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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.

What its SEC filings show.

SEC CIK 1327978·Inc. MD·Fiscal year end 12/31·Data as filed · pulled Oct 5, 2026

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Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. is a non-traded REIT registered with the SEC under CIK 1327978 (incorporated in MD). Its most recent filing is an 8-K (current report) dated Sep 16, 2026. As of Jun 30, 2026 it reported total assets of $7.68B (up 31.6% from $5.84B a year earlier) and stockholders' equity of $750.2M. Net income (loss) for the six months to Jun 30, 2026 was −$35.0M. It raised $354.0M from new shares in the six months to Jun 30, 2026; paid $59.5M in distributions in the six months to Jun 30, 2026; spent $94.5M repurchasing shares in the nine months to Sep 30, 2025.

What the figures say together

Our arithmetic on the issuer's own figures, only pairing numbers from the same period or date, and ranked against the 72 other vehicles of this type we track.

Cash from operations was $26.8M against $59.5M of distributions paid in the six months to Jun 30, 2026: operations covered 45% of the payout, and the other 55% came from somewhere else (new money, borrowing or asset sales). It ranks 22nd of the 23 vehicles of this type that report the same figures (1st = best covered).
In the nine months to Sep 30, 2025 it raised $63.8M and paid $94.5M to buy back shares: a net outflow of $30.7M.
Liabilities were 74% of total assets at Jun 30, 2026. It ranks 37th of the 52 vehicles of this type that report the same figures (1st = least leveraged).

Key figures, as filed.

Balance sheet

Figure	Latest	Period	A year earlier	Change	Source
Total assets	$7.68B	as of Jun 30, 2026	$5.84B	+31.6%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Real estate, net	$6.41B	as of Jun 30, 2026	$4.92B	+30.4%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Cash and equivalents	$41.1M	as of Jun 30, 2026	$40.0M	+2.8%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Total liabilities	$5.64B	as of Jun 30, 2026	$4.60B	+22.7%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Long-term debt	$2.54B	as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.45B	+3.8%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Debt (carrying amount)	$2.57B	as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.48B	+3.6%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Stockholders' equity	$750.2M	as of Jun 30, 2026	$651.8M	+15.1%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Shares outstanding (cover page)	182.8M shares	as of Aug 1, 2012	184.3M shares	−0.8%	10-Q/A · Sep 12, 2012

Results and cash flow

Figure	Latest	Period	A year earlier	Change	Source
Revenues	$296.3M	six months to Jun 30, 2026	$234.7M	+26.3%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Net income (loss)	−$35.0M	six months to Jun 30, 2026	−$40.6M	+13.9%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Cash from operations	$26.8M	six months to Jun 30, 2026	$218.4M	−87.7%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026

Capital raised, distributions and repurchases

Figure	Latest	Period	A year earlier	Change	Source
Capital raised (common stock issued)	$354.0M	six months to Jun 30, 2026	$38.6M	+816.4%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Distributions paid to common	$59.5M	six months to Jun 30, 2026	$46.0M	+29.2%	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026
Distributions declared per share	$0.21	six months to Jun 30, 2026	—	—	10-Q · Aug 12, 2026

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Filing timeline.

The last 25 documents this issuer filed with the SEC. Marked rows are the ones that tend to matter to holders.

Sep 16, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Sep 8, 20268-K · Current reportItems 3.02EDGAR ↗
Aug 17, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Aug 17, 2026D/A · FilingItems 06b,3C,3C.5EDGAR ↗
Aug 12, 202610-Q · Quarterly reportEDGAR ↗
Aug 11, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01EDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 20264 · Insider transactionEDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 20264 · Insider transactionEDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 20264 · Insider transactionEDGAR ↗
Aug 10, 20264 · Insider transactionEDGAR ↗
Aug 7, 20268-K · Current reportItems 3.02,5.07,8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Jul 17, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Jul 8, 20268-K · Current reportItems 3.02EDGAR ↗
Jul 2, 20264 · Insider transactionEDGAR ↗
Jun 24, 2026DEFA14A · Proxy materialEDGAR ↗
Jun 24, 20268-K · Current reportItems 5.07EDGAR ↗
Jun 15, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Jun 4, 20268-K · Current reportItems 1.01,3.02,9.01EDGAR ↗
May 29, 2026DEFA14A · Proxy materialEDGAR ↗
May 22, 20268-K · Current reportItems 1.01,3.02,9.01EDGAR ↗
May 15, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
May 13, 202610-Q · Quarterly reportEDGAR ↗
May 6, 20268-K · Current reportItems 1.01,3.02,9.01EDGAR ↗
Apr 16, 20268-K · Current reportItems 8.01,9.01EDGAR ↗
Apr 14, 2026ARS · FilingEDGAR ↗

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Source: SEC EDGAR, XBRL company facts and filing index for CIK 1327978, retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Figures are reproduced as tagged by the issuer; errors in the source carry through, which is why every row links to the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.

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