Ares Management Corporation Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent remained flat by 0.0% to $0.06 in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric was flat by 0.0%, from $0.06 to $0.06. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent shows an upward trend with a 10.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
A lower rate suggests more favorable financing terms or a lower cost of debt, while a higher rate reflects higher borrowing costs.
This metric represents the weighted average interest rate used to discount future lease payments to their present value...
Standard disclosure under lease accounting; peers are compared to assess relative borrowing costs and interest rate sensitivity.
other_operating_lease_weighted_average_discount_rate_percent| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 |
| QoQ Change | — | -7.2% | -39.1% | +56.9% | -1.1% | -1.4% | -2.5% | +8.1% | +16.4% | +25.3% | +0.9% | +2.3% | +0.0% | +27.3% | +3.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -12.2% | -6.7% | +49.2% | +2.8% | +21.0% | +53.8% | +59.3% | +50.7% | +29.4% | +31.5% | +34.9% | +31.8% | +31.8% | +3.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% |