Ares Commercial Real Estate Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ares Commercial Real Estate in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Ares Commercial Real Estate stock.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 694,400 shares, a drop of 25.9% from the January 14th total of 936,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 301,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 14th 2021.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (NYSE:ACRE) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 17th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.06. Ares Commercial Real Estate had a net margin of 17.03% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.92%.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock was trading at $13.57 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACRE shares have increased by 1.8% and is now trading at $13.81.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate announced a Not Available dividend on Wednesday, February 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, April 15th. This represents a yield of 9.4%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 30th.
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Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 9.56%. ACRE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Ares Commercial Real Estate does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Ares Commercial Real Estate is 98.51%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, Ares Commercial Real Estate will have a dividend payout ratio of 94.96% in the coming year. This indicates that Ares Commercial Real Estate may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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5 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Ares Commercial Real Estate's stock price to reach $11.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.0%.
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Some companies that are related to Ares Commercial Real Estate include Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Colony Capital (CLNY), Chimera Investment (CIM), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), MFA Financial (MFA), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Redwood Trust (RWT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Ready Capital (RC) and Capstead Mortgage (CMO).
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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. (9.60%), Delphi Financial Group Inc. (4.60%), Boston Partners (2.58%), Boston Partners (2.58%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (2.31%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.67%). Company insiders that own Ares Commercial Real Estate stock include Anton Feingold, James Alan Henderson, Michael J Arougheti, Rand Scott April and William Stephen Benjamin.
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ACRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kennedy Capital Management Inc., Boston Partners, Boston Partners, Arkadios Wealth Advisors, Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Northern Trust Corp, and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP.
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ACRE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Merrion Investment Management Co LLC, Van ECK Associates Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Delphi Financial Group Inc., New York Life Investments Alternatives, and Credit Suisse AG. Company insiders that have bought Ares Commercial Real Estate stock in the last two years include Anton Feingold, Michael J Arougheti, Rand Scott April, and William Stephen Benjamin.
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Shares of ACRE 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 $13.81.

Ares Commercial Real Estate has a market capitalization of $462.33 million and generates $114.78 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $36.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.34 on an earnings per share basis.

Ares Commercial Real Estate employs 1,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ares Commercial Real Estate is www.arescre.com.

Ares Commercial Real Estate is headquartered at 245 PARK AVENUE 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10167.

Ares Commercial Real Estate's mailing address is 245 PARK AVENUE 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10167. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 212-750-7300 or via email at [email protected]