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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE)

REIT - Mortgage ยท Real Estate ยท $256M

undervalued
Intrinsic Value (Consensus)
$17.41
Current Price
$4.63
Margin of Safety
+276%
276% Below Intrinsic Value
Value: $17
Price: $5

Valuation Model Estimates

Current Price: $4.63
DCF (Discounted Cash Flow)
$14.34
Graham Number
$16.72
Earnings Power Value
$11.57
Relative Value (P/E)
$27.00
Dividend Discount Model
$2.25
Consensus Value
$17.41

Model Assumptions

Discount Rate
10.3%
Growth Rate
5.0%
Terminal Growth
2.5%
Risk-Free Rate
4.3%

Discount rate derived from CAPM (risk-free rate + beta ร— market risk premium). Growth rate based on trailing earnings growth, capped at 20%.

Health Score

C
51
Profitability
10/25
Strength
15/25
Valuation
22/25
Growth
4/25

Financial Health Signals

Negative return on equity โ€” company is losing money on shareholder capital
Elevated debt โ€” Debt/Equity ratio is 186%
Declining revenue โ€” top line is shrinking
High free cash flow yield (8.0%) โ€” generating lots of cash relative to price

Key Financials

EPS (TTM)
$1.35
EPS (Forward)
$1.62
Book Value
$9.20
P/E Ratio
20.0
Forward P/E
16.7
PEG Ratio
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ROE
-0.2%
Debt/Equity
186%
Revenue Growth
-21.3%
Earnings Growth
5.0%
Dividend Yield
0.6%
Beta
1.23

Data last updated: 2026-06-21

Source: Yahoo Finance