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Issuer:     Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp (ACRE)
CIK:        0001529377
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-022831
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ACRE reports Q1 GAAP net income $9.3M ($0.17/diluted share); declares $0.15 dividend
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- GAAP net income $9.3M ($0.17/diluted common share); Distributable Earnings $7.2M ($0.13/share).
- Received $307M loan repayments in Q1; reduced borrowings, increased liquidity.
- Available capital $147M as of May 2, including $113M cash (~$2.00/share).
- Board declared Q2 2025 dividend of $0.15/share, payable July 15, 2025 to holders of record June 30, 2025.
- CEO cites stable-to-improving portfolio trends and Ares' GCP acquisition as competitive advantage.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828025022831/0001628280-25-022831-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828025022831/acre-20250507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-022831

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