KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,490,000 shares, a decline of 20.3% from the July 15th total of 1,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 548,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 25th 2021.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE:KREF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.05. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a net margin of 51.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.24%.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock was trading at $18.22 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KREF shares have increased by 15.9% and is now trading at $21.11.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.15%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 29th.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.09%. KREF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is 88.21%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 93.48% in the coming year. This indicates that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stock price to reach $21.10 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.0%.
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Some companies that are related to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), PS Business Parks (PSB), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), The Macerich (MAC), EPR Properties (EPR), Chimera Investment (CIM), PotlatchDeltic (PCH) and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE).
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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), Brookfield Property Partners (BPY), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Hercules Capital (HTGC).

(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 acted 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (25.61%), BlackRock Inc. (9.88%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.90%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.28%), State Street Corp (2.00%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.47%). Company insiders that own KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock include Christen EJ Lee, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Reft Holdings LP Kkr and Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical.
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KREF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Legal & General Group Plc, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., Royal Bank of Canada, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and Kore Private Wealth LLC. Company insiders that have sold KKR Real Estate Finance Trust company stock in the last year include Christen EJ Lee, Kkr Group Partnership LP, Reft Holdings LP Kkr, and Value Spn-Kref Holdin Tactical.
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KREF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Invesco Ltd., Aviva PLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Federated Hermes Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley.
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Shares of KREF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KREF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.11.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.17 billion and generates $141.88 million in revenue each year. The company earns $54.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is www.kkrreit.com.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is headquartered at 9 WEST 57TH STREET SUITE 4200, NEW YORK NY, 10019.

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]