Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) Competitors $6.52 -0.05 (-0.76%) (As of 12:14 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends ACRE vs. ARI, RC, TWO, CIM, PMT, MFA, ARR, DX, RWT, and NYMTShould you be buying Ares Commercial Real Estate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Commercial Real Estate include Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Ready Capital (RC), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Chimera Investment (CIM), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), MFA Financial (MFA), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Dynex Capital (DX), Redwood Trust (RWT), and New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. Ares Commercial Real Estate vs. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Ready Capital Two Harbors Investment Chimera Investment PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust MFA Financial ARMOUR Residential REIT Dynex Capital Redwood Trust New York Mortgage Trust Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) and Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends. Which has better valuation and earnings, ARI or ACRE? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Commercial Real Estate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance$201.16M6.22$58.13M-$0.92-9.85Ares Commercial Real Estate$1.81M197.39-$38.87M-$1.18-5.56 Is ARI or ACRE more profitable? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a net margin of -35.84% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -95.81%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's return on equity of 9.11% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance-35.84% 9.11% 2.01% Ares Commercial Real Estate -95.81%-5.10%-1.44% Which has more risk and volatility, ARI or ACRE? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARI or ACRE? 54.4% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is ARI or ACRE a better dividend stock? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance pays out -108.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Do analysts prefer ARI or ACRE? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance presently has a consensus target price of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. Ares Commercial Real Estate has a consensus target price of $7.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.15%. Given Ares Commercial Real Estate's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Commercial Real Estate is more favorable than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.80Ares Commercial Real Estate 2 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.71 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARI or ACRE? Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance received 4 more outperform votes than Ares Commercial Real Estate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.10% of users gave Ares Commercial Real Estate an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformApollo Commercial Real Estate FinanceOutperform Votes31958.32% Underperform Votes22841.68% Ares Commercial Real EstateOutperform Votes31559.10% Underperform Votes21840.90% Does the media prefer ARI or ACRE? In the previous week, Ares Commercial Real Estate had 2 more articles in the media than Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate and 4 mentions for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. Ares Commercial Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's score of 0.75 indicating that Ares Commercial Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ares Commercial Real Estate 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap ProfitsURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowAll of our key indicators are flashing the same signal: an altcoin season is fast approaching. And if you know anything about crypto, you know that altcoin seasons are where some of the biggest gains happen.Register for the FREE Workshop Now & get $10 in Bitcoin 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$358.07M$7.18B$10.70B$19.64BDividend Yield13.95%6.61%10.16%3.51%P/E Ratio-5.5644.2735.2843.80Price / Sales197.399.873,046.0617.47Price / Cash7.3917.8029.8421.73Price / Book0.572.632.785.46Net Income-$38.87M$145.32M$1.03B$987.68M7 Day Performance-7.92%-1.14%-1.26%-2.12%1 Month Performance-4.86%-0.09%-0.02%1.31%1 Year Performance-38.70%5.64%15.77%16.45% Ares Commercial Real Estate Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ACREAres Commercial Real Estate3.5409 of 5 stars$6.52-0.8%$7.10+8.9%-38.7%$355.61M$1.81M-5.532,800Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance2.601 of 5 stars$9.23+0.8%$9.63+4.3%-25.2%$1.28B$201.16M-9.96N/ARCReady Capital1.9569 of 5 stars$7.54+1.2%$9.11+20.8%-31.3%$1.27B$81.15M-10.77350Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionTWOTwo Harbors Investment3.1643 of 5 stars$11.96+1.0%$13.71+14.6%-17.8%$1.24B$-255,294,000.00-2.46100News CoverageCIMChimera Investment4.3026 of 5 stars$15.27+1.3%$16.00+4.8%-1.3%$1.23B$419.93M4.5740Positive NewsPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust4.2782 of 5 stars$13.74+1.4%$15.17+10.4%-11.5%$1.19B$429.02M9.961Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsMFAMFA Financial3.94 of 5 stars$10.95+1.2%$14.00+27.9%-7.9%$1.12B$605.60M6.81377Dividend AnnouncementARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.7898 of 5 stars$19.17+0.2%$20.50+6.9%-1.3%$1.07B$145.72M8.21N/ADXDynex Capital4.1333 of 5 stars$12.75+0.6%$13.56+6.4%-0.9%$1.01B$207.52M10.0622Dividend AnnouncementPositive NewsRWTRedwood Trust4.0993 of 5 stars$7.11-0.3%$8.03+13.0%-8.5%$940.44M$724M12.85289Dividend IncreasePositive NewsNYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.7591 of 5 stars$6.55+0.6%$7.75+18.3%-25.3%$593.29M$340.15M-19.6770Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARI Alternatives RC Alternatives TWO Alternatives CIM Alternatives PMT Alternatives MFA Alternatives ARR Alternatives DX Alternatives RWT Alternatives NYMT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ACRE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis drone stock is setting up to transform medical supply deliveryDrone stocks are on a tear, with certain symbols seeing gains as high as 300% over just a matter of weeks.The Tomorrow Investor | SponsoredUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | SponsoredHealthcare Takes A Big Step Forward With The Help of A.I.To date, we've seen baseline AI models lay the groundwork. 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