NASDAQ$REFI

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc · Q1 2026 earnings

Q1 2026 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Chicago Atlantic REFI reported Q1 2026 net interest income of $13.1M with net income of $4.8M ($0.23 diluted EPS).

For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance earned $15.2 million of interest income and $13.1 million of net interest income after interest expense. Net income was $4.8 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, down from $10.0 million and $0.47 as the CECL provision rose to $3.8 million from a year-ago benefit. The mortgage REIT portfolio stood at roughly $400.6 million net of reserves.

  • Chicago Atlantic REFI reported Q1 2026 net interest income of $13.
  • Quarter ended 2026-03-31; filing date 2026-05-07.
  • Revenue of about $13.1M in the quarter.
  • Diluted EPS $0.23.
  • Outlook centers on cannabis lending spreads, CECL reserves, and dividend policy; no core EPS guide in the 10-Q.…

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$13.1M

Previous: $13M+0.6%
EPS (adj)

$0.23

Previous: $0.48-52.1%
Net Income

$4.84M

Previous: $10M-51.8%
Operating Income

-$1.99M

Previous: $10M-119.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Chicago Atlantic · Revenue · Quarterly

$13.1M

Q1 2026+0.6%vs Q1 2025
Beat estimate in 7 of 15 quarters(47%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Outlook centers on cannabis lending spreads, CECL reserves, and dividend policy; no core EPS guide in the 10-Q.

Tailwinds

  • Net interest income stable near $13M.
  • Portfolio yield supports dividend coverage discussion.
  • Specialty finance niche with experienced manager.

Headwinds

  • Higher CECL provision reduced earnings YoY.
  • Credit risk in cannabis borrowers.
  • Rate and refinancing risk on floating loans.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2026

Historical avgQ1 2026

-0.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.5%

Avg return

30 days after

32%

6 / 19 earnings

Positive

+11.1%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-5.6%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-5.1%-7.2%-8.0%
Q4 2025-0.3%+2.7%-5.3%
Q3 2025-2.3%+0.4%-1.1%
Q1 2025+0.4%+2.8%-1.6%
Q4 2024-3.5%-2.2%-15.1%
Q3 2024+1.5%+0.4%+2.8%
Q2 2024-1.4%-2.5%+1.4%
Q1 2024-2.4%-1.4%-1.9%
Q4 2023-1.1%-1.0%-4.4%
Q3 2023+0.5%+0.3%+4.0%
Q2 2023-1.7%-3.4%-1.2%
Q1 2023+3.8%+1.3%+8.4%
Q4 2022-5.6%-8.5%-3.6%
Q3 2021+11.1%+11.5%+13.4%
Q3 2022+11.1%+11.5%+13.4%
Q2 2022-2.8%+0.5%-5.2%
Q1 2022+0.0%-1.6%+4.0%
Q2 2021-3.4%-1.8%-12.2%
Q4 2021-0.2%+3.3%+2.9%

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