Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. REFI
Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. functions as a commercial real estate financing enterprise operating throughout the United States. Its primary activities include developing, arranging, and deploying capital into various secured debt instruments, notably first mortgage loans, which are collateralized by commercial properties. A specific area of focus for the company is extending senior-priority loans to both state-approved operators and property owners within the legal cannabis industry. Chicago Atlantic has chosen to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which allows it to avoid federal corporate income tax, conditional on distributing a minimum of 90% of its taxable profits to its investors. The firm was established in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
This overview is background from company filings and may not reflect the latest quarter — the figures above are the current data, and the SEC filings are the primary source.
Plain-English: the Snapshot is the quick read — what it pays you (yield, dividend), how its cash flow looks (FFO/AFFO, Price/OCF) and how much debt it carries. Switch to Expert in the header to hide these explanations.
Snapshot
Reported FFO / Distributable Earnings / leverage are from the Q1 2026 earnings release (filed 2026-05-07) — 8-K, EX-99.1 ✓ Verified to filing.
Yield uses the latest declared dividend, annualized (latest regular payout × frequency; special/liquidating distributions excluded) — an announced-but-not-yet-declared change isn't reflected until it has an ex-date. FFO, AFFO and Net debt / Adj. EBITDA are the company's reported figures from its latest earnings 8-K. Price/OCF and payout use GAAP operating cash flow. NAV premium and credit ratings have no free source yet. See Methodology.
$10,000 invested
Illustrative income only, at today's price and latest declared dividend — it excludes price changes, dividend cuts and taxes. Not a forecast.
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Balance sheet (latest FY: 2025)
Debt-maturity ladder, fixed/floating split, secured/unsecured and coverage ratios come from the supplemental — not yet ingested.
Financial history
| FY | Revenue | Net income | D&A | EBITDA | Op. cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $63.10M | $36.01M | $0.00 | $36.01M | $28.79M |
| 2024 | $54.78M | $37.05M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $23.16M |
| 2023 | $57.33M | $38.71M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $28.42M |
| 2022 | $48.86M | $32.29M | $563.46M | $563.46M | $17.01M |
| 2021 | $14.47M | $12.66M | $101.15K | $101.15K | $6.67M |
Dividends
Recent regular dividends per share (special distributions excluded), oldest → newest.
| Ex-date | Record | Payment | Declared | Amount | Freq. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-15 | 2026-09-16 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-15 | 2026-06-16 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-15 | 2026-03-13 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2025-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-01-15 | 2025-12-19 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2025-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-15 | 2025-09-12 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2025-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-07-15 | 2025-06-16 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2025-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-04-15 | 2025-03-17 | $0.47 | Semi-Annual |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-01-13 | 2024-12-20 | $0.65 | Special |
| 2024-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2024-10-15 | 2024-09-16 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2024-06-28 | 2024-06-28 | 2024-07-15 | 2024-06-14 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2024-03-27 | 2024-03-28 | 2024-04-15 | 2024-03-15 | $0.47 | Semi-Annual |
| 2023-12-28 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-01-12 | 2023-12-18 | $0.76 | Special |
| 2023-09-28 | 2023-09-29 | 2023-10-13 | 2023-09-18 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2023-06-29 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-07-14 | 2023-06-16 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2023-03-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-14 | 2023-03-15 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2022-12-29 | 2022-12-30 | 2023-01-13 | 2022-12-15 | $0.76 | Special |
| 2022-09-29 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-14 | 2022-09-14 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2022-06-29 | 2022-06-30 | 2022-07-15 | 2022-06-15 | $0.47 | Quarterly |
| 2022-03-30 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-14 | 2022-03-22 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| 2021-12-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-14 | — | $0.26 | Quarterly |
Coverage (payout of operating cash flow): 139.94%. Tax-character split (ordinary / 199A / capital gain / return of capital) — not disclosed (requires the annual allocation release).
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