Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) Competitors $11.23 -0.02 (-0.18%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.24 +0.01 (+0.13%) As of 07/11/2025 07:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ABR vs. ACRE, ARI, BXMT, LADR, RC, STWD, FRHC, BRX, HLNE, and VIRTShould you be buying Arbor Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbor Realty Trust include Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Ladder Capital (LADR), Ready Capital (RC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Freedom (FRHC), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), and Virtu Financial (VIRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. Arbor Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors Ares Commercial Real Estate Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Blackstone Mortgage Trust Ladder Capital Ready Capital Starwood Property Trust Freedom Brixmor Property Group Hamilton Lane Virtu Financial Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do analysts rate ABR or ACRE? Arbor Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.54%. Ares Commercial Real Estate has a consensus price target of $5.58, indicating a potential upside of 17.74%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Arbor Realty Trust 2 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.80Ares Commercial Real Estate 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.83 Does the media favor ABR or ACRE? In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ares Commercial Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 4 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's score of 0.53 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Arbor Realty Trust 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Commercial Real Estate 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ABR or ACRE? 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ABR or ACRE more profitable? Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 21.82% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -20.22%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 13.29% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Arbor Realty Trust21.82% 13.29% 2.44% Ares Commercial Real Estate -20.22%-1.51%-0.46% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ABR or ACRE? Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArbor Realty Trust$596.64M3.62$264.64M$1.0410.80Ares Commercial Real Estate$69.65M3.74-$34.99M-$0.25-18.94 Is ABR or ACRE a better dividend stock? Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Commercial Real Estate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more risk and volatility, ABR or ACRE? Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryArbor Realty Trust beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Arbor Realty Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ABR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ABR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ABR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArbor Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.16B$1.44B$12.02B$20.73BDividend Yield10.67%12.65%5.52%3.71%P/E Ratio10.8016.4419.2027.84Price / Sales3.624.4425.4142.44Price / Cash4.5910.9821.6422.63Price / Book0.840.772.284.57Net Income$264.64M$79.73M$992.82M$989.30M7 Day Performance3.41%-0.22%-0.21%0.20%1 Month Performance6.65%-0.14%2.78%3.95%1 Year Performance-12.91%-12.63%536.06%10.27% Arbor Realty Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ABRArbor Realty Trust2.2989 of 5 stars$11.23-0.2%$13.20+17.5%-27.7%$2.16B$596.64M10.80630Positive NewsACREAres Commercial Real Estate3.0652 of 5 stars$4.71-4.8%$5.50+16.9%-34.9%$258.82M$69.65M-18.823,200Analyst ForecastARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.6447 of 5 stars$9.82-0.5%$10.13+3.2%-4.4%$1.36B$303.67M-327.17N/ANews CoverageAnalyst ForecastBXMTBlackstone Mortgage Trust2.9372 of 5 stars$19.44-2.0%$20.50+5.5%+5.0%$3.33B$1.77B-42.25N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastLADRLadder Capital4.9118 of 5 stars$10.93-0.9%$13.20+20.7%-4.7%$1.40B$506.84M13.3360News CoverageAnalyst ForecastRCReady Capital2.6323 of 5 stars$4.55-2.5%$6.96+53.1%-51.1%$774.97M$896.97M-2.61600Analyst ForecastSTWDStarwood Property Trust3.19 of 5 stars$20.58-0.8%$21.83+6.1%+5.9%$6.99B$1.95B21.66290News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastFRHCFreedom0.6131 of 5 stars$139.98-2.3%N/A+87.2%$8.20B$2.05B100.718,764Positive NewsBRXBrixmor Property Group4.1683 of 5 stars$25.88-0.5%$30.30+17.1%+10.7%$7.92B$1.29B24.64500News CoveragePositive NewsHLNEHamilton Lane4.1373 of 5 stars$145.56-1.0%$164.29+12.9%+12.3%$7.79B$712.96M27.00530News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastVIRTVirtu Financial4.5605 of 5 stars$44.71+0.4%$37.25-16.7%+96.1%$6.89B$3.07B12.92990News CoverageUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ACRE Alternatives ARI Alternatives BXMT Alternatives LADR Alternatives RC Alternatives STWD Alternatives FRHC Alternatives BRX Alternatives HLNE Alternatives VIRT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ABR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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