Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) is a real estate investment trust that owns, develops, redevelops and manages open-air shopping centers in the United States. Its properties are primarily anchored by grocery stores and other essential retailers, with additional tenants including restaurants, service providers, health and wellness businesses, and specialty retailers.

The company focuses on neighborhood and community shopping centers designed to serve local markets. Its portfolio is concentrated in major metropolitan areas, particularly in the Sun Belt and other high-growth regions of the country. Kite Realty Group seeks to enhance its properties through leasing, redevelopment and the addition of complementary retail and service-oriented uses.

Kite Realty Group traces its roots to the Kite family’s real estate business and became a publicly traded REIT in 2004. In 2021, it completed a merger with Retail Properties of America, Inc., expanding its open-air retail portfolio. John A. Kite serves as the company’s executive chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.31 to $24.88
• 50-Day Range: $24.43 to $29.48
• 52-Week Range: $21.33 to $29.92
• Volume: 1.95 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.15 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.88 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.05
• Dividend Yield: 4.76%
• Price Target: $29.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Kite Realty Group Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kite Realty Group Trust scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 56th out of 187 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Kite Realty Group Trust has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.17, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Kite Realty Group Trust has a consensus price target of $29.33, representing about 20.3% upside from its current price of $24.38.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kite Realty Group Trust has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.81%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Kite Realty Group Trust are expected to grow by 3.81% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $2.18 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kite Realty Group Trust is 15.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kite Realty Group Trust is 15.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.25.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Kite Realty Group Trust has a PEG Ratio of 4.42. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kite Realty Group Trust has a P/B Ratio of 1.72. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.14% of the float of Kite Realty Group Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Kite Realty Group Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.95.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Kite Realty Group Trust has recently increased by 7.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Kite Realty Group Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.76%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Kite Realty Group Trust has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Kite Realty Group Trust is 71.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Kite Realty Group Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.21% next year. This indicates that Kite Realty Group Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Kite Realty Group Trust has a news sentiment score of 0.91. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Kite Realty Group Trust this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Kite Realty Group Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kite Realty Group Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.70% of the stock of Kite Realty Group Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.81% of the stock of Kite Realty Group Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/16 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/16 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/16/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Record date for 10/16 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/16 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Retail REITs
• Sub-Industry: Retail REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KRG
• CIK: 1286043
• Web: www.kiterealty.com
• Phone: (317) 577-5600
• Fax: 317-557-5605
• Employees: 228
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kite Realty Group Trust: $29.33
• High Price Target: $34.00
• Low Price Target: $24.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.17
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.62
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.05
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.61
• P/E Growth: 4.42
• Net Income: $298.66 million
• Net Margins: 41.80%
• Pretax Margin: 45.13%
• Return on Equity: 11.26%
• Return on Assets: 5.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.99
• Current Ratio: 1.61
• Quick Ratio: 1.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $844.36 million
• Price / Sales: 5.78
• Cash Flow: $3.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.95
• Book Value: $14.20 per share
• Price / Book: 1.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 200,350,000
• Free Float: 194,938,000
• Market Cap: $4.88 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88