KREF

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

Company with tickers: KREF, KREF-PA

CIK

1631596

CUSIP

48251K100

Shares Outstanding

64,300,417

13F Activity (30d)

12 filings 7 filers

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score

54/100

Short interest 6.6% of shares — P80 Days to cover 3.9 — P63 Short-volume trend -9.0% — P21

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2020-01-15	2,948,608	3,248,302	-299,694	219,607	13.43
2020-01-31	3,261,003	2,948,608	+312,395	253,001	12.89
2020-02-14	3,510,322	3,261,003	+249,319	241,229	14.55
2020-02-28	2,977,758	3,510,322	-532,564	699,789	4.26
2020-03-13	2,090,358	2,977,758	-887,400	737,007	2.84
2020-03-31	2,909,130	2,090,358	+818,772	1,212,927	2.40
2020-04-15	2,992,552	2,909,130	+83,422	840,400	3.56
2020-04-30	3,666,086	2,992,552	+673,534	516,489	7.10
2020-05-15	3,251,185	3,666,485	-415,300	475,779	6.83
2020-05-29	2,268,994	3,251,185	-982,191	393,490	5.77
2020-06-15	2,193,028	2,268,994	-75,966	346,480	6.33
2020-06-30	2,428,839	2,193,028	+235,811	421,541	5.76
2020-07-15	2,185,799	2,428,839	-243,040	229,536	9.52
2020-07-31	2,291,798	2,185,799	+105,999	201,364	11.38
2020-08-14	2,043,981	2,291,798	-247,817	185,453	11.02
2020-08-31	2,094,658	2,043,981	+50,677	135,145	15.50
2020-09-15	2,066,896	2,094,658	-27,762	194,066	10.65
2020-09-30	2,033,649	2,066,896	-33,247	319,530	6.36
2020-10-15	1,868,999	2,033,649	-164,650	156,451	11.95
2020-10-30	1,784,922	1,868,999	-84,077	133,591	13.36
2020-11-13	1,848,115	1,784,922	+63,193	159,680	11.57
2020-11-30	1,815,988	1,848,115	-32,127	169,305	10.73
2020-12-15	1,796,663	1,815,988	-19,325	113,016	15.90
2020-12-31	1,823,282	1,796,663	+26,619	160,460	11.36
2021-01-15	1,896,009	1,823,282	+72,727	129,583	14.63
2021-01-29	2,074,726	1,896,009	+178,717	153,110	13.55
2021-02-12	2,039,008	2,074,726	-35,718	374,895	5.44
2021-02-26	1,908,391	2,039,008	-130,617	318,726	5.99
2021-03-15	1,703,570	1,908,391	-204,821	354,463	4.81
2021-03-31	1,704,811	1,703,570	+1,241	318,760	5.35
2021-04-15	1,667,755	1,704,811	-37,056	268,085	6.22
2021-04-30	1,588,956	1,667,755	-78,799	289,859	5.48
2021-05-14	1,352,275	1,588,956	-236,681	802,880	1.68
2021-05-28	1,484,479	1,352,275	+132,204	620,017	2.39
2021-06-15	1,660,748	1,483,103	+177,645	416,575	3.99
2021-06-30	1,921,308	1,660,748	+260,560	511,304	3.76
2021-07-15	1,866,510	1,921,308	-54,798	312,736	5.97
2021-07-30	1,492,073	1,866,510	-374,437	534,906	2.79
2021-08-13	1,472,307	1,492,073	-19,766	344,544	4.27
2021-08-31	1,378,828	1,472,307	-93,479	268,239	5.14
2021-09-15	1,459,147	1,378,828	+80,319	354,707	4.11
2021-09-30	1,951,672	1,459,147	+492,525	590,005	3.31
2021-10-15	1,784,713	1,951,672	-166,959	236,216	7.56
2021-10-29	2,253,522	1,784,713	+468,809	644,159	3.50
2021-11-15	1,225,940	2,253,522	-1,027,582	403,426	3.04
2021-11-30	1,250,162	1,225,940	+24,222	382,759	3.27
2021-12-15	1,557,926	1,250,162	+307,764	463,843	3.36
2021-12-31	1,439,542	1,557,926	-118,384	557,331	2.58
2022-01-14	1,813,018	1,439,542	+373,476	429,810	4.22
2022-01-31	1,941,880	1,813,018	+128,862	417,303	4.65

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