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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-045918"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T03:31:33.481364+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Commercial Real Estate reports Q3 GAAP net loss of $5.9M; declares $0.25 dividend

## Summary
- GAAP net loss of $5.9M ($0.11 per diluted share); Distributable Earnings of $3.7M ($0.07 per share).
- Risk rated 4 and 5 loans declined 33% QoQ; outstanding debt balance down 8% from prior quarter.
- Declared Q4 2024 dividend of $0.25 per share, payable Jan 15, 2025 to holders of record Dec 31, 2024.
- CEO Bryan Donohoe highlights progress on balance sheet strengthening and resolving underperforming assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-045918
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024045918/0001628280-24-045918-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024045918/acre-20241107.htm

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