ARES dividend analysis

ARES dividend deep dive

On the income line, ARES prints a 7.60% TTM yield with 76% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 4.6%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 47 years.

Dividend safety on ARES reads 71/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (81/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the fair-safety band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on ARES: at 7.60% TTM yield growing at 4.6% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 46.6% / 114.9% / 361.8% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on ARES: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, ARES prints 7.60% — a 4.47-pp premium on the income line.

Calendar inputs on ARES: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $6.765/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

ARES bottom-line read: high-yield on yield, slow on growth, fair-safety on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.