KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" KREF shares.
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6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock. Their KREF share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $15.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.4% from the stock's current price.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock was trading at $13.96 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KREF stock has decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $12.09.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 24th 2023.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE:KREF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.07. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a negative net margin of 4.48% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.54%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.54 earnings per share.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 14.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) stock in their portfolio include Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (SRET), VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM), GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV).

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 14.56%. KREF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KKR Real Estate Finance Trust investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), AT&T (T), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Hercules Capital (HTGC).

(KREF) raised $210 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, May 5th 2017. The company issued 10,000,000 shares at $20.50-$21.50 per share. Wells Fargo Securities, Morgan Stanley and KKR acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Goldman, Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) were co-managers.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KREF."

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.85%), State Street Corp (3.29%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (3.11%), Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (2.20%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%) and Stephens Inc. AR (1.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Christen EJ Lee, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Matthew A Salem, Reft Holdings LP Kkr, Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical and W Patrick Mattson.
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Shares of KREF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.09.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) has a market capitalization of $835.42 million and generates $421.97 million in revenue each year. The company earns $38.10 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.66) on an earnings per share basis.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's mailing address is 9 WEST 57TH STREET SUITE 4200, NEW YORK NY, 10019. The official website for the company is www.kkrreit.com. The company can be reached via phone at (212) 750-8300 or via email at ir@kkr.com.