Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) Competitors $4.64 -0.07 (-1.38%) Closing price 03/31/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.72 +0.09 (+1.94%) As of 03/31/2025 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ACRE vs. RWT, RC, NYMT, IVR, MITT, NLY, AGNC, STWD, ARR, and TWOShould you be buying Ares Commercial Real Estate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Commercial Real Estate include Redwood Trust (RWT), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), and Two Harbors Investment (TWO). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Ares Commercial Real Estate vs. Redwood Trust Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital AG Mortgage Investment Trust Annaly Capital Management AGNC Investment Starwood Property Trust ARMOUR Residential REIT Two Harbors Investment Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) and Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking. Which has more risk and volatility, ACRE or RWT? Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redwood Trust has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer ACRE or RWT? In the previous week, Ares Commercial Real Estate had 3 more articles in the media than Redwood Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate and 0 mentions for Redwood Trust. Ares Commercial Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Redwood Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ares Commercial Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Ares Commercial Real Estate Neutral Redwood Trust Neutral Which has better earnings and valuation, ACRE or RWT? Redwood Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Redwood Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAres Commercial Real Estate-$15.23M-16.69-$34.99M-$0.65-7.13Redwood Trust$223.32M3.60$54M$0.3318.38 Is ACRE or RWT more profitable? Redwood Trust has a net margin of 9.35% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -50.24%. Redwood Trust's return on equity of 6.91% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ares Commercial Real Estate-50.24% -8.64% -2.51% Redwood Trust 9.35%6.91%0.47% Do analysts rate ACRE or RWT? Ares Commercial Real Estate presently has a consensus price target of $5.81, suggesting a potential upside of 25.40%. Redwood Trust has a consensus price target of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.78%. Given Redwood Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Redwood Trust is more favorable than Ares Commercial Real Estate.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ares Commercial Real Estate 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.83Redwood Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Is ACRE or RWT a better dividend stock? Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Redwood Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Redwood Trust pays out 218.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Commercial Real Estate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do institutionals and insiders believe in ACRE or RWT? 41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Redwood Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Redwood Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACRE or RWT? Redwood Trust received 107 more outperform votes than Ares Commercial Real Estate when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Redwood Trust an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Ares Commercial Real Estate an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAres Commercial Real EstateOutperform Votes31558.44% Underperform Votes22441.56% Redwood TrustOutperform Votes42264.92% Underperform Votes22835.08% SummaryRedwood Trust beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Ares Commercial Real Estate News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ACRE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ACRE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAres Commercial Real EstateReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$257.83M$7.06B$11.31B$19.47BDividend Yield20.92%6.68%5.39%3.76%P/E Ratio-7.1362.5422.6032.94Price / Sales-16.696.8725.6626.17Price / CashN/A17.3217.6117.55Price / Book0.471.722.674.54Net Income-$34.99M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.83%-0.34%-0.82%-2.37%1 Month Performance-5.21%-3.98%498.25%-4.14%1 Year Performance-36.07%6.62%535.68%2.75% Ares Commercial Real Estate Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ACREAres Commercial Real Estate4.0023 of 5 stars$4.64-1.4%$5.81+25.4%-37.8%$257.83M$-15,233,000.00-7.132,550Gap DownRWTRedwood Trust4.3354 of 5 stars$6.19+1.1%$7.75+25.3%-4.8%$819.64M$223.32M18.74300RCReady Capital4.1306 of 5 stars$5.01-0.5%$7.50+49.9%-44.3%$816.57M$27.35M-7.15600Gap DownNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.7803 of 5 stars$6.80+0.1%$7.00+2.9%-9.9%$615.86M$241.49M-5.9670Positive NewsGap DownIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital2.6162 of 5 stars$8.75+0.7%$10.00+14.4%-18.2%$539.83M$79.55M13.45N/ADividend CutMITTAG Mortgage Investment Trust4.1328 of 5 stars$7.73+0.7%$8.30+7.4%+19.7%$229.12M$75.32M3.39N/APositive NewsGap DownNLYAnnaly Capital Management3.2366 of 5 stars$21.63-0.3%$21.44-0.8%+3.1%$12.51B$1.20B13.60160Positive NewsGap DownAGNCAGNC Investment4.0702 of 5 stars$10.13-0.4%$10.50+3.7%-3.2%$9.27B$973M10.44N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsSTWDStarwood Property Trust4.2303 of 5 stars$19.98+0.2%$22.21+11.2%-2.6%$6.74B$961.90M17.07290Positive NewsGap DownARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.2328 of 5 stars$18.57+0.2%$20.50+10.4%-13.3%$1.87B$-478,000.00-43.17N/ADividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑TWOTwo Harbors Investment2.3948 of 5 stars$13.77+0.5%$13.96+1.4%+1.1%$1.43B$510.75M6.52100Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies RWT Alternatives RC Alternatives NYMT Alternatives IVR Alternatives MITT Alternatives NLY Alternatives AGNC Alternatives STWD Alternatives ARR Alternatives TWO Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ACRE) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNow I look stupid. 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