KREF
SinkerKKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. · Real Estate · United States · $337M cap · $5.4M/day traded
$5.52 +1.8% · close 11 Nov · scored 11 Nov
Score down 1.9 since 10 Nov: Momentum down 3 after a 5% price fall.
Sinker: Weak business, rich price and weak momentum. Nothing here to keep it afloat.
As of 11 Nov 2026, the MoatMap Score for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF) is 15/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 22, Value 37, Momentum 35, each scored against its sector).
Does the score work? Each tenth of the ranking, tracked monthly. See the record →
ABOUT KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST INC.
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. is a commercial mortgage REIT that primarily originates and acquires senior loans secured by high-quality transitional commercial real estate properties in major U.S. markets. The company benefits significantly from its affiliation with KKR's global real estate platform, which provides proprietary deal sourcing, deep market insights, and strong underwriting capabilities. KREF's competitive advantage lies in its ability to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns through its disciplined investment strategy in commercial real estate debt.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 174.7M | 175.2M | 155.2M | 113.0M | -13.5% | 113.0M | 71.4M | 47.8M | -34.9% |
| EPS | 0.23 | -0.78 | 0.19 | -1.05 | -9.1% | -3.58 | -0.75 | -0.55 | — |
| Shares | 69.1M | 69.3M | 68.7M | 64.4M | -6.8% | 57.3M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 6.2B | 4.6B | 3.9B | 4.1B | -12.5% | 3.0B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.2B | -9.3% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 141.1M | 155.7M | 132.6M | 72.3M | -20.0% | 47.0M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -1.2B | 13.5M | 1.1B | 264.3M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 1.0B | -271.5M | -1.3B | -355.8M | — | — | — | — | — |
Made a new 52-week low 6 trading days ago, 34% below its 52-week high. The fall has not stopped yet.
Calmer than 58% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 38% a year).
How this is worked out
The MoatMap Score weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Real Estate, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of KREF are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| KREF | KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.(you) | $337M | 15 |
| RWT | Redwood Trust, Inc. | $399M | 7 |
| IVR | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. | $604M | 15 |
| AOMR | Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. | $184M | 16 |
| MITT | TPG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. | $173M | 15 |
| CIM | Chimera Investment Corporation | $704M | 15 |
| ACR | ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. | $183M | 19 |
| BRSP | BrightSpire Capital, Inc. | $463M | 25 |
| ACRE | Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation | $186M | 21 |
| ABR | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. | $592M | 8 |
Peer medians: ROE 4.3% · P/E 23.9x · Gross margin 65.4%
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