Both in REITs

Ares Commercial Real Estate vs Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance

Over the past year ACRE returned −24.2% and REFI returned −31.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

ACRE −24.2% REFI −31.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACREREFI
Price$3.42$9.05
Market cap$189.5M$231.9M
Today−1.01%−1.63%
1 month−16.9%−15.4%
6 months−34.1%−24.0%
Year to date−28.6%−26.2%
1 year−26.2%−31.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+17.0%—
Gross margin100.0%—
Net margin13.1%—
P/E (TTM)—7.9×
Price / sales3.7×—
Net cash-$1.25B-$127.2M
Dividend yield17.57%20.77%
Volatility (60d)33.3%27.5%
Short % of float4.9%7.4%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).