KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:KREF)

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 Monday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, October 16th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Dividend History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $25.86 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.50 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a return on equity of 7.86% and a net margin of 35.11%. 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, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $20.50 to $21.00. On average, they expect KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $20.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

3 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

News articles about KREF stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,280,000 shares, a decrease of 15.8% from the August 30th total of 1,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 249,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.1 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock 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 Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), CoreSite Realty (COR), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Hospitality Properties Trust (SVC), Macerich (MAC), Stag Industrial (STAG), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Outfront Media (OUT), CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (CIM), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Rayonier (RYN), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) and National Health Investors (NHI).

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

(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 Timbercreek Investment Management Inc. (0.59%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.09%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.07%), Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC (0.05%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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 Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC, Rhumbline Advisers and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.81.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.14 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. View Additional Information About KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

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]