ACRE REIT — Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE)

Updated October 2, 2026.

ACRE is a REIT. its distribution rate is 15.67%, its trailing-12-month yield is 15.67%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 46/100 (Caution). Total return is -12.8% over the past 14.4 years, 618.3 points behind SPY at 605.5%.

At the current 15.67% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $1,567 per year, or about $391.75 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

ACRE performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-02.

Total return is -12.8% over the past 14.4 years, 618.3 points behind SPY at 605.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -4.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 25.7%.

ACRE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

46 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.21%

Issuer

Ares Management

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Distribution rate

15.67%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

15.67%

5-year average yield

13.03

Last close

$3.83 (as of 2026-10-02)

Market cap

$212,492,663

Average volume

638343.0

Next dividend

$0.15

Last ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Next payment date

10/15/2026

Beta

1.212

Payout ratio

142.9%

Forward P/E

7.3368

EPS

$-0.08

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (15.67%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (15.67%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Ares Management or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ACRE risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 25.7%.

Who may consider ACRE — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ACRE pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

Frequently asked questions

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