Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (ARI) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Quality

Valuation

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Why is Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. ?

Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 4.24% CAGR growth in Operating Profits

With a growth in Operating Profit of 9.48%, the company declared Very Positive results in Jun 25

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 20.86 MM has Grown at 639.87%
NET PROFIT(Q) At USD 20.18 MM has Grown at 915.24%
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 203.42%

With ROE of 0.43%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.74 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 9.30%, its profits have risen by 108% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.6
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 871.6

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How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Realty should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Realty)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

4.49%

0.10

25.72%

S&P 500

17.78%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

12.36%

EBIT Growth (5y)

15.30%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

1.61

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

Tax Ratio

3.51%

Dividend Payout Ratio

124.08%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

63.07%

ROCE (avg)

24.44%

ROE (avg)

5.93%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

NA (Loss Making)

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

0.76

EV to EBIT

3.28

EV to EBITDA

3.20

EV to Capital Employed

0.74

EV to Sales

1.95

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

257.96%

ROCE (Latest)

22.52%

ROE (Latest)

-0.37%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

Bearish

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

15What is working for the Company

NET SALES(HY)

At USD 349.86 MM has Grown at 28.49%

NET PROFIT(HY)

Higher at USD 78.57 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 6.66%

-5What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 142.53 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 385.68 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 419.06 %

Here's what is working for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

Net Profit

At USD 78.57 MM has Grown at 250%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales

At USD 349.86 MM has Grown at 28.49%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Profit

Higher at USD 78.57 MM

than preceding 12 month period ended Dec 2025

MOJO Watch

In the half year the company has already crossed Net Profit of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (USD MM)

Depreciation

Highest at USD 3.4 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at USD 142.53 MM and Fallen

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at USD 385.68 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 419.06 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio