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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE) vs Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (REFI)

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $272.4M against $241.4M — 1.1× the size. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. trades at 7.7×. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −3.77% against −10.6%. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. has the higher net margin (54.6% vs −8.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.47% vs 0.65%). Both pay a dividend; Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation yields more (15.7% vs 13.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. leads on 16 and Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation on 3.

Valuation

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
P/E n/m 7.66 7.80
P/S 4.21 4.20 1.90
P/B 0.47 0.75 0.61
Price to free cash flow 12.89 8.40 5.90
EV/EBITDA 103.15 7.72 28.40
EV/Sales 42.55 3.95 16.02
Earnings yield (1.91%) 13.05% 7.68%
Free cash flow yield 7.76% 11.90% 11.60%

Profitability

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 31.94% 55.37% 35.40%
Net margin (8.04%) 54.57% 11.85%
Free cash flow margin 32.64% 49.97% 26.68%
Return on equity (0.88%) 9.61% 4.81%
Return on assets (0.27%) 6.41% 0.62%
Return on invested capital 0.65% 6.47% 1.22%

Growth

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.60%) (3.77%) 4.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 96.88% (10.64%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.89%) — 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 2.58 0.00 3.30
Current ratio 0.00 0.09 1.00
Net debt to EBITDA 44.04 (0.44) 18.31

Dividend

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 15.70% 13.02% 13.05%
Payout ratio 1.48 0.93 1.24

Size

Metric ACRE REFI Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 241.35m 272.35m 517.48m

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