NYSE:KREF - KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, October 12th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 27th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Dividend History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $51.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $46.10 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a net margin of 56.20% and a return on equity of 8.84%. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Earnings History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $21.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

Media coverage about KREF stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Howard Hughes (HHC), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Life Storage (LSI), Hammerson (HMSNF), Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Rayonier (RYN), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD), PS Business Parks (PSB) and Equity Commonwealth (EQC).

(KREF) raised $210 million in an initial public offering (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's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.49%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.62%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.55%), Resource America Inc. (0.42%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.40%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.22%). Company insiders that own KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock include Christen EJ Lee and Deborah H Mcaneny. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Resource America Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Yorktown Management & Research Co Inc. Company insiders that have bought KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock in the last two years include Christen EJ Lee and Deborah H Mcaneny. View Insider Buying and Selling for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

Shares of KREF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.21.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion and generates $83.14 million in revenue each year. The company earns $59.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.22 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is http://www.kkrreit.com.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's mailing address is 9 WEST 57TH STREET SUITE 4200, NEW YORK NY, 10019. The company can be reached via phone at 212-750-8300 or via email at [email protected]