Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Stock News

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NEW YORK, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ARI) today announced the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock, which is payable on October 15, 2025 to common stockholders of record on September 30, 2025.

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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a mortgage REIT, pays a 10.2% distribution yield. Q2 results show the distributable earnings cover the dividend of $0.25. The second half of 2025 looks positive for ARI, however, a long-term buy and hold investor needs to be wary of future cuts.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 30, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Anastasia Mironova - CFO, Secretary & Treasurer Scott Weiner - Chief Investment Officer Stuart A. Rothstein - President, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Douglas Michael Harter - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Harsh Hemnani - Green Street Adv...

NEW YORK, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company” or “ARI”) (NYSE: ARI) today reported results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025.

They've been called amateurs, but they keep beating the sector as a whole. Let's get back to fundamentals. ARI is set to grow earnings and eventually resume dividend growth.