Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.

REFI Real Estate Reit Mortgage

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $55.4 million, up 0.80% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−11.0%
EPS
−16.7%
Free cash flow
+40.1%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

8.79 0.15 −1.68%
Market cap
$229.1M
P/E
6.5×
Fwd P/E
6.7×
Dividend yield
20.9%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 1.29
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — 5 — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 229.05
Revenue ttm 53.88
Net income ttm 29.41
Free cash flow ttm 26.92
Net debt Q (13.35)
Valuation
P/E 6.46
Forward P/E 6.67
Price / sales 3.54
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 7.09
Price / book 0.63
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.09
Debt / equity Q 0.00
Interest coverage Q —
Growth
Revenue growth Q −11.02% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −11.65% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +1.42%
EPS, next year A +10.14%
Revenue, next year A −1.07% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +4.57%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 0.52%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.52%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 1.78%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.52%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 0.52%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
20.9%
Annual rate
1.88
Payout ratio
137.2%
Growth, 2021–25
+64.0%/yr
  1. 0.26 ’21
  2. 1.81 ’22 +596
  3. 1.41 ’23 −22
  4. 1.88 ’24 +33
  5. 1.88 ’25 +0
  6. 1.88 ’26e +0
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 8 26 15 13
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
8 26 15 13
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1 1 1 1
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
67 105 99 142

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — — 4.27%
Cash Flow — — 19.19%
Earnings — — 3.70%
Book Value — — 5.25%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.23 0.34 — — —
’25 0.47 0.41 0.42 0.38 1.68
’24 0.47 0.46 0.56 0.39 1.88
’23 0.60 0.47 0.54 0.51 2.11
’22 0.44 0.42 0.55 0.41 1.82
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 13 13 — — —
’25 13 14 14 14 55
’24 13 13 14 14 55
’23 15 14 14 15 57
’22 10 11 13 15 49
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 9 — — —
’25 8 6 8 7 29
’24 7 6 8 2 23
’23 2 10 1 16 28
’22 3 4 5 5 17
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 9 — — —
’25 8 6 8 7 29
’24 7 6 8 2 23
’23 2 10 1 16 28
’22 3 4 5 5 17
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — — — 11 49 57 55 55 54 +49.8% 55 59 65 +5.3%
Gross margin, % — — — — — 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0 pt
EBT — — — — — 9 32 39 37 36 29 +39.5%
EBT margin, % — — — — — 86.34 66.10 67.74 67.42 65.01 54.57 (21.3) pt
Net income — — — — — 9 32 39 37 36 29 +39.5%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — — — 1.71 2.77 3.16 2.85 2.64 2.54 +11.5%
Earnings — — — — — 1.47 1.82 2.14 1.92 1.71 1.39 +3.8%
Cash flow — — — — — 1.04 0.96 1.57 1.20 1.37 1.27 +7.3%
Capex — — — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 n/m
Free cash flow — — — — — 1.04 0.96 1.57 1.20 1.37 1.27 +7.3%
Book value — — — — — 40.99 14.96 15.03 16.02 14.66 14.20 (22.7%)
Shares, m — — — — — 6 18 18 19 21 21 +34.4%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — — — 9.02 8.24 7.44 8.03 7.17 6.46 8.0
P/S — — — — — 0.00 5.42 5.06 5.41 4.65 3.54 4.1
P/B — — — — — 1.10 1.00 1.06 0.96 0.84 0.63 1.0
EV/Sales — — — — — 0.00 5.30 4.92 4.93 4.38 3.29 3.9
EV/FCF — — — — — 0.00 15.24 9.90 11.70 8.42 6.59 9.1
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — — — 7 17 28 23 29 27 +44.1%
Capex — — — — — — — — — — — —
Free cash flow — — — — — 7 17 28 23 29 27 +44.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — — — 80 (53) (59) (79) (84) (128) n/m
Net debt — — — — — (80) (6) (8) (26) (15) (13) (34.3%)
Shareholders’ equity — — — — — 264 264 272 309 308 302 +3.9%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — — — 0.00 10.39 11.02 9.33 8.37 6.41 +8.4 pt
ROIC — — — — — 3.23 7.81 9.12 8.23 7.65 6.47 +4.4 pt
ROE — — — — — 0.00 12.23 14.45 12.76 11.68 9.61 +11.7 pt
People
People Employees — — — — — — — — — — — —
Revenue/emp, $m — — — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. 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
ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance $309.8M 3.0× 10.2× −37.40% (below 0%: shrinking) −8.33% (below 0%: shrinking) −20.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 91.99% 16.46% Compare
ABR Arbor Realty Trust $305.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −6.33% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +22.05% (above 0%: growing) 14.29% (18.36%) Compare
NREF NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. $256.2M 3.9× 10.9× +11.50% (above 0%: growing) −57.97% (below 0%: shrinking) −363.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 25.54% Compare
CMTG Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. $241.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −29.16% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +36.67% (above 0%: growing) 79.10% (44.62%) Compare
REFI Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. $229.1M 6.5× 6.7× −11.02% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) +40.10% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 59.97%
ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation $188.6M — (loss-making) 48.0× +14.25% (above 0%: growing) n/m +1,481.15% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 37.52% Compare
RC Ready Capital Corp $176.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −49.32% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +231.22% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 101.65% Compare
ACR ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. $176.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −4.08% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −57.74% (below 0%: shrinking) 92.55% (26.38%) Compare
MITT TPG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. $158.7M 6.8× 16.4× +11.99% (above 0%: growing) n/m +110.45% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 100.45% Compare
Median of peers $215.0M 3.9× 13.6× −5.20% — +29.36% 96.28% 21.00%

All 37 Reit Mortgage stocks →

Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 23 April 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 6.50%
BlackRock, Inc. 6.10%
Ray Thurston 5.90%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (REFI) Latest News

18 Aug

Impact 3 · · The Motley Fool transcript
stockrow.com/REFI · Data as of Jun 30, 2026 · For information only; not investment advice. · © 2026 stockrow.com