KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US48251K1007

SecurityKREF / KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
InstitutionCitadel Advisors Llc
ManagerKen Griffin
Latest Disclosed Ownership915,236 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 5,601,244
Citadel Advisors Llc ownership in KREF / KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Citadel Advisors Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 915,236 shares of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (US:KREF) valued at $5,601,244 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 17, 2026 disclosing 471,369 shares of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 94.17% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $6,333,433 USD.

Citadel Advisors Llc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (KREF) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 12,400 of underlying shares valued at $75,888 USD and put options representing 38,300 of underlying shares valued at $234,396 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

KREF / KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 915,236 443,867 94.17 5,601 44.58 0.0008
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 471,369 -10,997 -2.28 3,875 -10.76 0.0006
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 482,366 38,970 8.79 4,341 11.65 0.0007
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 443,396 85,461 23.88 3,889 0.60 0.0007
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 357,935 -75,595 -17.44 3,866 -11.72 0.0007
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 433,530 91,251 26.66 4,379 3.57 0.0008
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 342,279 142,181 71.06 4,227 133.54 0.0008
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 200,098 71,316 55.38 1,811 39.77 0.0004
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 128,782 13,738 11.94 1,296 -14.91 0.0002
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 115,044 105,491 1,104.27 1,522 1,246.90 0.0003
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 9,553 -40,690 -80.99 113 -81.51 0.0000
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 50,243 -134,168 -72.75 611 -70.90 0.0001
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 184,411 123,875 204.63 2,100 148.52 0.0005
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 60,536 -112,238 -64.96 845 -69.91 0.0002
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 172,774 -303,378 -63.71 2,808 -66.21 0.0006
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 476,152 56,543 13.48 8,309 -3.92 0.0021
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 419,609 298,985 247.87 8,648 244.13 0.0018
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 120,624 103,378 599.43 2,513 590.38 0.0005
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 17,246 -87,440 -83.53 364 -83.92 0.0001
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 104,686 18,282 21.16 2,264 42.48 0.0005
2021-05-21 2021-03-31 13F/A-1 KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 86,404 86,404 -17.46 1,589 -29.81 0.0004
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 86,404 86,404 1,589 0.0004
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 0 -19,932 -100.00 0 -100.00
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM 48251K100 19,932 -82,815 -80.60 329 -80.69 0.0001
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 102,747 -11,516 -10.08 1,704 -0.64 0.0006
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 114,263 45,503 66.18 1,715 22.15 0.0008
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 68,760 -77,390 -52.95 1,404 -50.81 0.0006
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 146,150 54,230 59.00 2,854 55.87 0.0013
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 91,920 28,214 44.29 1,831 43.61 0.0008
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 63,706 -15,642 -19.71 1,275 -16.06 0.0006
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 79,348 17,406 28.10 1,519 21.52 0.0008
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 61,942 -424 -0.68 1,250 1.38 0.0006
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F/A-1 KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 62,366 48,057 335.85 1,233 329.62 0.0006
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 62,366 48,057 1,233
2018-05-14 2018-03-31 13F/A-1 KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 14,309 -7,373 -34.01 287 -33.87 0.0002
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 14,309 -7,373 287
2018-02-09 2017-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 21,682 -467,138 -95.56 434 -95.78 0.0003
2017-11-09 2017-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 488,820 -64,619 -11.68 10,285 -13.56 0.0079
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn 48251K100 553,439 553,439 11,899 0.0101
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 12,400 -59.08 76 -69.88 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 30,300 -22.51 249 -29.06 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 39,100 81.02 352 85.71 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 21,600 47.95 189 20.38 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 14,600 -59.67 158 -56.99 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 36,200 37.64 366 12.65 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 26,300 14.35 325 55.77 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 23,000 -19.86 208 -27.78 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 28,700 -3.69 289 -26.90 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 29,800 82.82 394 104.15 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 16,300 -28.51 193 -30.32 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 22,800 -30.49 277 -25.74 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 32,800 -13.23 374 -29.22 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 37,800 79.15 528 53.64 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 21,100 -60.49 343 -63.20 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 53,400 117.96 932 84.55 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 24,500 -19.14 505 -19.97 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 30,300 50.00 631 48.12 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn Call 20,200 106.12 426 100.94 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Call 9,800 212 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 38,300 93.43 234 44.44 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-17 2025-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 19,800 96.04 163 80.00 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 10,100 -91.63 91 -91.49 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 120,700 -0.08 1,059 -18.87 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 120,800 26.76 1,305 35.55 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 95,300 470.66 963 366.99 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 16,700 46.49 206 100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 11,400 -46.48 103 -51.87 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 21,300 -29.00 214 -45.96 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 30,000 73.41 397 93.17 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 17,300 1.76 205 -0.49 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 17,000 -15.42 207 -9.65 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 20,100 -38.72 229 -50.11 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 32,800 458 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 10,800 -21.17 188 -33.33 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 13,700 -36.87 282 -37.61 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 21,700 19.23 452 17.71 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR Cmn Put 18,200 5.20 384 2.67 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F KKR REAL ESTATE FIN TR COM Put 17,300 374 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.