Mattson W Patrick

KREF President/COO Mattson W Patrick buys 40,000 shares at $6.03; stock down -40.4% from 52-week high, company posted $-56.1M net loss.

Mattson W Patrick, President, COO and Secretary, purchased 40,000 shares at $6.03 on 2026-04-24, growing his holdings from 460.3K to 500.3K shares. The transaction occurred as KREF's stock has declined -40.4% from its 52-week high of $9.87 and is down -28.3% over the past 90 days, trading at $5.88 today. The timing relative to his prior KREF purchase history is mixed: his three earlier buys at KREF yielded one well-timed accumulation (the 2023-05-01 buy with +18.8% 90-day return), but two purchases that saw declines over 90 days. The company remains unprofitable with $-56.1M net income over its most recent full fiscal year, presenting a deteriorating fundamental backdrop against which this insider accumulation occurs.

President/COO Mattson W Patrick bought 13,000 KREF shares at $7.91; cluster of 3 other insider buys in 14 days signals coordinated confidence.

Mattson W Patrick, President and COO of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., purchased 13,000 shares at $7.91 on 2025-11-06, increasing his holdings to 386,787 shares. This buy occurs in a cluster context: 3 other insiders also purchased within the past 14 days, suggesting coordinated insider accumulation. At the same-ticker level, Patrick's prior two buys at KREF showed mixed timing—one delivered a 90-day gain of +18.8%, while the other declined -1.8%—so his track record at this specific ticker is split. The stock currently trades at $8.02, down 4.9% over 30 days and 13.6% over 90 days from purchase, and sits at -33.3% from its 52-week high of $12.02. The P/E ratio of 42.21 and net income of $13.8M on a market cap of $525.2M reflect the company's fundamentals at the time of filing. Multiple insiders buying into recent weakness, combined with Patrick's prior willingness to accumulate at this ticker, offers a factual observation of insider activity pattern; the subsequent price movement will be the arbiter of conviction.