Ares Management Corporation Credit Group — Performance Fees Net decreased by 29.0% to $63.98M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 222.2%, from $19.85M to $63.98M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Credit Group — Performance Fees Net shows an upward trend with a 13.8% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Higher values indicate higher net profitability from incentive-based revenue streams.
Calculated as realized performance income minus the associated performance-related compensation. This represents the net...
Key metric for evaluating the profitability of incentive structures; peers report this as 'Net Performance Fees'.
ares_segment_credit_group_performance_fees_net| 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 | $24.65M | $3.25M | $46.72M | $2.78M | $19.18M | $1.31M | $35.95M | $1.60M | $23.72M | $5.04M | $66.00M | $8.03M | $37.31M | $2.74M | $70.32M | $19.85M | $8.67M | $8.02M | $90.06M | $63.98M |
| QoQ Change | — | -86.8% | >999% | -94.0% | +589.0% | -93.2% | >999% | -95.6% | >999% | -78.7% | >999% | -87.8% | +364.6% | -92.7% | >999% | -71.8% | -56.3% | -7.5% | >999% | -29.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -22.2% | -59.8% | -23.1% | -42.7% | +23.7% | +285.5% | +83.6% | +403.3% | +57.3% | -45.6% | +6.5% | +147.2% | -76.8% | +192.5% | +28.1% | +222.2% |