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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, April 12th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Dividend History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $59.62 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.10 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a net margin of 48.98% and a return on equity of 9.15%. 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, May 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

5 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.50 to $22.00. On average, they expect KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $21.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.8% 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 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

News headlines about KREF stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 coverage optimism score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Howard Hughes (HHC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD), Life Storage (LSI), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), PS Business Parks (PSB), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Eastgroup Properties (EGP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Hammerson (HMSNF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KKR Real Estate Finance Trust investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), Uniti Group (UNIT), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), MONDI/PAR VTG FPD 0.2 (MNDI), Ladder Capital (LADR) and General Electric (GE).

(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 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (37.61%), BlackRock Inc. (4.04%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.09%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.02%), Elliott Management Corp (0.89%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock include Christen EJ Lee, Deborah H Mcaneny and Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Millennium Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Barclays PLC and MetLife Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Elliott Management Corp, BlackRock Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Northpointe Capital LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Martingale Asset Management L P and Two Sigma Investments LP. 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 $20.14.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion and generates $183.57 million in revenue each year. The company earns $89.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.92 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]