ARES vs AMP vs NTRS
161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
ARES45.4
Ares Management Corporation
Financial Services · Asset Management
$112.27 −1.53%$36.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
AMP47.7
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Financial Services · Asset Management
$500.80 −0.42%$44.2B mkt cap
Score DNA
NTRS33.1
Northern Trust Corporation
Financial Services · Asset Management
$165.54 +0.06%$30.3B mkt cap
Score DNA
Price, rebased to 100 three years ago
ARES AMP NTRS · weekly adjusted closesSmart money 8Valuation 16Profitability (TTM) 12Returns on capital 11Growth 17Margin history & stability 7Liquidity (latest quarter) 7Leverage & solvency (latest quarter) 13Efficiency 11Cash flow & earnings quality 7Dividends & buybacks 9Scores & forensic checks 15Per share 7Size (TTM) 8Price performance 9Technicals 4
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.
Smart money
8 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insider open-market buys, 180d | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Insider $ bought, 180d | — | — | $0.08M |
| Congress purchases, 180d | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Congress purchase | 2026-07-07 | — | — |
| 13F net change in holders | +7 | +9 | +65 |
| ETFs adding shares, 30d | 903 | 1,014 | 982 |
| ETFs trimming, 30d | 652 | 965 | 893 |
| Net ETF funds, 30d | +251 | +49 | +89 |
Valuation
16 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | 58.4x
95th
|
11.2x
41st
|
13.5x
51st
|
| PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) | 1.81
70th
|
0.74
36th
|
0.49
23rd
|
| Price / sales | 5.9x
79th
|
2.2x
24th
|
2.0x
21st
|
| Price / book | 9.3x
89th
|
6.9x
85th
|
2.3x
64th
|
| Price / tangible book | — | 11.3x
88th
|
2.5x
71st
|
| Price / free cash flow | 44.0x
90th
|
15.8x
67th
|
231.0x
96th
|
| Price / operating cash flow | 40.0x
90th
|
15.9x
73rd
|
57.2x
94th
|
| Enterprise value | $49.9B
88th
|
$40.5B
87th
|
−$5.7B
2nd
|
| EV / sales | 8.0x
56th
|
2.0x
14th
|
— |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.3x
84th
|
7.4x
20th
|
— |
| EV / EBIT | 23.2x
86th
|
7.5x
21st
|
— |
| EV / free cash flow | 59.5x
91st
|
14.5x
58th
|
— |
| Earnings yield | 1.7%
25th
|
8.9%
69th
|
7.4%
61st
|
| FCF yield | 2.3%
26th
|
6.3%
45th
|
0.4%
22nd
|
| Operating cash flow yield | 2.5%
23rd
|
6.3%
38th
|
1.7%
21st
|
| Graham number (per share) | $33.16
59th
|
$255.97
93rd
|
$140.61
87th
|
Profitability (TTM)
12 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 62.7%
22nd
|
50.2%
11th
|
59.8%
17th
|
| EBITDA margin | 37.7%
44th
|
27.8%
31st
|
25.7%
29th
|
| Operating margin | 21.4%
32nd
|
27.1%
36th
|
19.8%
28th
|
| EBIT margin | 34.6%
54th
|
27.1%
36th
|
19.8%
30th
|
| Net margin | 10.2%
38th
|
19.9%
55th
|
14.8%
45th
|
| NOPAT margin | 17.9%
33rd
|
21.2%
42nd
|
14.7%
24th
|
| FCF margin | 13.5%
32nd
|
14.1%
34th
|
0.9%
21st
|
| Operating cash flow margin | 14.9%
31st
|
14.1%
29th
|
3.5%
19th
|
| R&D / revenue | 0.0%
0th
|
0.0%
0th
|
0.0%
0th
|
| SG&A / revenue | 18.0%
70th
|
0.0%
0th
|
26.9%
81st
|
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.0%
0th
|
1.0%
67th
|
0.0%
0th
|
| Effective tax rate | 16.6%
47th
|
21.9%
76th
|
25.8%
87th
|
Returns on capital
11 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE (on average equity) | 15.0%
62nd
|
63.4%
97th
|
17.1%
66th
|
| ROA | 2.2%
48th
|
2.1%
46th
|
1.3%
33rd
|
| ROIC | 6.5%
54th
|
158.7%
100th
|
-9.9%
9th
|
| ROCE | 7.8%
66th
|
2.8%
30th
|
1.8%
23rd
|
