KREF vs. CDP, NSA, FCPT, OUT, GCMG, ABR, IVT, SSRM, GNL, and DBRG
Should you be buying KKR Real Estate Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust include COPT Defense Properties (CDP), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), SSR Mining (SSRM), Global Net Lease (GNL), and DigitalBridge Group (DBRG). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust vs.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (NYSE:KREF) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, COPT Defense Properties had 4 more articles in the media than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for COPT Defense Properties and 2 mentions for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 0.99 indicating that KKR Real Estate Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust received 246 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave KKR Real Estate Finance Trust an outperform vote.
COPT Defense Properties has higher revenue and earnings than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust presently has a consensus target price of $12.46, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $33.43, indicating a potential upside of 23.49%. Given COPT Defense Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than KKR Real Estate Finance Trust.
COPT Defense Properties has a net margin of 18.44% compared to KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's net margin of 6.30%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 9.07% beat KKR Real Estate Finance Trust's return on equity.
Summary
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust and COPT Defense Properties tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KREF) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
