NYSE:KREF - KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.16%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's Dividend History.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. The company earned $28.63 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.30 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had a net margin of 40.23% and a return on equity of 8.23%. 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, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

2 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.50 to $20.50. On average, they anticipate KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's share price to reach $20.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

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

News stories about KREF stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,250,000 shares, an increase of 17.8% from the December 31st total of 2,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 498,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.5 days. Currently, 10.5% of the company's shares 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 Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Stag Industrial (STAG), PS Business Parks (PSB), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), CoreSite Realty (COR), Outfront Media (OUT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Rayonier (RYN), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (CIM), Hospitality Properties Trust (SVC), National Health Investors (NHI) and MGM Growth Properties (MGP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KKR Real Estate Finance Trust investors own include AGNC Investment (AGNC), Kinder Morgan (KMI), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Ares Capital (ARCC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

(KREF) raised $210 million in an 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 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's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.03%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (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 Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. View Insider Buying and Selling for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.

KREF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Arizona State Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, California Public Employees Retirement System and CWM 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 $21.09.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a market capitalization of $1.21 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]