Understanding the Recent Fluctuations of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc’s (KREF) Stock

In the past week, KREF stock has gone down by -2.74%, with a monthly decline of -2.15% and a quarterly plunge of -1.44%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.40%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.93% for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.03% for KREF stock, with a simple moving average of -15.12% for the last 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE: KREF) Right Now?

The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.02. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

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The public float for KREF is 58.17M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.58% of that float. On May 24, 2024, the average trading volume of KREF was 515.18K shares.

KREF) stock’s latest price update

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE: KREF)’s stock price has plunge by -1.24relation to previous closing price of 9.69. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -2.74% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2024-04-25 that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. has declined since our last article, and predictably it cut its distribution. Q1-2024 showed the distributable earnings were way ahead of the 25 cents declared. We tell you why another cut is highly probable within a year.

Analysts’ Opinion of KREF

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for KREF stocks, with BTIG Research repeating the rating for KREF by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for KREF in the upcoming period, according to BTIG Research is $12 based on the research report published on April 25, 2023 of the previous year 2023.

JMP Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see KREF reach a price target of $21.50. The rating they have provided for KREF stocks is “Mkt Outperform” according to the report published on April 28th, 2021.

JP Morgan gave a rating of “Overweight” to KREF, setting the target price at $19 in the report published on February 09th of the previous year.

KREF Trading at -2.23% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought KREF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -32.22% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 1.93%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.40%, as shares surge +0.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.90% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, KREF fell by -2.74%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -23.07% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $9.67. In addition, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc saw -27.66% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at KREF starting from Salem Matthew A, who purchase 26,000 shares at the price of $9.72 back on Feb 08 ’24. After this action, Salem Matthew A now owns 460,309 shares of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc, valued at $252,834 using the latest closing price.

Mattson W Patrick, the President and COO of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc, purchase 10,000 shares at $9.72 during a trade that took place back on Feb 08 ’24, which means that Mattson W Patrick is holding 308,446 shares at $97,200 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for KREF

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.45 for the present operating margin
  • 0.91 for the gross margin

The net margin for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc stands at -0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -0.73, with -0.14 for asset returns.

Based on KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (KREF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.81 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.03. The debt to equity ratio resting at 4.2. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.28.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -52.15 million with net debt to EBITDA at 46.11. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 22.02. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.11for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04.

Conclusion

To sum up, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (KREF) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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