NYSE$ACRE

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Ares Commercial Real Estate reported strong first quarter results with significant growth in earnings compared to the same period in 2020.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation reported GAAP net income of $15.7 million, or $0.45 per diluted common share, and Distributable Earnings of $13.9 million, or $0.40 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2021. The company's strong earnings and accretive equity offering drove growth in book value per share. The portfolio performed well with no new loans on non-accrual status and 100% of contractual interest payments collected.

  • First quarter GAAP net income was $15.7 million or $0.45 per diluted common share.
  • Distributable Earnings were $13.9 million or $0.40 per diluted common share.
  • Closed $88 million of loans in ACRE, with another $185 million of ACRE eligible loans closed in the Ares Warehouse.
  • Extended reinvestment period of FL3 Securitization to March 31, 2024.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$21.2M

Previous: $21.1M+0.4%
EPS (adj)

$0.40

Previous: $0.32+25.0%
Free Cash Flow

$15.7M

Previous: -$17.3M+191.2%
Net Income

$15.7M

Previous: -$17.3M+191.2%
Operating Income

$2.46M

Previous: -$24M+110.2%
Gross Profit

$18M

Previous: -$5.98M+400.6%
Cash & Equivalents

$97.9M

Previous: $74.5M+31.5%
Total Assets

$2.09B

Previous: $2.1B-0.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Ares Commercial Real Estate · Revenue · Quarterly

$21.2M

Q1 2021+0.4%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 6 of 16 quarters(38%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

The company believes that its Distributable Earnings will meet or exceed its dividends for the year, including the supplemental dividends.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021

Historical avgQ1 2021

+1.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.5%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.2%

Avg return

30 days after

57%

31 / 54 earnings

Positive

+13.6%

Q1 2025

Best reaction

-12.2%

Q4 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.0%-6.9%-4.4%
Q4 2025+11.7%+1.2%-2.9%
Q3 2025+12.5%+9.4%+13.6%
Q1 2025+13.6%+19.9%+16.3%
Q4 2024-12.2%-16.7%-20.4%
Q3 2024+11.6%+7.7%+8.8%
Q2 2024-1.3%-2.4%+0.0%
Q1 2024+0.3%+0.3%+1.7%
Q4 2023-7.3%-11.2%-6.5%
Q3 2023+0.6%+0.5%+6.8%
Q2 2023+1.4%+2.5%-0.7%
Q1 2023-4.1%-5.6%+8.8%
Q4 2022-1.3%-1.9%-25.7%
Q3 2022-7.9%-3.2%-2.8%
Q2 2022-0.4%-3.6%-1.4%
Q1 2022+6.4%+4.5%-0.5%
Q4 2021+3.8%+3.8%+7.0%
Q3 2021-2.2%+1.5%-5.2%
Q2 2021-4.9%-6.3%+1.4%
Q1 2021+1.7%+2.2%+7.7%
Q4 2020+5.0%+4.0%+7.1%
Q3 2020+3.8%+10.8%+27.2%
Q2 2020+6.0%+9.0%+5.3%
Q1 2020-5.3%-16.6%+34.3%
Q4 2019+4.0%-0.9%-64.5%
Q3 2019+0.1%-1.2%+1.3%
Q2 2019+2.1%+1.5%+1.3%
Q1 2019-1.4%-0.8%-3.4%
Q4 2018+7.5%+7.4%+7.9%
Q3 2018+3.9%+3.8%+2.9%
Q2 2018+0.6%+1.4%+3.2%
Q1 2018+6.0%+9.7%+13.0%
Q4 2017+0.0%+0.2%+0.2%
Q3 2017+0.5%-0.4%+3.4%
Q2 2017+1.8%+3.6%+2.9%
Q1 2017-7.0%-6.7%-5.3%
Q4 2016-1.8%-3.7%+0.4%
Q3 2016+0.8%+2.1%+7.0%
Q2 2016+2.9%+2.2%+0.2%
Q1 2016-2.4%
Q4 2015+4.0%
Q3 2015+0.6%
Q2 2015+3.6%
Q1 2015+2.7%
Q4 2014-4.1%
Q3 2014-0.8%
Q2 2014+0.1%
Q1 2014-1.4%
Q4 2013+1.1%
Q3 2013+4.8%
Q2 2013-1.1%
Q1 2013-0.8%
Q4 2012-0.1%
Q2 2012-0.3%

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