Ares Commercial Real Estate - ACRE Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ares Commercial Real Estate in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ACRE shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock. Their ACRE share price forecasts range from $12.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $13.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% from the stock's current price.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock was trading at $14.54 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ACRE stock has decreased by 22.2% and is now trading at $11.31.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,160,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the October 15th total of 2,400,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 627,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (NYSE:ACRE) released its 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 10.07% and a net margin of 41.32%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.38 earnings per share.

Ares Commercial Real Estate declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Wednesday, January 18th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 29th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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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 11.83%. ACRE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 145.05%. 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 86.27% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.89%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.97%), State Street Corp (2.36%), Boston Partners (1.51%), Balyasny Asset Management LLC (1.14%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.84%). Insiders that own company stock include Anton Feingold, Bryan Patrick Donohoe, James Alan Henderson, Michael J Arougheti 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 $11.31.

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) has a market capitalization of $615.75 million and generates $102.07 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $60.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.91 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,100 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.