-medium sized companies. The company's Private Equity Group segment focuses on majority or shared-control investments primarily in under-capitalized companies. Its Real Estate Group segment invests in new developments and the repositioning of assets, with a focus on control or majority-control investments; and originates and invests in a range of self-originated financing opportunities for middle-market owners and operators of commercial real estate. The firm was previously known as Ares Management, L.P. Ares Management Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ares Management GP LLC is the general partner of the company.
Westwood Holdings Group Inc
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manages investment assets and provides services for its clients. The company operates in two segments, Advisory and Trust. The Advisory segment provides investment advisory services to corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, endowments, foundations, individuals, and the Westwood Funds; and investment sub-advisory services to mutual funds, pooled investment vehicles, and its Trust segment. The Trust segment offers trust and custodial services; and participates in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Latest ARES
- SEC Form DEFA14A filed by Ares Management Corporation
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Ares Management Corporation
- Touchstone Funds Earn 2026 LSEG Lipper Awards for 10-Year Performance
- Whitestone REIT to Be Acquired by Ares for $1.7 Billion
- E.G. Morse to Join Ares as Head of Asia Credit and Dinesh Goel and Gabriel Fong Appointed as Co-Heads of the Asia Special Situations Strategy
- Ares Raises Combined $5.4 Billion for U.S. and Europe Value-Add Real Estate Strategies
- Ares Management Corporation Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for the First Quarter Ending March 31, 2026
- Town Lane and Gillon Property Group Acquire Watters Creek Village
- Ares Capital Corporation Schedules Earnings Release For The First Quarter Ended March 31, 2026
- Ares Management Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure
Latest WHG
- Director Emerita Byrne Susan M sold $16,113 worth of shares (1,003 units at $16.07) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.34% to 294,009 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 4 filed by Byrne Susan M
- SEC Form 4 filed by Byrne Susan M
- Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. to Host First Quarter 2026 Conference Call/Webcast
- SEC Form 4 filed by Byrne Susan M
- SEC Form 4 filed by Byrne Susan M
- Westwood Announces Monthly Income Distributions for Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (MDST), Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF (WEEI) and Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity (YLDW)
- Westwood Real Estate Income Fund Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary
- Head of Legal and Compliance Ehinger John Anthony Jr covered exercise/tax liability with 838 shares and was granted 5,549 shares, increasing direct ownership by 35% to 18,252 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: CIO, Multi-Asset Inv. Helfert Adrian covered exercise/tax liability with 10,772 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 162,751 units (SEC Form 4)