Compare · ARES vs BIF
ARES vs BIF
Side-by-side comparison of Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc. (BIF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ARES and BIF operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- ARES is the larger of the two at $39.84B, about 29.2x BIF ($1.36B).
- ARES has hit the wire 11 times in the past 4 weeks while BIF has been quiet.
- ARES has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for BIF).
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.
Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc.
Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Boulder Investment Advisers, L.L.C. It is co-managed by Stewart West Indies Trading Co Ltd. and Rocky Mountain Advisers, Llc. The fund invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified industries. The fund primarily invests in dividend paying value stocks of companies across all capitalizations, as well as in fixed income securities issued by companies. It employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up security picking approach, focusing on such factors as defensible businesses with solid financial positions and strong operating track records to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Composite Index. Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. was formed on December 7, 1972 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest ARES
- Ares Completes Acquisition of Whitestone REIT
- Ares Management Corporation Updates the Time of Its Earnings Conference Call for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2026
- Ares Management Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure
- Midera Food Processing and Centrus Energy Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600
- Co-President Deveer R. Kipp covered exercise/tax liability with 82,957 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 1,165,599 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Co-Founder and CEO Arougheti Michael J covered exercise/tax liability with 82,957 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 6% to 1,364,548 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Chief Financial Officer Phillips Jarrod covered exercise/tax liability with 2,583 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.79% to 325,226 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION SCHEDULES EARNINGS RELEASE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2026
- Ares Acquisition Corporation III Announces Closing of Upsized $395 Million Initial Public Offering, Including Partial Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
- Ares Management Corporation Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2026
Latest BIF
- Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- BOULDER GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC. ANNOUNCES UPCOMING NAME AND TICKER CHANGE, RETIREMENT OF PORTFOLIO MANAGER
- BOULDER GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc.
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc.
- Notification of Sources of Distribution: Statement Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
- SEC Form NPORT-P filed by Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc.
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Boulder Growth & Income Fund Inc.
- SEC Form PRE 14A filed by USLIFE Income Fund, Inc.
- SEC Form 5: Looney Joel W bought $28,042 worth of shares (2,175 units at $12.89), increasing direct ownership by 3% to 70,049 units