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ARES vs GF

Side-by-side comparison of Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and New Germany Fund Inc. (GF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ARES and GF operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ARES is the larger of the two at $43.08B, about 208.4x GF ($206.7M).
  • Over the past year, ARES is down 21.8% and GF is up 0.2% - GF leads by 22.0 points.
  • GF has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for ARES).
  • ARES has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for GF).
PerformanceARES-21.94%GF+0.17%
2025-06-11+0.00%2026-06-10
MetricARESGF
Company
Ares Management Corporation
New Germany Fund Inc.
Price
$132.40+1.37%
$12.00-0.91%
Market cap
$43.08B
$206.7M
1M return
+5.64%
-0.25%
1Y return
-21.81%
+0.17%
Industry
Investment Managers
Investment Managers
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2014
1990
News (4w)
8
9
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.

GF

New Germany Fund Inc.

The New Germany Fund Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The fund is managed by Deutsche Asset Management International GmbH. It invests in the public equity markets of Germany. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in stocks of small and mid cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Midcap Market Performance Index. The New Germany Fund Inc. was formed on January 16, 1990 and is domiciled in Germany.

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