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. Since then, KREF shares have decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $15.44. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The business earned $32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's dividend history.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 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 $17.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

Media coverage about KREF stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,270,000 shares, a decrease of 30.2% from the May 31st total of 3,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading 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 Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), Rayonier (RYN), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Howard Hughes (HHC), Keppel REIT (KREVF), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), Potlatchdeltic (PCH), Great Portland Estates (GPEAF), National Health Investors (NHI), EPR Properties (EPR), Taubman Centers (TCO) and Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI). 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 6 Meridian (0.03%). 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.

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 $15.44.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $856.61 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]