• Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Q1 2026 earnings call featured Senior Vice President Lisa Kampf, Co-CEO Peter Sack, President and COO David Kite, CFO Phil Silverman; analysts included Pablo Zuanic, Christopher Muller, Aaron Grey.
• Management highlighted April 23 DOJ order rescheduling certain medical marijuana products to Schedule III, citing potential elimination of Section 280E tax burden as near-term catalyst for borrower cash flow, balance sheets, credit profiles; administrative hearing set for June 29 to July 15.
• Loan portfolio stood at $414 million across 25 companies with 15.8% weighted average yield to maturity; pipeline totaled $482 million with about $133 million backed by real estate collateral.
• Credit metrics weakened quarter-to-quarter, with 10.7% of portfolio risk rated 4+ versus 4.8% prior quarter, driven mainly by downgrade of $27 million Illinois loan No. 36; nonaccrual fell to 4.8% from 11.1% as loan No. 9 returned to accrual.
• CECL reserve rose to $8.7 million, or 2.1% of principal, reflecting higher LTVs; management flagged potential for CECL releases later in 2026 as market inputs adjust following rescheduling.

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