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Matthew A Salem bought $253k of KREF

Chief Executive Officer at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.. 26,000 shares at an average of $9.72, traded Feb 8, 2024, filed Feb 9, 2024.

Conviction score
63
Value
$253k
26,000 shares
Holdings after
460,309
+6% from before
From 52-week low
+8%
low $6.80, close $7.35
From 52-week high
-29%
high $10.31, as of Feb 8, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $253k at market
    +13
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 6%
    +3
  • Price context
    8% above the 52-week low; 29% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • Cluster
    2 insiders buying within 14 days
    +8
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (1 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

KREFOct 9, 2026 · close 5.97
Since filing Feb 9, 2024: -17.2%SPY +60.3% · excess -77.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001140361-24-006523, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 8, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+26,000$9.72$253k460,309Feb 9, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
62Notable
KREFbuy 2
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
W Patrick Mattson
President, COO and Secretary
$241k
40,000 shares
+9%
69Notable
KREFbuy 2
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Matthew A Salem
Chief Executive Officer
$362k
60,000 shares
+9%
60Notable
KREFsell
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Ralph F Rosenberg
director
$2.1M
250,578 shares
-200%
52Moderate
KREFbuy 4
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Terrance R Ahern
director
$185k
23,700 shares
+61%
56Moderate
KREFbuy 4
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Matthew A Salem
Chief Executive Officer
$251k
32,000 shares
+6%
45Moderate
KREFbuy 4
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
W Patrick Mattson
President and COO
$103k
13,000 shares
+3%
39Weak
KREFbuy 4
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Christen E.J. Lee
director
$78k
10,000 shares
+5%
52Moderate
KREFbuy 2
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
W Patrick Mattson
President and COO
$97k
10,000 shares
+3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Matthew A Salem bought $253k of KREF | InsiderTell