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ARES vs GAM

Side-by-side comparison of Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and General American Investors Inc. (GAM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ARES and GAM operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ARES is the larger of the two at $41.45B, about 27.5x GAM ($1.51B).
  • Over the past year, ARES is down 26.4% and GAM is up 16.0% - GAM leads by 42.3 points.
  • ARES has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while GAM has been quiet.
  • ARES has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for GAM).
PerformanceARES-26.38%GAM+15.95%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricARESGAM
Company
Ares Management Corporation
General American Investors Inc.
Price
$126.89+0.96%
$63.45+1.12%
Market cap
$41.45B
$1.51B
1M return
+3.06%
-2.12%
1Y return
-26.38%
+15.95%
Industry
Investment Managers
Investment Managers
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2014
News (4w)
8
0
Recent ratings
25
0
ARES

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.

GAM

General American Investors Inc.

General American Investors Company, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of United States. It invests in growth stocks of companies. It makes investments in Information Technology, Financials, Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary, Retailing, Communication Services, Industrials, Health Care, Energy and Materials. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. General American Investors Company, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is based in New York, New York.

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