Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp (ACRE) Interest Expense - Debt (2012 - 2026)

On a TTM basis, Ares Commercial Real Estate's Interest Expense - Debt came in at $67.41 million as of Jun 30, 2026, down 19.7% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at $65.16 million, down 38.5% from the prior year.

• Annual Interest Expense - Debt has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.6% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
• Across earlier years, Interest Expense - Debt came in at $105.99 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-3.3%), $109.65 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+66.2%), $65.99 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+31.8%) and $50.08 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-3.6%).
• The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 is the highest quarterly Interest Expense - Debt since the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024.
• On a year-over-year basis, Interest Expense - Debt rose in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 21.4%.
• Peak year-over-year performance for Interest Expense - Debt in the last five years was growth of 100.0% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023, against a decline of 46.0% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 at the low end.
• Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $17.36 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $16.08 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $14.79 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).