---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001577670-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LADR"
cik: "0001577670"
company_name: "Ladder Capital Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:32:56.178537+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ladder Capital Q1 distributable EPS $0.22, GAAP EPS $0.02; authorizes $100M buyback

## Summary
- GAAP income before taxes $3.2M, diluted EPS $0.02; distributable earnings $28.0M, distributable EPS $0.22.
- Highest quarterly loan origination volume in four years, citing attractive opportunities.
- Board authorized $100M share repurchase, increasing remaining authorization from $77.2M to $100M.
- CEO Brian Harris notes strong asset base and liquidity to continue balance sheet growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001577670-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LADR
- cik: 0001577670
- company_name: Ladder Capital Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000157767026000022/0001577670-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000157767026000022/ladr-20260423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001577670-26-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ladder Capital Corp reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $3.2 million, EPS $0.02 of diluted earnings per share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $3.2 million
  - EPS: $0.02 of diluted earnings per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the three months ended March 31, 2026, GAAP income before taxes was $3.2 million, or $0.02 of diluted earnings per share ("EPS"), and distributable earnings was $28.0 million, or $0.22 of distributable EPS.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577670/000157767026000022/0001577670-26-000022-index.htm

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