Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE)

ACRE Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts that cover ACRE stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $5.33, which forecasts a 1.14% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $5.00 and the highest is $5.50.

Price Target: $5.33 (+1.14%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$5.00	$5.33	$5.50	$5.50
Change	-5.12%	+1.14%	+4.36%	+4.36%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 15, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for ACRE stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hold	5	5	5	5	4	4
Sell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	5	5	5	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold → Buy Upgrades $4.75 → $5.5	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$4.75 → $5.5	+4.36%	Dec 15, 2025
Douglas Harter UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $4.5 → $5	Hold	Maintains	$4.5 → $5	-5.12%	Nov 14, 2025
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $4.5 → $4.75	Hold	Maintains	$4.5 → $4.75	-9.87%	Nov 11, 2025
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $4.25 → $4.5	Hold	Maintains	$4.25 → $4.5	-14.61%	Oct 9, 2025
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $4.8 → $4.25	Hold	Maintains	$4.8 → $4.25	-19.35%	Aug 6, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

54.14M

Decreased by -38.33%

from 87.80M

Revenue Next Year

51.68M

Decreased by -4.55%

from 54.14M

EPS This Year

0.06

from -0.64

EPS Next Year

0.19

Increased by 211.90%

from 0.06

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	62.51M	102.06M	60.79M	1.10M	87.80M	54.14M	51.68M
Revenue Growth	-19.09%	63.27%	-40.44%	-98.19%	7,874.75%	-38.33%	-4.55%
EPS	0.66	1.42	0.57	-0.72	-0.64	0.06	0.19
EPS Growth	-48.44%	115.15%	-59.86%	-	-	-	211.90%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	86.11	27.61
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	58.7M	64.8M
Avg	54.1M	51.7M
Low	49.0M	41.2M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-33.2%	19.7%
Avg	-38.3%	-4.6%
Low	-44.2%	-24.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	0.09	0.49
Avg	0.06	0.19
Low	0.02	-0.06

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-	706.4%
Avg	-	211.9%
Low	-	-

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.