Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ares Commercial Real Estate in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ACRE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ACRE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Ares Commercial Real Estate's shares. Their ACRE share price targets range from $10.00 to $11.50. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $10.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock was trading at $10.36 at the start of the year. Since then, ACRE shares have decreased by 15.9% and is now trading at $8.71.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,030,000 shares, a decrease of 8.6% from the December 31st total of 2,220,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 489,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 21st 2024.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (NYSE:ACRE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.02. Ares Commercial Real Estate had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 3.27%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.

Ares Commercial Real Estate declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Wednesday, January 17th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 15.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 28th.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 15.15%. ACRE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 2,200.37%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, ACRE will have a dividend payout ratio of 141.94% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT) and Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET).iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ares Commercial Real Estate investors own include Twitter (TWTR), Energy Transfer (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), New Residential Investment (NRZ), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), AT&T (T), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL) and Ladder Capital (LADR).

Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (1.31%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (1.12%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.71%), AXS Investments LLC (0.44%), Merrion Investment Management Co LLC (0.33%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.28%). Insiders that own company stock include Anton Feingold, Bryan Patrick Donohoe and William Stephen Benjamin.
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Shares of ACRE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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