Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $54.8 million, down 21.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.3%, EPS grew 140.0%, free cash flow grew 1,481.2% and total debt rose 42.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

3.45 0.13 −3.63%
Market cap
$198.6M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
103×
Dividend yield
17.4%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.18
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 3 — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 6.15%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 198.62
Revenue 55.14
Net Income (4.43)
Free Cash Flow 18.00
Net Debt 1,204.17
Current Ratio 0.00
Debt/Equity 2.58
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 103.00 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 3.46
P/B ratio 0.39
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 291.67% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 71.43% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 1.58%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (16.36%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 3.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.81%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 62.85%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 94.36%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 0.60
Annual Dividend Yield 17.39%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.59
0.15
0.15
0.15
2025 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2024 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2023 1.32
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2022 0.99
0.33
0.33
0.02
0.33
2021 0.66
0.02
0.33
0.02
0.33
2020 1.32
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2019 1.32
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2018 1.16
0.28
0.28
0.29
0.31
2017 1.08
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
2016 1.04
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.26
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 110 66 67 59
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
149 66 67 59
2021 2022 2023 Q'24
Payables — — — —
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
50 104 105 105

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 0.93% (7.89%) (19.94%)
Cash Flow (22.57%) (7.63%) (27.98%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 1.11% 1.50% (11.99%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 13 14 — — —
’25 15 13 14 13 55
’24 19 17 17 18 70
’23 27 25 24 18 93
’22 24 25 27 30 107
’21 21 24 27 30 102
’20 21 18 22 21 83
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (57) 64 — — —
’25 8 5 4 5 21
’24 11 9 8 7 36
’23 11 12 14 10 47
’22 16 13 13 15 57
’21 10 10 10 18 48
’20 8 6 9 9 32
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (57) 63 — — —
’25 8 4 3 9 25
’24 11 9 8 19 48
’23 11 12 14 10 47
’22 54 13 13 15 95
’21 10 10 10 18 48
’20 8 6 9 9 31
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.17) 0.08 — — —
’25 0.17 (0.20) 0.08 (0.07) (0.02)
’24 (0.23) (0.11) (0.11) (0.20) (0.64)
’23 (0.12) (0.04) 0.17 (0.73) (0.72)
’22 0.34 0.20 0.01 0.05 0.57
’21 0.45 0.43 0.21 0.36 1.42
’20 (0.54) 0.29 0.44 0.43 0.66
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 8.91 12.48 11.96 12.82 2.78 11.16 9.90 7.52 5.77 3.35

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 14.39 14.22 14.77 16.36 17.72 16.98 16.48 12.75 10.53 6.21
People
People Employees 930 1,000 1,075 1,200 1,450 2,100 2,550 2,800 3,200 4,250
Revenue/emp, $m 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 45 46 55 77 83 102 107 93 70 55
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 31 31 39 38 22 61 30 (39) (35) (1)
EBT margin, % 68.02 66.04 70.62 48.55 26.84 59.94 28.32 (41.87) (50.27) (1.13)
Net income 45 30 39 37 22 60 30 (39) (35) (1)
Depreciation 1 1 (1) 0 0 2 (4) (2) 5 9
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 1.58 1.63 1.94 2.70 2.51 2.41 2.07 1.71 1.28 1.00
Earnings 1.42 1.07 1.35 1.29 0.66 1.43 0.58 (0.72) (0.64) (0.02)
Cash flow (0.16) 1.10 1.37 1.13 0.96 1.14 1.11 0.86 0.65 0.39
Capex (0.01) 0.00 0.00 (0.06) (0.01) 0.00 0.74 0.00 0.23 0.06
Free cash flow (0.17) 1.10 1.37 1.08 0.95 1.14 1.85 0.86 0.88 0.45
Book value 15.10 14.72 14.92 14.90 14.34 16.01 14.46 11.53 9.92 9.28
Shares, m 28 28 29 29 33 42 52 54 54 55
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 9.92 11.84 9.59 12.18 18.90 9.96 17.93 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 8.88 7.86 6.73 5.87 4.75 6.04 5.20 5.98 4.60 4.78
P/B 0.93 0.87 0.87 1.06 0.83 0.91 0.74 0.89 0.59 0.51
EV/Sales 29.56 37.15 28.35 23.01 21.00 24.38 19.62 21.60 21.20 23.57
EV/FCF (275.24) 55.69 40.32 57.79 55.16 51.65 21.98 23.61 30.79 52.72
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (4) 31 39 32 32 48 57 47 36 21
Capex 0 — — (2) 0 0 38 — 12 3
Free cash flow (5) 31 39 31 31 48 95 47 48 25
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 48 29 11 (49) 13 0 37 45 66 67
Total debt 931 1,337 1,157 1,281 1,369 1,873 1,632 1,512 1,172 1,047
Net debt 883 1,308 1,146 1,275 1,294 1,822 1,491 1,402 1,106 980
Shareholders’ equity 430 419 426 426 473 679 748 626 540 510
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.93 1.93 2.29 2.18 1.18 2.65 1.16 (1.62) (1.74) (0.05)
ROIC 1.46 1.14 1.55 1.38 1.64 1.53 2.07 1.99 1.20 0.56
ROE 9.10 7.16 9.14 8.68 4.86 10.50 4.18 (5.66) (6.00) (0.17)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation vs peers in Reit Mortgage (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KREF KKR Real Estate Finance Trust $352.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −41.60% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −137.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (560.14%) Compare
NREF NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. $288.9M 6.5× 10.9× +11.50% (above 0%: growing) −46.30% (below 0%: shrinking) −363.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 25.54% Compare
REFI Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. $240.6M 6.7× 7.0× −11.02% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) +40.10% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 59.97% Compare
ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation $198.6M — (loss-making) 103× +14.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +1,481.15% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 37.52%
RC Ready Capital Corp $185.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −49.32% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +231.22% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 101.65% Compare
MITT TPG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. $176.2M 7.2× 11.8× +11.99% (above 0%: growing) n/m +110.45% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 100.45% Compare
AOMR Angel Oak Mortgage REIT Inc. $167.6M 9.1× 14.1× +17.96% (above 0%: growing) +366.67% (above 0%: growing) −496.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.95% 8.10% Compare
CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. $166.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −42.45% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +58.23% (above 0%: growing) 76.18% (64.67%) Compare
ACR ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. $140.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.08% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −57.74% (below 0%: shrinking) 92.55% (26.38%) Compare
Median of peers $180.6M 7.0× 11.4× −7.55% −16.67% −8.82% 100.00% 16.82%

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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE) key facts

  • Concern: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $54.8 million, down 21.3% from fiscal 2024.
  • Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE) is a Reit Mortgage company in the Real Estate sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ACRE traded at $3.45, a market capitalization of $198.6 million.
  • Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share, a yield of 17.4%.
  • Return on equity was −0.17% and debt-to-equity 2.58.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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