Strong Loan Origination and Net Portfolio Growth
Closed $571,000,000 of new commitments in Q4 2025 and, after payoffs and net unfunded commitments of $127,200,000, produced a net increase to the loan portfolio of $443,800,000. Portfolio ended the quarter at $1,800,000,000 across 53 investments.
Successful CRE Securitization Execution
Closed ACRES 2026-FL4 on Feb 12: a $1,000,000,000 deal with 86.5% leverage and a weighted average debt spread of 1.68%, enabling additional funding and reinvestment capacity.
Attractive New Loan Spreads and Floating Portfolio Yield
Weighted average spread on newly originated loans was 2.83%; weighted average spread of floating-rate loans in the $1.8B portfolio is 3.35% over 1-month Term SOFR. New originations had spreads ranging roughly 2.50%–3.25% with average loan sizes of $40M–$50M.
Material Improvement in Credit Quality
Weighted average risk rating improved to 2.7 from 3.0 (Q-o-Q improvement) and loans rated 4 or 5 fell from 13 to 10. The portion of the CRE portfolio rated 4 or 5 declined from 32% to 17% (a 15 percentage-point improvement).
Demonstrated Asset-Management Track Record
Since 2020, resolved 21 of 23 legacy 4/5 loans (par $368,000,000) with realized losses of $4,800,000 (1.3% of par). Management noted minimal realized losses on almost $8,000,000,000 of invested capital since inception.
Earnings-Available-for-Distribution (EAD) Excluding Legacy Charge-off
Excluding a fully reserved legacy mezzanine charge-off, EAD for Q4 2025 was $0.20 per share (versus an EAD loss when including the legacy charge-off).
Book Value Growth and Accretive Share Buybacks
Book value per share rose to $30.01 from $29.63 (Q-o-Q increase of $0.38, ~1.3%). Since assuming management in 2020, book value increased 66%. Repurchased $10,000,000 of common shares (493,000 shares) at ~33% discount to book value in the quarter; since Nov 2020 repurchased 5,300,000 shares at an average 49% discount.
Solid Liquidity Position and Tax Attributes
Available liquidity at December 31 was $108,000,000 (comprised of $84,000,000 unrestricted cash and $24,000,000 projected financing on unlevered assets). Net operating loss carryforward totaled $32,100,000 (~$4.89 per share) and management noted remaining NOLs and TRS NOLs to offset future taxable gains.
Forward Growth and Deployment Plans
Management projects net portfolio growth of $500,000,000 to $700,000,000 in 2026, expects about $500,000,000 of repayments in 2026, and has CLO reinvestment flexibility (up to 40% of assets outside multifamily) with a 30-month reinvestment period.
Sale of REO with Positive EAD Outcome
Sold an REO office property in Austin resulting in an EAD gain of $1,300,000 (noted alongside a GAAP presentation that reflected a separate net loss on the GAAP sale).