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KREF — KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

US Real Estate REITs equity mkt cap 438.2M
7.58 +1.34% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 5.88 · high 9.87

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Performance

1 day+1.34%
1 week-0.52%
1 month+6.16%
3 months+18.25%
6 months+11.31%
Year to date-8.45%
1 year-18.76%
3 years-34.09%
5 years-63.77%

Technicals

RSI 1458.8
vs 50-day avg+4.11%
vs 200-day avg+3.58%
Volatility 1y32.3%
Max drawdown 1y-40.43%
Avg volume 30d1.1M
Daily bars held2,337
History from2017-05-05

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)11.21%
Paid last 12m0.8500
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2017-06-28

Measured signals that fired on KREF

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-14Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-13Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-05Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-23Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-04-24Salem Matthew A
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market purchase60.0K6.04362.5K
2026-04-24Mattson W Patrick
President, COO and Secretary
Open-market purchase40.0K6.03241.1K
2026-04-14MCANENY DEBORAH H
Director
Grant or award16.7K0.000
2026-04-14Madoff Paula
Director
Grant or award16.7K0.000
2026-04-14AHERN TERRANCE R
Director
Grant or award16.7K0.000
2026-04-14Langer Jonathan A
Director
Grant or award16.7K0.000
2026-04-14ESTEVES IRENE M
Director
Grant or award16.7K0.000
2025-12-18Decious Kendra
CFO and Treasurer
Grant or award24.0K0.000
2025-12-18Galligan Kelly
General Counsel and Secretary
Grant or award6.5K0.000
2025-12-18Salem Matthew A
Chief Executive Officer
Grant or award81.2K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.61.2M10.0M
Long Pond Capital, LP35.1M5.7M
BlackRock, Inc.33.9M5.5M
NOMURA HOLDINGS INC17.6M2.9M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC14.2M2.3M
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC9.0M1.5M
Conversant Capital LLC9.0M1.5M
STATE STREET CORP8.1M1.3M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC8.1M1.3M
Nokomis Capital, L.L.C.6.9M1.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d58.7% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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