| Return on tangible assets | 7.6%
67th
|
2.8%
32nd
|
1.7%
23rd
|
| Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) | 5.4%
39th
|
105.2%
99th
|
— |
| Gross profitability (GP / assets) | 10.9%
60th
|
5.0%
26th
|
5.1%
27th
|
| ROIC, 3-yr average | 4.1%
35th
|
336.4%
100th
|
— |
| ROIC, 5-yr average | 3.8%
31st
|
-34.8%
0th
|
— |
| ROE, 5-yr average | 17.5%
79th
|
64.8%
99th
|
13.5%
61st
|
| Incremental ROIC | 72.0%
77th
|
207.9%
96th
|
-244.3%
5th
|
Growth
17 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM YoY) | 45.4%
76th
|
9.0%
38th
|
3.1%
25th
|
| Revenue growth (QoQ) | -19.1%
22nd
|
2.6%
39th
|
11.3%
62nd
|
| Revenue CAGR, 3 yr | 25.3%
75th
|
9.6%
38th
|
15.5%
55th
|
| Revenue CAGR, 5 yr | 20.8%
90th
|
8.8%
59th
|
19.5%
86th
|
| Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr | 25.2%
61st
|
3.7%
13th
|
10.3%
25th
|
| Operating income CAGR, 3 yr | 50.7%
86th
|
1.2%
23rd
|
23.5%
71st
|
| Net income growth (TTM YoY) | 44.1%
63rd
|
22.4%
53rd
|
29.3%
57th
|
| Net income CAGR, 3 yr | 43.0%
83rd
|
9.4%
52nd
|
22.6%
67th
|
| EPS growth (TTM YoY) | 33.3%
61st
|
30.2%
59th
|
35.2%
62nd
|
| EPS CAGR, 3 yr | 32.2%
80th
|
15.2%
61st
|
27.4%
71st
|
| EPS CAGR, 5 yr | 13.6%
82nd
|
37.1%
98th
|
14.7%
83rd
|
| FCF growth (TTM YoY) | -79.0%
5th
|
-58.3%
11th
|
-92.5%
0th
|
| FCF CAGR, 3 yr | — | -11.4%
21st
|
-61.4%
0th
|
| Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr | — | -12.8%
20th
|
-43.9%
2nd
|
| Book value CAGR, 3 yr | 23.4%
88th
|
22.1%
84th
|
9.0%
61st
|
| Dividend CAGR, 3 yr | -4.6%
38th
|
82.1%
99th
|
4.5%
68th
|
| Sustainable growth rate | -28.4%
3rd
|
14.8%
78th
|
12.2%
71st
|
Margin history & stability
7 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin, 3-yr average | 54.1%
23rd
|
55.0%
27th
|
54.9%
25th
|
| Operating margin, 3-yr average | 21.5%
24th
|
32.7%
46th
|
16.4%
19th
|
| Net margin, 3-yr average | 11.1%
24th
|
18.6%
41st
|
12.4%
28th
|
| FCF margin, 3-yr average | 32.7%
56th
|
28.9%
51st
|
12.7%
31st
|
| Revenue stability (0-1) | 0.84
72nd
|
0.99
95th
|
0.89
77th
|
| Earnings stability (0-1) | 0.65
76th
|
0.65
75th
|
0.65
77th
|
| Margin stability (0-1) | 0.90
74th
|
0.85
59th
|
0.70
35th
|
Liquidity (latest quarter)
7 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.9B
79th
|
$10.2B
88th
|
$51.8B
98th
|
| Net cash (− = net debt) | −$13.0B
8th
|
$3.7B
93rd
|
$36.0B
98th
|
| Working capital | −$391.2M
9th
|
$23.2B
94th
|
$41.4B
99th
|
| Current ratio | 0.83
35th
|
8.48
87th
|
4.99
79th
|
| Quick ratio | 0.83
35th
|
8.48
87th
|
4.99
79th
|
| Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) | 0.83
58th
|
3.31
76th
|
4.99
81st
|
| Defensive interval (days) | 354 days
44th
|
2,092 days
90th
|
3,114 days
92nd
|
Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)
13 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total debt | $14.9B
88th
|
$6.5B
81st
|
$15.8B
90th
|
| Debt / equity | 3.75
95th
|
1.03
55th
|
1.18
63rd
|
| Net debt / equity | 3.28
95th
|
−0.58
7th
|
−2.69
1st
|
| Debt / assets | 50.2%
72nd
|
3.3%
14th
|
8.8%
18th
|
| Debt / capital | 78.9%
95th
|
50.6%
55th
|
54.1%
63rd
|
| Debt / EBITDA | 6.36
61st
|
1.19
21st
|
4.04
46th
|
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.56
64th
|
−0.68
15th
|
−9.22
2nd
|
| Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) | 2.9x
57th
|
16.4x
84th
|
0.5x
21st
|
| Cash interest coverage | 1.3x
32nd
|
8.5x
73rd
|
0.1x
17th
|
| Debt payback (years of OCF) | 16.1 yrs
83rd
|
2.3 yrs
32nd
|
29.8 yrs
90th
|
| Liabilities / assets | 71.0%
82nd
|
96.8%
