---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-014950"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:21:45.675680+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACRE Q2 GAAP net income $0.43/sh; Distributable EPS $0.37; $311M new loan commitments

## Summary
- GAAP net income $17.6M ($0.43 per diluted share); Distributable Earnings $15.1M ($0.37 per diluted share).
- Distributable EPS up 16% YoY; book value per share increased for fourth consecutive quarter.
- Closed $311M new loan commitments in Q2; additional $254M in July 2021.
- Declared Q3 2021 regular dividend $0.33/sh plus supplemental $0.02/sh, payable Oct 15, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-014950
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828021014950/0001628280-21-014950-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828021014950/acre-20210730.htm

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