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, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, January 11th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 27th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Dividend History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.02. The business earned $59.62 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% 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 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 stories about KREF stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include TMX Group (X), CHIBA BK LTD/ADR (CHBAY), TFS Financial (TFSL), Assured Guaranty (AGO), OneMain (OMF), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Hiscox (HSX), SLM (SLM), AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Life Storage (LSI), Radian Group (RDN), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Banco Santander Mexico Sa Instcn De (BSMX) and Lendingtree (TREE).

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), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Global Medical REIT (GMRE), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), MONDI/PAR VTG FPD 0.2 (MNDI) and General Electric (GE).

(KREF) raised $210 million in an initial public offering 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $20.36.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.17 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]