Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc (ZDPFEX) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 560M vs 507,878M combined for tracked competitors (0.1% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+7.9% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs decelerating (-3.3%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc generated 27.8% revenue growth year over year in Q2 2026, vs 4.5% for its tracked competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its -17.3% net margin compares with 28.5% for the peer group.
- Peer revenue share: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc accounted for 0.1% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 0.1% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
ZDPFEX Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc reported revenue growth of 27.79 % year on year in Q2 2026, above its competitors' combined revenue growth of 4.50 %.
With a net margin of -17.27 %, Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc reported lower profitability than its competitors (28.52 %).
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc generated 0.12 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 0.10 % a year earlier.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Revenue growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (4) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Real Estate Investment Trusts industry grew revenue -0.8% year over year, combined, vs 27.8% for Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.16% to 0.21%, a gain of 0.05 percentage points.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Competitors combined (52) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
ZDPFEX Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
ZDPFEX Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | Principal Financial Group inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 3 | Franklin Resources Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 4 | Invesco Ltd | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 5 | S and t Bancorp Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
In addition to competing for attractive investment opportunities, the current leasing and operating environment is also extremely competitive. Improving real estate fundamentals, such as vacancy and rental rates, generally have provided us with opportunities to increase rental rates across many of our markets. However, we continue to compete with similar owners and operators of commercial real estate and, as a result, we may have to provide free rent, incur charges for tenant improvements or offer other inducements in order to compete, all of which may have an adverse impact on our results of operations.
Publicly Traded Peers of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | - | 560.46 |
| Bank Of America Corporation | 404,609.27 | 121,098.00 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 279,373.77 | 52,259.00 |
| Wells Fargo and Company | 248,473.80 | 83,940.00 |
| Prologis Inc | 126,819.38 | 8,948.19 |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 101,493.74 | 21,415.00 |
| SUBTOTAL | 1,803,514.35 | 560,521.86 |
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Sources: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Prologis Inc | Real Estate Operations Segment 93.26 % |
| Prudential Financial Inc | Total Reconciling Items 1.88 % |
| Principal Financial Group inc | Segment Retirement and Income Solutions 46.80 % |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | Wood Products 72.84 % |
| Webster Financial Corporation | Commercial Banking 48.55 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | - | - | - |
| Bank Of America Corporation | 404,609 | 568,535 | 158,005 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 279,374 | 1,102,511 | 442,468 |
| Wells Fargo and Company | 248,474 | 351,213 | 95,100 |
| Prologis Inc | 126,819 | 3,193,499 | 1,417,057 |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 101,494 | 446,146 | 132,250 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 1,803,514 | 650,359 | 157,547 |
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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Geographic Revenue Exposure vs Peers
Revenue by country/region as reported in each company's most recent filing. Disclosure granularity varies by filer (some report by country, others by broad region) and is shown as disclosed.| Company | Largest Market |
|---|---|
| Digital Realty Trust Inc | US 52.29 % |
| Franklin Resources Inc | United States 72.53 % |
| Invesco Ltd | Americas 75.98 % |
| Stifel Financial Corp | Americas 55.21 % |
| Cohen and Steers Inc | North America 87.65 % |
Source: revenue geography as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API. Percentages are of that company's own total consolidated revenue for its most recent reported period.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Real Estate Investment Trusts industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (194 companies).| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 65.30 % | 71.22 % (avg) | -5.9 pp |
| Operating Margin | 31.50 % | industry median | +3.5 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 47.28 % | 37.42 % (avg) | +9.9 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | 282.72 % | 23.97 % (avg) | +258.7 pp |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -3.56 % | -2.97 % | 1.04 % | 17.02 % | 37.04 % | 27.79 % | 18.21 % | 19.48 % |
| Operating Margin | 17.43 % | 30.96 % | 15.18 % | 11.55 % | 6.39 % | 24.63 % | 26.02 % | 19.59 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 1.60 % | 2.61 % | 1.17 % | 0.83 % | 0.35 % | 1.30 % | 1.40 % | 1.07 % |
| P/E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Strategic Group Map
Every company in Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to Entry | High (capital intensive) | Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 282.72 % vs industry average 23.97 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above) |
| Supplier Power | Not covered on this page | See Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Buyer Power | Not covered on this page | See Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Threat of Substitutes | - | No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated |
Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc falls in the Medium attractiveness / High strength cell: Invest / Grow.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+7.9% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Weaknesses
- Return on equity 14.4 points below the industry aggregate.
Opportunities
No rule matched.
Threats
- Tracked peer group's revenue run-rate is broadly decelerating (-3.3% annualized).
- High capital intensity requires continuous reinvestment just to keep pace with the industry.
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | 0.51 | 3.43 | 1.96 |
| Bank Of America Corporation | 0.09 | 0.52 | 1.25 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 0.50 | 0.79 | 3.11 |
| Wells Fargo and Company | 0.11 | 0.80 | 1.41 |
| Prologis Inc | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.61 |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.88 |
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Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | Q2 2026 | +27.8 % | - |
| Bank Of America Corporation | Q2 2026 | +15.0 % | +27.5 % |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | Q2 2026 | -65.3 % | +78.0 % |
| Wells Fargo and Company | Q2 2026 | +14.2 % | +21.6 % |
| Prologis Inc | Q1 2026 | +7.4 % | +63.4 % |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | Q2 2026 | +13.1 % | +24.9 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +5.0 % | +36.8 % |
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Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | Q2 2026 | +54.3 % | +6.6 % |
| Bank Of America Corporation | Q2 2026 | - | - |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | Q2 2026 | -73.4 % | +5.5 % |
| Wells Fargo and Company | Q2 2026 | -16.2 % | - |
| Prologis Inc | Q1 2026 | -83.2 % | -36.5 % |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | Q2 2026 | - | +35.7 % |
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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | - | - | - |
| Bank Of America Corporation | 0.97% | 2.76% | 11.13% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1.07% | 1.86% | 16.95% |
| Wells Fargo and Company | 1.05% | 2.94% | 12.48% |
| Prologis Inc | 4.04% | 2.58% | 6.90% |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 1.26% | 3.40% | 14.15% |
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ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc | - | - |
| Bank Of America Corporation | 12.78 | 3.34 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 14.19 | 5.35 |
| Wells Fargo and Company | 11.82 | 2.96 |
| Prologis Inc | 33.61 | 14.17 |
| The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 17.13 | 4.74 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 13.31 | 3.22 |
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P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.