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 COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KREF stock has decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $15.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 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 3 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $32 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.76 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a return on equity of 8.83% and a net margin of 16.08%. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's earnings history.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's dividend history.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust updated its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, July, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.43-0.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.40.

5 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $20.50. On average, they anticipate KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $18.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

News articles about KREF stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,270,000 shares, a decline of 30.2% from the May 31st total of 3,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 782,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 8.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Brixmor Property Group (BRX), PS Business Parks (PSB), MGM Growth Properties (MGP), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Agree Realty (ADC), Rayonier (RYN), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Howard Hughes (HHC), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Potlatchdeltic (PCH), Keppel REIT (KREVF), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP) and Great Portland Estates (GPEAF). 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 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.10%), 6 Meridian (0.03%) and Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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 6 Meridian. View insider buying and selling activity for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, and Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.77.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $874.90 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]