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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp ACRE

NYSE · reit · Real Estate Investment Trusts · website · IPO 2012-04-26 · LEI

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp statistics & valuation

Market cap$251.9M
P / S4.6×
P / B0.5×
Dividend yield15.49%
Net margin-1.6%
Return on equity-0.2%
Net debt$918.9M
Enterprise value USD$1.2B

Market cap as of 2026-06-30. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
99.50% 65.60% 69.80% 47.90% 26.40% 59.20% 27.90% -41.80% -50.20% -1.60% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
10.40% 7.30% 9.10% 8.70% 4.60% 8.90% 4.00% -6.20% -6.50% -0.20% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
28.6M 28.6M 28.8M 28.9M 33.4M 47.1M 54.4M 54.3M 54.5M 55.0M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
$888.4M $1.04B $876.9M $889.5M $853.9M $990.5M $819.0M $784.4M $654.7M $918.9M 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
3.30% 1.70% 2.40% 2.10% 1.10% 2.30% 1.20% -1.70% -2.00% -0.10% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
2.18× 2.55× 2.09× 2.10× 1.96× 1.53× 1.28× 1.43× 1.33× 1.86× 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
$1.41 $1.07 $1.35 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

P / E vs its own history

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp trades at about 3.1× earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 8.9×–576.7×, median 11.8×).

3.1× 576.7×

Shaded band = 10-year range (8.9×–576.7×); dot = today's 3.1×.

Historical P/E = month-end price near each fiscal year-end ÷ that year's EPS. A read on whether the stock is cheap or dear relative to how it has typically been valued — not a forecast.

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Net margin-1.6%-50.2%-41.8%27.9%59.2%26.4%47.9%69.8%65.6%99.5%
Return on assets-0.1%-2.0%-1.7%1.2%2.3%1.1%2.1%2.4%1.7%3.3%
Return on equity-0.2%-6.5%-6.2%4.0%8.9%4.6%8.7%9.1%7.3%10.4%
Debt / equity1.86×1.33×1.43×1.28×1.53×1.96×2.10×2.09×2.55×2.18×

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.