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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

KREF · NYSE · CIK 0001631596 · Real Estate · REIT—Mortgage

INSIDER SIGNAL

52.8 / 100

2 buyers · 2 purchase transaction lines · $603.6K gross purchase

WHY THIS SIGNAL?

Buyer breadthLow
Purchase sizeModerate
RoleModerate
RecencyLow
ConvictionStrong
Score anatomy

Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.

Cluster+14.0 / 35
Purchase size+15.3 / 25
Role+13.0 / 20
Recency+0.5 / 10
Conviction+10.0 / 10

What is holding the score back?

  • ⚠ Cluster breadth is moderate · 2 insider(s), not 4+
  • ⚠ Role scores low · most senior buyer: Chief Executive Officer (CEO, chair and 10% owners score lowest)
  • ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent

Purchase-size comments are relative to the model scale. Average daily volume is a separate market-context diagnostic.

US-v1.2 ranks qualifying equity purchases under the current 180-day rules. The score is a research priority, not a return forecast or probability. Backtests have not shown that a higher US score is followed by better returns.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Salem Matthew AChief Executive Officer
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Mattson W PatrickPresident, COO and Secretary
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Decious KendraCFO and Treasurer
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Lee Christen E.J.Director
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS2
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION60%Largest buyer: Salem Matthew A · $362.4K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D2 insidersPeak activity: 2026-04-24–2026-04-24

Roles in the peak window: Chief Executive Officer, President, COO and Secretary. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

52.8 / 100

Latest recorded score

↓ -0.1 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 53.0
  2. 53.0
  3. 52.9
  4. 52.9
  5. 52.8

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

6Purchases
1Sales
12Other Form 4 lines
19SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING2 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER2 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot detected in parsed evidence

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-16.2%
3M
-18.8%
6M
-6.1%
12M
-30.6%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
31.6%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
USD 5.6M

Valuation

Market cap
USD 349.7M
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
—
ROE
-4.0%
Industry
REIT—Mortgage

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-11 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · From SEC filings: Market cap, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-07-20 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
6,008,738
Previous report
5,657,629
Avg daily volume
1,206,418
Days to cover
5.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-04-24Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock60,000USD 6.04USD 362,400SEC filing ↗
2026-04-24Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock40,000USD 6.03USD 241,200SEC filing ↗
2025-11-07Lee Christen E.J.Purchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 7.80USD 78,000SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock32,000USD 7.84USD 250,880SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock13,000USD 7.91USD 102,830SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06AHERN TERRANCE RPurchase (P)Common Stock23,700USD 7.81USD 185,097SEC filing ↗
2024-02-08Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock26,000USD 9.72USD 252,720SEC filing ↗
2024-02-08Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 9.72USD 97,200SEC filing ↗
2023-05-12Lee Christen E.J.Purchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 10.17USD 101,700SEC filing ↗
2023-05-01Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock8,000USD 10.60USD 84,800SEC filing ↗
2023-04-27Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 10.70USD 267,500SEC filing ↗
2020-05-01Lee Christen E.J.Purchase (P)Common Stock8,650USD 15.28USD 132,210SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

19 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 196 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-01Lee Christen E.J.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock3,358USD 6.21USD 20,853SEC filing ↗
2026-10-01Decious KendraTax withholding (F)Common Stock9,672USD 6.21USD 60,063SEC filing ↗
2026-04-24Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock60,000USD 6.04USD 362,400SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (19 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-01Lee Christen E.J.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock3,358USD 6.21USD 20,853SEC filing ↗
2026-10-01Decious KendraTax withholding (F)Common Stock9,672USD 6.21USD 60,063SEC filing ↗
2026-04-24Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock60,000USD 6.04USD 362,400SEC filing ↗
2026-04-24Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock40,000USD 6.03USD 241,200SEC filing ↗
2026-04-14Madoff PaulaAward / grant (A)Common Stock16,691USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-04-14MCANENY DEBORAH HAward / grant (A)Common Stock16,691USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-04-14Langer Jonathan AAward / grant (A)Common Stock16,691USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-04-14ESTEVES IRENE MAward / grant (A)Common Stock16,691USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-04-14AHERN TERRANCE RAward / grant (A)Common Stock16,691USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-12-18Salem Matthew AAward / grant (A)Common Stock81,250USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-12-18Mattson W PatrickAward / grant (A)Common Stock73,500USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-12-18Galligan KellyAward / grant (A)Common Stock6,500USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-12-18Decious KendraAward / grant (A)Common Stock24,000USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-12-03ROSENBERG RALPH FSale (S)Common Stock125,289USD 8.25USD 1,033,634SEC filing ↗
2025-11-07Lee Christen E.J.Purchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 7.80USD 78,000SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06Salem Matthew APurchase (P)Common Stock32,000USD 7.84USD 250,880SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06Mattson W PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock13,000USD 7.91USD 102,830SEC filing ↗
2025-11-06AHERN TERRANCE RPurchase (P)Common Stock23,700USD 7.81USD 185,097SEC filing ↗
2025-11-03Langer Jonathan AJ (J)Common Stock14,086USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerKREF
CIK0001631596
SectorReal Estate
IndustryREIT—Mortgage Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC6798 Real Estate Investment Trusts
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history196 transaction lines from 2020-01-01 to 2026-10-01
14 P purchase lines · 86 S sale lines · 96 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.