Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ARI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ARI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's stock. Their ARI share price forecasts range from $9.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $10.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's stock was trading at $10.76 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ARI shares have decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at $10.73.
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,350,000 shares, an increase of 17.8% from the April 15th total of 6,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Currently, 5.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 26th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.26 by $0.09. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had a net margin of 90.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.68%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.38 earnings per share.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 13.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM), WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV), GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF).

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 13.53%. ARI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 76.50%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, ARI will have a dividend payout ratio of 99.29% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ARI."

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.44%), State Street Corp (3.78%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.13%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.83%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.19%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Jai Agarwal, Mark C Biderman, Pamela G Carlton, Robert A Kasdin and Stuart Rothstein.
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Shares of ARI 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 ARI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.73.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion and generates $303.64 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $265.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's mailing address is 9 WEST 57TH STREET 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10019. The official website for the company is www.apolloreit.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (212) 515-3200 or via email at hmginsberg@apollolp.com.