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Arbor – Q4 2025 CLO Update & Earnings Preview

January 21, 2026 –Arbor’s spreads have nosedived in Q4 2025 despite systematic can-kicking modifications of delinquent loans. Q4 2025 is looking to underperform Q3 2025, which itself was held up by one-off, “equity-affiliate” gains.

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Arbor Realty Trust’s CLO performance has imploded spectacularly in Q4 2025. In anticipation, we have consolidated some notes from previous earnings and insights from regular CLO filings to present a preview of what we expect.

Arbor’s distributable earnings in Q3 2025 were held up by a one-time “income from equity affiliates” line item. The operational adjusted distributable earnings were negative, which also excludes calculated PIK.We expect Q4’s earnings will be substantially worse than Q3, on the basis of underlying CLO portfolio data.

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