Why Shares of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Popped Today
Shares of the mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE: ARI) popped today after the company reported its third-quarter earnings results. Apollo reported adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.37 on total revenue of $76.3 million, both numbers beating analyst estimates for the quarter. "Our third-quarter results demonstrate the resilience of ARI's floating-rate loan portfolio in a quickly evolving and volatile market environment," CEO Stuart Rothstein said in the earnings statement.