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Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) Competitors

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$6.90 -0.09 (-1.29%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ACRE vs. LAND, ORC, WSR, AHH, ARI, TWO, CIM, RC, PMT, and MFA

Should you be buying Ares Commercial Real Estate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ares Commercial Real Estate include Gladstone Land (LAND), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ready Capital (RC), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), and MFA Financial (MFA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Ares Commercial Real Estate vs.

Ares Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:ACRE) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Ares Commercial Real Estate's net margin of -95.81%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 2.05% beat Ares Commercial Real Estate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ares Commercial Real Estate-95.81% -5.10% -1.44%
Gladstone Land 16.45%2.05%1.07%

Ares Commercial Real Estate pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Gladstone Land pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Ares Commercial Real Estate pays out -84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gladstone Land pays out -215.4% 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.

41.3% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Ares Commercial Real Estate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ares Commercial Real Estate has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Gladstone Land has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Commercial Real Estate. Gladstone Land 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 Ratio
Ares Commercial Real Estate$88.96M4.23-$38.87M-$1.18-5.85
Gladstone Land$90.40M4.80$14.56M-$0.26-46.12

Ares Commercial Real Estate presently has a consensus target price of $7.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. Gladstone Land has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.27%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Ares Commercial Real Estate.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ares Commercial Real Estate
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71
Gladstone Land
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Gladstone Land received 45 more outperform votes than Ares Commercial Real Estate when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave Gladstone Land an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Ares Commercial Real Estate an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ares Commercial Real EstateOutperform Votes
315
59.32%
Underperform Votes
216
40.68%
Gladstone LandOutperform Votes
360
69.50%
Underperform Votes
158
30.50%

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 1 more articles in the media than Ares Commercial Real Estate. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gladstone Land and 2 mentions for Ares Commercial Real Estate. Ares Commercial Real Estate's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Gladstone Land's score of 0.47 indicating that Ares Commercial Real Estate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ares Commercial Real Estate
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gladstone Land
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Ares Commercial Real Estate on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACRE vs. The Competition

MetricAres Commercial Real EstateReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$376.33M$7.49B$10.83B$19.83B
Dividend Yield14.05%6.51%5.96%3.50%
P/E Ratio-5.8543.4730.7441.90
Price / Sales4.236.70106.2920.68
Price / Cash7.3817.8030.4821.65
Price / Book0.671.863.804.66
Net Income-$38.87M$145.32M$996.08M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-4.70%-2.86%-0.06%-2.12%
1 Month Performance1.62%-3.96%1.97%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-29.95%16.69%25.14%24.69%

Ares Commercial Real Estate Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate
3.0174 of 5 stars
$6.90
-1.3%
$7.10
+2.9%
-29.9%$376.34M$1.81M-5.852,800Short Interest ↓
LAND
Gladstone Land
3.2747 of 5 stars
$11.96
-0.1%
N/A-17.3%$432.83M$90.40M-46.0070News Coverage
ORC
Orchid Island Capital
3.7851 of 5 stars
$7.81
+0.6%
N/A+10.2%$612.46M$177.57M7.442,018Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
WSR
Whitestone REIT
2.8732 of 5 stars
$14.23
-0.1%
N/A+31.0%$720.75M$146.97M34.7176Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
3.3797 of 5 stars
$10.93
+0.6%
N/A+3.1%$978.67M$667.16M-52.05164Short Interest ↑
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.6994 of 5 stars
$9.05
-0.7%
N/A-14.7%$1.25B$344.59M-9.84N/AAnalyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
TWO
Two Harbors Investment
3.1009 of 5 stars
$11.53
-0.3%
N/A-14.3%$1.20B$480.36M-2.39100Short Interest ↑
CIM
Chimera Investment
4.2934 of 5 stars
$14.72
flat
N/A-2.1%$1.19B$772.90M4.4640Short Interest ↑
RC
Ready Capital
3.1782 of 5 stars
$6.96
-1.6%
N/A-29.1%$1.17B$945.81M-9.94350Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PMT
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
3.983 of 5 stars
$13.02
-0.3%
N/A-5.6%$1.13B$429.02M9.571Positive News
MFA
MFA Financial
2.85 of 5 stars
$11.01
+0.1%
N/A+6.0%$1.12B$605.60M6.92377Short Interest ↑
Negative News

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This page (NYSE:ACRE) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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