98th
|
92.5%
94th
|
| IS credit model rating | B- | A- | B+ |
| Implied credit spread (bps) | 900
79th
|
175
21st
|
650
60th
|
Efficiency
11 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset turnover | 0.22
68th
|
0.10
45th
|
0.09
31st
|
| Fixed asset turnover | 9.79
51st
|
— | 33.92
79th
|
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — |
| Receivables turnover | 9.8
53rd
|
1.3
5th
|
— |
| Days sales outstanding | 37 days
50th
|
282 days
96th
|
0 days
0th
|
| Days inventory outstanding | — | — | — |
| Days payables outstanding | 61 days
53rd
|
99 days
68th
|
0 days
0th
|
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | −24 days
39th
|
183 days
98th
|
0 days
55th
|
| Capex / revenue | 1.3%
85th
|
— | 2.6%
92nd
|
| Capex / depreciation | 0.43
77th
|
— | 0.45
78th
|
| Operating expense ratio | 0.0%
0th
|
14.2%
21st
|
38.9%
46th
|
Cash flow & earnings quality
7 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow / net income | 1.46
62nd
|
0.71
32nd
|
0.24
20th
|
| FCF / net income | 1.33
66th
|
0.71
40th
|
0.06
20th
|
| FCF / operating cash flow | 91.0%
16th
|
— | 24.8%
5th
|
| Capex / operating cash flow | 9.0%
87th
|
— | 75.2%
95th
|
| Accruals ratio | -1.0%
56th
|
0.6%
70th
|
1.0%
71st
|
| Sloan accruals ratio | 5.9%
81st
|
-19.8%
5th
|
61.7%
98th
|
| Earnings quality score (0-1) | 1.00
60th
|
0.50
30th
|
0.25
0th
|
Scores & forensic checks
15 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS score | 45
50th
|
48
54th
|
33
18th
|
| IS profitability | 38
24th
|
71
67th
|
64
54th
|
| IS growth | 77
82nd
|
68
71st
|
60
62nd
|
| IS value | 38
6th
|
76
62nd
|
78
63rd
|
| IS momentum | 100
92nd
|
71
62nd
|
54
42nd
|
| IS risk (safety) | 15
6th
|
15
6th
|
15
6th
|
| IS quality | 50
32nd
|
64
50th
|
58
41st
|
| IS balance sheet | 23
6th
|
59
75th
|
59
76th
|
| IS earnings quality | 98
100th
|
59
43rd
|
70
58th
|
| IS cash flow | 49
32nd
|
43
28th
|
9
8th
|
| Piotroski F-score (0-9) | 6
49th
|
5
30th
|
8
93rd
|
| Altman Z-score | — | — | — |
| Beneish M-score | — | — | — |
| Ohlson O-score | −6.97
56th
|
−6.36
79th
|
−6.70
71st
|
| IS credit score | 23
17th
|
65
75th
|
31
35th
|
Size (TTM)
8 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $36.9B
89th
|
$44.2B
90th
|
$30.3B
87th
|
| Revenue | $6.2B
81st
|
$19.8B
91st
|
$15.2B
86th
|
| EBITDA | $2.3B
84th
|
$5.5B
91st
|
$3.9B
88th
|
| Net income | $630.8M
73rd
|
$3.9B
97th
|
$2.2B
89th
|
| Free cash flow | $838.1M
69th
|
$2.8B
94th
|
$131.1M
42nd
|
| Total assets | $29.6B
81st
|
$197.9B
88th
|
$179.3B
86th
|
| Shareholders' equity | $4.0B
73rd
|
$6.4B
77th
|
$13.4B
88th
|
| Employees | 4,343
65th
|
13,600
86th
|
23,800
90th
|
Price performance
9 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | −1.5% | −0.4% | +0.1% |
| 1 week | −4.2% | −0.0% | −1.6% |
| 1 month | −10.4% | −8.3% | −6.4% |
| 3 months | −7.4% | −4.6% | −9.4% |
| 6 months | −4.7% | +9.7% | +4.0% |
| Year to date | −32.5% | +1.7% | +18.9% |
| 1 year | −25.2% | +4.3% | +28.2% |
| 3 years, cumulative | +7.2% | +56.7% | +159.8% |
| 5 years, cumulative | +63.9% | +91.0% | +63.8% |
Technicals
4 measures| Measure | ARES | AMP | NTRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSI 14 | 32.1 | 42.9 | 34.6 |
| From 52-week high | −37.6% | −12.6% | −15.4% |
| From 52-week low | +18.8% | +18.5% | +37.5% |
| Beta | 1.55 | 1.16 | 1.25 |
InsiderStreet reports findings from filings and market data. A comparison is not a recommendation to buy or sell either stock.Every figure is computed in code · data as of 2026-10-17