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Valued as a REIT (property company): Dividend discount.
ACCE opinionKKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Common Stock (KREF)
Fair value (2 models)
Not available
ACCE price target
$6.10
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $5.76 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Dividend discount.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
45
out of 100
Analysts
33% buy
6 covering
P/E
0.0x
forward 11.7x
1-year return
-33.5%
Dividend yield
15.51%
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Common Stock in four questions
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Overview
ACCE thesis
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust originates and holds senior commercial real estate loans, mostly floating-rate first mortgages on office, multifamily, and industrial properties, financed through a REIT structure managed by KKR's real estate credit platform. Its edge is the KKR origination franchise, which gives it deal flow and underwriting depth that a $350 million market cap lender would otherwise struggle to source. The near-term driver is the margin profile: the data shows revenue growth of 245.1% and an operating margin of 135.8%, which is a mechanical artifact of how a mortgage REIT books interest income and gains rather than a sign of conventional operating leverage, so the real question is whether net interest spread and credit losses hold up as loans reprice. Return on equity is -16.5%, so the reported earnings base is currently negative and the bull case rests on the forward multiple of 11.7 times rather than trailing numbers. The score of 43 out of 100 and the absence from any index suggest the market has little conviction, so this is a name to examine only if you are comfortable underwriting commercial real estate credit cycles and the quality of the loan book.