JP Morgan’s latest rating for KREF stock

Samantha Gray

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc’s recently made public that its Director AHERN TERRANCE R acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.19 million on Nov 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $7.81 per share,23,700 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, AHERN TERRANCE R now holds 62,556 shares worth roughly $0.51 million.

Then, Lee Christen E.J. bought 10,000 shares, generating $77,978 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $7.80, the Director now owns 229,133 shares.

Before that, Mattson W Patrick bought 13,000 shares. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc shares valued at $102,805 were divested by the President and COO at a price of $7.91 per share. As a result of the transaction, Mattson W Patrick now holds 386,787 shares, worth roughly $3.13 million.

JP Morgan downgraded its KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc [KREF] rating to a Neutral from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early April from “an Outperform” to “a Mkt perform”. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering KREF and has increased its forecast on September 05, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating.

Price Performance Review of KREF

On Monday, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc [NYSE:KREF] saw its stock fall -2.65% to $8.09. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.87%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc shares have fallen nearly -29.84% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -19.90% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $11.85 was reached on 03/24/25, a 52-week low of $7.78 was recorded on 11/07/25.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For KREF Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 8.00, which if violated will result in even more drops to 7.91. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 8.27. A further resistance level may holdings at 8.44.

How much short interest is there in KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc stocks on 2025-10-31, growing by 0.15 million shares to a total of 3.77 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-09-30 was 3.63 million shares. There was a rise of 3.84%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

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