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 (WHO). Since then, KREF stock has decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $15.40. 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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the 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 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. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's dividend history.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price targets 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 share price to reach $17.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

News articles about KREF stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. 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 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 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 trading volume, of 779,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 12.7% of the shares of the company 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), PS Business Parks (PSB), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Agree Realty (ADC), Rayonier (RYN), Great Portland Estates (GPEAF), New Residential Investment (NRZ), SL Green Realty (SLG), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Howard Hughes (HHC), Keppel REIT (KREVF), Taubman Centers (TCO) and Lexington Realty Trust (LXP). 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 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 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 $15.40.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $854.39 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]