Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE)

ACRE Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover ACRE stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $5.38, which forecasts a 3.46% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $5.00 and the highest is $6.00.

Price Target: $5.38 (+3.46%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$5.00	$5.38	$5.50	$6.00
Change	-3.85%	+3.46%	+5.77%	+15.38%

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	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	5	4	4	4	4	2
Sell	0	0	0	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	6	6	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Richard Shane JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $6 → $5.5	Hold	Maintains	$6 → $5.5	+5.77%	Apr 16, 2026
Donald Fandetti Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $4 → $5	Sell	Maintains	$4 → $5	-3.85%	Feb 12, 2026
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $5.5 → $6	Buy	Maintains	$5.5 → $6	+15.38%	Feb 11, 2026
Jade Rahmani Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold → Buy Upgrades $4.75 → $5.5	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$4.75 → $5.5	+5.77%	Dec 15, 2025
Douglas Harter UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $4.5 → $5	Hold	Maintains	$4.5 → $5	-3.85%	Nov 14, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

52.63M

Decreased by -27.58%

from 72.68M

Revenue Next Year

61.20M

Increased by 16.28%

from 52.63M

EPS This Year

0.20

from -0.02

EPS Next Year

0.52

Increased by 159.26%

from 0.20

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	102.06M	60.79M	1.10M	87.80M	72.68M	52.63M	61.20M
Revenue Growth	63.27%	-40.44%	-98.19%	7,874.75%	-17.22%	-27.58%	16.28%
EPS	1.42	0.57	-0.72	-0.64	-0.02	0.20	0.52
EPS Growth	115.15%	-59.86%	-	-	-	-	159.26%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	25.75	9.93
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	6

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	62.7M	67.2M
Avg	52.6M	61.2M
Low	45.8M	54.9M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-13.7%	27.7%
Avg	-27.6%	16.3%
Low	-37.0%	4.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	0.59	0.66
Avg	0.20	0.52
Low	-0.06	0.34

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-	227.5%
Avg	-	159.3%
Low	-	69.8%

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.