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Issuer:     Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp (ACRE)
CIK:        0001529377
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-031611
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Commercial Real Estate reports Q1 GAAP net loss of $9.6M; distributable earnings $3.2M
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- GAAP net loss of $(9.6)M or $(0.17) per diluted share for Q1 2026.
- Distributable Earnings (non-GAAP) of $3.2M or $0.06 per diluted share.
- Closed $294M of new loan commitments in Q1; subsequent $95M closed post-quarter.
- Increased secured funding facility capacity by $300M; redeemed FL4 CLO to lower borrowing costs.
- Declared Q2 2026 dividend of $0.15 per share (unchanged), payable July 15, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026031611/0001628280-26-031611-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026031611/acre-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-031611

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