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Vol. II · No. 255Saturday, 12 September 2026
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The Screen · Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc

REFI · USD · Market cap $226M

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
10.62 USD

At the last full screen
2025-12-31

Screened 2025-12-31 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its accumulation label.

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc holds its Accumulation at $10.62. Elevated stress, defensive posture warranted, held for 16 days.

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseAccumulation
Quantitative stateElevated stress, defensive posture warranted, held for 16 days
Price at the screen$10.62
Valuation7.37 trailing · 5.53 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta0.31
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Business activity: conventional financial services

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Excluded Core business clean Its core business involves an activity the values screen does not clear. Fail
Debt load 23.17% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is just 23.2% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. Pass
Interest-bearing cash 0.00% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 4.46% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 4.5% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 113.29% Below 5% 113.3% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. Fail

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

20.00Conservative20.00Base case21.24Growth case 10.62Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2025-12-31 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 88.3% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
13.50Street low 16.00Street average 20.00Street high 10.62Price

Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +51% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$20.8$15.0$9.3TODAY3y agoPROJECTIONConservative$20.00 +76%Our fair value$20.00 +76%Street high$20.00 +76%Street avg$16.00 +41%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2025-12-31 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words
The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E5.5xvery cheap relative to earnings
Trailing P/E7.4xvery cheap relative to earnings
EPS, trailing1.44
EPS, forward1.92
Revenue growth-34.2%revenue is shrinking
Profit margin61.8%highly profitable on every dollar of sales
Return on equity10.0%a modest return on shareholder capital
Dividend yield1,653.00%
Debt to equity0.38minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio30.37comfortably covers its short-term bills
Beta0.31barely tracks the market's swings
Short interest, float0.06%
52-week range10.56 - 14.57
MoatNONE
Market cap$226M

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-11 Accumulation · changed $10.62 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 8%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $16.

2026-08-11 Distribution $10.62 -6.6% Entry 4

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 6.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 8%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $16.

2026-07-18 Distribution $11.37 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 8%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $16.

2026-07-03 Distribution $11.37 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $11.37 Entry 1

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

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What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $11.58 -1.7% · $983 -1.7%
2 months $11.51 -1.1% · $989 -1.1%
3 months $11.60 -1.9% $0.47 $1,021 +2.1%
6 months $12.13 -6.2% $0.94 $1,016 +1.6%
1 year $12.24 -7.1% $1.88 $1,083 +8.3%
2 years $11.82 -3.7% $3.94 $1,296 +29.6%
3 years $10.06 +13.2% $6.11 $1,739 +73.9%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever REFI does next, these words stay.

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc · REFI · Accumulation · $10.62
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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