KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
KREF NYSE Real Estate Investment Trusts Financials FY2016βFY2025
What KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 3, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001628280-26-005092
0001631596
Revenue and margins
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. had $113M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 25.8% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β in fiscal 2025, β of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. returned $110M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 3.7%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $271M | $240M | $136M | $105M | $84.6M |
| Total assets | $6.7B | $7.8B | $7.5B | $6.4B | $6.5B |
| Total liabilities | $5.3B | $6.2B | $6.1B | $5.0B | $5.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 7 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 | β / 6 |
| Accruals ratio | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | β0.0% | β1.2% | 0.2% | β1.4% | β2.4% | β1.4% | β1.9% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $25.2M | $61.9M | $98.6M | $115M | $142M | $166M | $186M | $182M | $152M | $113M |
| Net interest income | $25.2M | $61.9M | $98.6M | $115M | $142M | $166M | $186M | $182M | $152M | $113M |
| Provision for credit losses | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $50.3M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Interest expense | $7.4M | $21.2M | $85.0M | $159M | $127M | $114M | $236M | $459M | β | β |
| Pretax income | $32.6M | $61.2M | $89.7M | $90.5M | $54.8M | $138M | $37.7M | β$30.9M | $34.6M | β$50.6M |
| Income tax | $0.4M | $1.1M | β$0.1M | $0.6M | $0.4M | $0.7M | $0.1M | $0.7M | $0.2M | β$0.2M |
| Net income | $31.2M | $59.1M | $89.7M | $90.0M | $54.4M | $137M | $38.1M | β$30.9M | $35.6M | β$47.1M |
| Net income to common | $31.1M | $58.8M | $87.3M | $90.5M | $53.6M | $126M | $15.4M | β$53.9M | $13.1M | β$69.9M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.61 | $1.30 | $1.58 | $1.57 | $0.96 | $2.21 | $0.23 | β$0.78 | $0.19 | β$1.05 |
| Diluted shares | 0.02B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $25.4M | $53.8M | $76.8M | $91.7M | $115M | $125M | $141M | $156M | $133M | $72.3M |
| Depreciation and amortization | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.0M | $2.6M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.0M | $0.1M | $2.0M | $4.1M | $5.7M | $7.4M | $7.8M | $8.1M | $8.3M | $7.9M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.5M | $31.3M | $4.1M | $25.1M | $0.0M | $35.8M | $0.0M | $10.0M | $43.4M |
| Dividends paid | $21.9M | $50.6M | $88.8M | $99.0M | $96.5M | $95.7M | $115M | $119M | $81.8M | $66.9M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $21.9M | $51.1M | $120M | $103M | $122M | $95.7M | $151M | $119M | $91.8M | $110M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $96.2M | $103M | $86.5M | $67.6M | $111M | $271M | $240M | $136M | $105M | $84.6M |
| Total debt | $5.8B | $6.2B | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loans, net | $675M | $1.9B | $4.0B | $4.9B | β | β | β | β | $117M | $5.1B |
| Deposits | β | β | β | $0.7M | $0.8M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Total assets | $6.3B | $7.4B | $5.2B | $5.1B | $5.0B | $6.7B | $7.8B | $7.5B | $6.4B | $6.5B |
| Total liabilities | $5.8B | $6.3B | $4.1B | $3.9B | $3.9B | $5.3B | $6.2B | $6.1B | $5.0B | $5.2B |
| Preferred stock | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $498M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | 123.5% | 95.4% | 91.1% | 77.9% | 38.3% | 82.9% | 20.5% | β17.0% | 23.5% | β41.8% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 6.3% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 5.0% | 11.4% | 2.6% | β2.1% | 2.6% | β3.7% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.4% | 0.5% | β0.4% | 0.5% | β0.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | 6.3% | 5.6% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 9.2% | 1.0% | β3.8% | 1.0% | β6.0% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 145.5% | 59.2% | 17.2% | 22.9% | 16.7% | 12.3% | β2.3% | β16.5% | β25.8% |
| Net income growth | β | 89.6% | 51.9% | 0.2% | β39.5% | 152.2% | β72.2% | β181.0% | β | β232.2% |
| EPS growth | β | β19.3% | 21.5% | β0.6% | β38.9% | 130.2% | β89.6% | β439.1% | β | β652.6% |
| Share count change | β | 134.8% | 21.7% | 4.3% | β2.6% | 1.3% | 19.0% | 2.4% | 0.3% | β3.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | 11.6x | 5.9x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loans / deposits | β | β | β | 704,434.6% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Provision / loans | β | β | 0.0% | 0.0% | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 7.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Accruals ratio | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | β0.0% | β1.2% | 0.2% | β1.4% | β2.4% | β1.4% | β1.9% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001631596). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.