KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF) Competitors

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KREF or IVT?

70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, KREF or IVT?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KREF or IVT a better dividend stock?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out 625.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InvenTrust Properties pays out 413.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InvenTrust Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Is KREF or IVT more profitable?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a net margin of 6.30% compared to InvenTrust Properties' net margin of 4.99%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity of 8.53% beat InvenTrust Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust	6.30%	8.53%	1.75%
InvenTrust Properties	4.99%	0.83%	0.54%

Do analysts prefer KREF or IVT?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust currently has a consensus price target of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 26.41%. InvenTrust Properties has a consensus price target of $31.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.13%. Given KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KREF or IVT?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust received 255 more outperform votes than InvenTrust Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.18% of users gave KKR Real Estate Finance Trust an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave InvenTrust Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust	Outperform Votes 263 60.18%	Underperform Votes 174 39.82%
InvenTrust Properties	Outperform Votes 8 42.11%	Underperform Votes 11 57.89%

Does the media prefer KREF or IVT?

In the previous week, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust had 1 more articles in the media than InvenTrust Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and 2 mentions for InvenTrust Properties. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat InvenTrust Properties' score of 1.75 indicating that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
InvenTrust Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KREF or IVT?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than InvenTrust Properties. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust	$145.22M	4.39	$35.59M	$0.16	58.71
InvenTrust Properties	$280.95M	7.83	$13.66M	$0.23	123.31

Summary

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust beats InvenTrust Properties on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.