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

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ares Commercial Real Estate in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" ACRE shares.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ares Commercial Real Estate's shares. Their ACRE share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $11.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock was trading at $10.29 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ACRE stock has decreased by 3.4% and is now trading at $9.94.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,150,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the April 30th total of 2,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 892,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (NYSE:ACRE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.02. Ares Commercial Real Estate had a net margin of 6.54% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.12%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.38 EPS.

Ares Commercial Real Estate declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Tuesday, July 18th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 14.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 29th.
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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), iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM) and Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET).Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV).

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 13.20%. ACRE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 942.86%. 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 97.06% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ACRE."

Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.14%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.76%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (1.45%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (1.09%). 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ACRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.94.

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) has a market capitalization of $543.42 million and generates $106.85 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $29.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,550 workers across the globe.

Ares Commercial Real Estate's mailing address is 245 PARK AVENUE 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10167. The official website for the company is www.arescre.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (212) 710-2100, via email at iracre@aresmgmt.com, or via fax at 212-750-1777.