NYSE:KREFKKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock was trading at $18.22 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KREF shares have decreased by 9.2% and is now trading at $16.55. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $32 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.76 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a net margin of 16.08% and a return on equity of 8.83%. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's earnings history.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's dividend history.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $20.50. On average, they anticipate KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock price to reach $17.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

Press coverage about KREF stock has been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 daily sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutKKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,670,000 shares, an increase of 22.7% from the April 30th total of 2,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 779,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 12.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), Agree Realty (ADC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Rayonier (RYN), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Howard Hughes (HHC), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Taubman Centers (TCO), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), National Health Investors (NHI), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI) and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KKR Real Estate Finance Trust investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), AGNC Investment (AGNC), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Ares Capital (ARCC), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) and KKR & Co Inc (KKR).

(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 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. (8.26%), Invesco Ltd. (3.37%), State Street Corp (1.88%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.27%), WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.69%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.52%). Company insiders that own KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock include Christen EJ Lee 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 Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Group AG, Bessemer Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Jane Street Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., State Street Corp, Invesco Ltd., Federated Hermes Inc., Matarin Capital Management LLC, 6 Meridian, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, and WINTON GROUP Ltd. View insider buying and selling activity for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

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One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.55.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $918.19 million and generates $115.47 million in revenue each year. The company earns $89.96 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is 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]