Ares Commercial Real Estate Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:ACRE Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
31 Jan 25	SellUS$133,230	Bryan Donohoe	Individual	23,465	US$5.68
31 Jan 25	SellUS$22,839	Jeffrey Gonzales	Individual	4,020	US$5.68
31 Jan 25	SellUS$43,263	Anton Feingold	Individual	7,615	US$5.68

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ACRE?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	861,974	1.57%
Institutions	24,696,185	44.9%
General Public	29,426,434	53.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 37.44% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
8.84%	BlackRock, Inc.	4,862,110	US$23.4m	-4.14%	no data
5.39%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	2,961,093	US$14.3m	1.49%	no data
2.51%	Ressler/Gertz Family Foundation, Endowment Arm	1,380,000	US$6.7m	0%	100.0%
2.41%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,326,288	US$6.4m	6.15%	no data
2.41%	Balyasny Asset Management L.P.	1,325,456	US$6.4m	36.9%	0.02%
2.02%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,111,215	US$5.4m	3.63%	no data
1.99%	Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC	1,094,490	US$5.3m	6.1%	0.02%
1.75%	Cura Wealth Advisors, LLC	963,485	US$4.6m	32.1%	1.92%
1.37%	North Woodmere Capital	756,010	US$3.6m	0%	no data
1%	Wellington Management Group LLP	551,318	US$2.7m	-10.3%	no data
1%	Van Eck Associates Corporation	551,002	US$2.7m	-6.77%	no data
0.89%	Northern Trust Global Investments	488,171	US$2.4m	-19.4%	no data
0.82%	Dana Investment Advisors Inc	450,319	US$2.2m	-2.51%	0.07%
0.76%	Bi Asset Management FondsmÆGlerselskab A/S	419,940	US$2.0m	15.3%	0.01%
0.59%	JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments	322,578	US$1.6m	-23.7%	no data
0.51%	UBS Asset Management AG	281,558	US$1.4m	-10.9%	no data
0.45%	Jane Street Group, LLC, Asset Management Arm	245,839	US$1.2m	-6.73%	no data
0.4%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	220,043	US$1.1m	47.5%	no data
0.39%	Delphi Financial Group, Inc, Asset Management Arm	214,937	US$1.0m	0%	0.63%
0.36%	HST Ventures, LLC	198,934	US$958.9k	160%	0.28%
0.34%	Principal Global Investors, LLC	188,927	US$910.6k	0.3%	no data
0.34%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	185,799	US$895.5k	-11.5%	no data
0.33%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	179,160	US$863.6k	-51.9%	no data
0.29%	Hoya Capital Real Estate, LLC	157,038	US$756.9k	21.1%	0.67%
0.27%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	150,212	US$724.0k	0%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/18 05:00
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Eric Dray	BofA Global Research
Derek Hewett	BofA Global Research
Jessica Levi-Ribner	B. Riley Securities, Inc.