Ares reported strong second quarter results with significant growth in AUM and fee-paying AUM driven by fundraising, investing efforts, and market appreciation.
Corporate private equity composite rose 3.3% gross, private equity secondaries generated 3.1% net and gross returns.
Credit strategies delivered strong quarterly gross returns ranging from 2.2% to 5.5%, with double-digit returns over the last 12 months.
Fee-paying AUM (FPAUM) increased to $350 billion, a 17% quarter-over-quarter organic growth on an annualized basis.
GCP acquisition contributed $103 million in revenues and $34 million in FRE with a 33% FRE margin, temporarily compressing overall FRE margin by 90 basis points.
Management fees grew 24% year-over-year, total fee-related revenue grew 29%, and fee-related earnings (FRE) grew 26%.
Management fees reached a record $900 million in the quarter.
Net accrued performance income increased 8.5% to $1.1 billion, with strong investment results across the business.
Other fees more than tripled year-over-year due to GCP's vertically integrated real estate capabilities.
Quarterly AUM increased to $572 billion, representing quarter-over-quarter organic growth of 19% on an annualized basis.
Real estate equity composite increased 3.4% gross, diversified nontraded REIT generated 4.5% net return for first half of the year.
Realized income totaled $398 million, a 10% year-over-year increase, with an effective tax rate of 9.5%.
Second quarter fee-related performance revenues totaled $17 million, mostly from APMF, with expected seasonality in future quarters.
Debt to net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio improved to below 3 times, the lowest leverage level in company history, with interest coverage over six times.
Expense growth in seniors housing operating portfolio was subdued at 0.2% year over year, contributing to margin expansion of 330 basis points to 30.7%.
Liquidity increased to $9.5 billion with modest upcoming debt maturities.
Long-term post-acute portfolio same-store NOI grew 2.7% year over year with EBITDAR coverage of 1.9 times.
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $0.45 per diluted share.
Senior housing operating portfolio posted 23.4% same-store NOI growth and 10% organic revenue growth driven by 420 basis points occupancy gains.
Senior housing triple net portfolio same-store NOI increased 5.1% year over year with trailing twelve-month EBITDAR coverage at 1.19 times.
Total portfolio same-store net operating income (NOI) increased 13.8% year over year, led by seniors housing operating portfolio growth exceeding 20% for the eleventh consecutive quarter.
UK portfolio showed 27% same-store NOI growth and 600 basis points occupancy increase, reflecting strong demand and favorable positioning.
Welltower Inc. reported strong second quarter 2025 financial results with normalized funds from operations (FFO) per diluted share of $1.28, representing 21.9% year-over-year growth.
Core FAD increased by $0.05 to $0.71, reflecting rent escalations and turnaround impact of deferred rent from the prior year.
Core FFO improved to $0.68 from $0.67 year-over-year, driven by decreased interest expense, increased fair market rent resets, and higher SHOP NOI.
Debt to annualized adjusted EBITDA for real estate was 4.2x, with an annualized adjusted fixed charge coverage ratio of 5.1x as of June 30.
SHOP portfolio NOI totaled $2.5 million in Q2 with average occupancy at 81%, generating approximately $780,000 more income than under prior triple net leases for the same period last year.
Total liquidity stood at $674 million, supported by a new 4-year unsecured credit agreement increasing revolver commitments from $425 million to $600 million, with potential to increase to $1.2 billion.
Credit Sensitive Strategies contributed $22 million to pretax income, including $17 million from organically created CRT investments.
Interest Rate Sensitive Strategies had a pretax loss of $5 million, with fair value increases on MSR investments offset by declines in MBS and interest rate hedges.
Net income excluding market-driven value changes was $36 million, down from $41 million in the prior quarter due to higher realized and projected prepayment activity.
PMT declared a second quarter common dividend of $0.40 per share; book value per share at June 30 was $15, down modestly from March 31.
PMT reported a net loss to common shareholders of $3 million or loss per share of $0.04 in Q2 2025, driven by fair value declines and a $14 million nonrecurring tax adjustment.
Total correspondent loan acquisition volume was $30 billion, up 30% from the prior quarter, with $3 billion acquired for PMT's account, up 11%.
AFFO was $13.6 million or $0.50 per diluted share, also reduced by $0.06 of one-time items.
FFO on a diluted share basis was $0.23, reduced by $0.28 of one-time items related to the geriatric tenant and severance charges.
General and administrative expenses were $10.6 million, but excluding $5.9 million in severance and transition-related charges, G&A was $4.7 million, a $400,000 reduction quarter-over-quarter.
Interest expense increased by $240,000 to $6.6 million due to increased borrowings and an extra day of interest.
Property operating expenses decreased by approximately $500,000 quarter-over-quarter to $5.6 million, primarily due to lower seasonal expenses such as snow removal and utilities.
The geriatric behavioral hospital tenant remains unable to pay full rent and interest; notes and interest related to this tenant are fully reserved, and rent is recognized on a cash basis.
Total revenue for Q2 2025 was $29.1 million, but excluding a $1.7 million reversal of interest receivable from the geriatric behavioral hospital tenant, core revenue was approximately $30.7 million, representing 2.2% growth quarter-over-quarter compared to Q1 2025.
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