KKR & Co
KKR
About: KKR is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, with $664.3 billion in total managed assets, including $526.0 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of March 2025. The company has two core segments: asset management (which includes private markets—private equity, credit, infrastructure, energy, and real estate—and public markets—primarily credit and hedge/investment fund platforms) and insurance (following the firm's initial investment in, and then ultimate purchase of, Global Atlantic Financial Group, which is engaged in retirement/annuity and life insurance lines as well as reinsurance).
Employees: 4,834
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
45% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 161 | Existing positions closed: 111
21% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 528 | Existing positions reduced: 436
18% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $60.5B [Q1] → $71.2B (+$10.8B) [Q2]
6% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 36 [Q1] → 38 (+2) [Q2]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,273 [Q1] → 1,305 (+32) [Q2]
1.16% more ownership
Funds ownership: 58.95% [Q1] → 60.11% (+1.16%) [Q2]
19% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.17B | Put options by funds: $1.44B
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Kyle Voigt
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$162
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Outperform
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Benjamin Budish
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$165
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Overweight
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
Citigroup
Christopher Allen
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$170
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Buy
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
Oppenheimer
Chris Kotowski
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$162
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Outperform
Maintained
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14 Jul 2025 |
JMP Securities
Brian Fitzgerald
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$150
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Market Perform
Downgraded
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14 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Michael Brown
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$156
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Overweight
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group
Glenn Schorr
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$150
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Outperform
Maintained
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10 Jul 2025 |
Piper Sandler
John Barnidge
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$150
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Overweight
Initiated
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30 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 26 articles about KKR published over the past 30 days