NYSE$ACRE

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation · Q4 2020 earnings

Q4 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Ares Commercial Real Estate reported fourth quarter GAAP net income and Distributable Earnings.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation reported a GAAP net income of $14.4 million or $0.43 per diluted common share and Distributable Earnings of $13.7 million or $0.41 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2020. The company ended the year in a position of strength with its highest quarterly Distributable Earnings in 2020.

  • Reported GAAP net income of $14.4 million or $0.43 per diluted common share for Q4 2020.
  • Distributable Earnings of $13.7 million or $0.41 per diluted common share for Q4 2020.
  • Declared first quarter 2021 dividend of $0.33 per diluted common share and a supplemental dividend of $0.02 per diluted common share.
  • Closed a $667 million Commercial Real Estate Collateralized Loan Obligation Securitization Transaction subsequent to year end.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$21.2M

Previous: $21.6M-1.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.41

Previous: $0.37+10.8%
Net Income

$14.4M

Previous: $9.66M+49.1%
Operating Income

$14.4M

Previous: $9.84M+46.4%
Cash & Equivalents

$74.8M

Previous: $5.26M+1322.7%
Total Assets

$1.93B

Previous: $1.78B+8.1%

Revenue & EPS history

Ares Commercial Real Estate · Revenue · Quarterly

$21.2M

Q4 2020-1.7%vs Q4 2019
Beat estimate in 5 of 16 quarters(31%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Based on strong outlook for 2021 Distributable Earnings, the company declared its regular first quarter dividend of $0.33 per share as well as a supplemental quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share and expects this earnings benefit and the supplemental dividends to remain in place throughout 2021.

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 Q4 2020

Historical avgQ4 2020

+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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