With 0.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.69 million shares. During the session, the REIT – Mortgage company that operates in wider Real Estate sector, reached to the highest price of $9.12 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $9.0038. The 52-week range on KREF shows that it touched its highest point at $12.95 and its lowest point at $8.28 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.00. With its current market cap of 595.88 million, KREF has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 11.06%. KREF paid its most recent dividend on 1751241600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1751241600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.96.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KREF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.53%, but this was up by 2.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.27% while six-month performance fell -9.78%. The stock lost -10.50% in the past year, while it has lost -20.28% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KREF yields -0.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 143.92% for this year and 82.59% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 65.68 million KREF shares are outstanding with a float of 54.42 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 2.99 million, which was 456.00000000000006 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Matthew A. Salem as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. W. Patrick Mattson C.F.A. serves as its COO & President.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KREF since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With KREF analysts setting a high price target of 13.0 and a low target of 9.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 11.0. Based on these targets, KREF could surge 43.81% to reach the target high and rise by 5.09% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 21.68% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.84304 being high and -$1.07307 being low. For KREF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.93724. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.17. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.21 and the low estimate is $0.02. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.12.
