KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's shares. Their KREF stock forecasts range from $23.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $24.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.5% from the stock's current price.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock was trading at $20.83 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KREF shares have decreased by 16.2% and is now trading at $17.45.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 944,600 shares, a decrease of 26.2% from the May 31st total of 1,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 760,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 25th 2022.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE:KREF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 25th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.03. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.90% and a net margin of 54.74%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.55 EPS.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, July 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 29th.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust(NYSE:KREF) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 9.57%. KREF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is 80.37%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 91.49% in the coming year. This indicates that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Independence Realty Trust (IRT), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO), Highwoods Properties (HIW), EPR Properties (EPR), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Howard Hughes (HHC) and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA).
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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), Brookfield Property Partners (BPY), 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 IPO on Friday, May 5th 2017. The company issued 10,000,000 shares at a price of $20.50-$21.50 per share. Wells Fargo Securities, Morgan Stanley and KKR served 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.63%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.51%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.30%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (2.55%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (2.55%) and State Street Corp (2.18%). Company insiders that own KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock include Christen EJ Lee, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Reft Holdings LP Kkr and Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical.
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KREF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Van ECK Associates Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Citigroup Inc., BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold KKR Real Estate Finance Trust company stock in the last two years include Christen EJ Lee, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Reft Holdings LP Kkr, and Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical.
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KREF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stephens Inc. AR, Vanguard Group Inc., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Graham Capital Management L.P., State Street Corp, and Roble Belko & Company Inc.
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Shares of KREF 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 $17.45.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion and generates $165.51 million in revenue each year. The company earns $137.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.139990 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 KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is www.kkrreit.com. The company can be reached via phone at (212) 750-8300 or via email at [email protected].