For the quarter ended March 2025, KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) reported revenue of $1.2 billion, up 21.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.15, compared to $0.97 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 billion, representing a surprise of +0.90%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1.77%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.13.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how KKR & Co. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Assets Under Management - New Capital Raised: $30.54 billion compared to the $24.74 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Private Equity - Assets Under Management: $209.40 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $200.41 billion.
- Fee Paying Assets Under Management: $526.05 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $526.99 billion.
- Real Assets Segment- Ending AUM - Fee-paying AUM: $144.03 billion compared to the $143.57 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Earnings- Strategic Holdings: $31.49 million versus $25.26 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Fee Related Compensation: -$210.02 million versus -$211.66 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Fee Related Earnings- Fee Related Performance Revenues: $21.28 million versus $24.99 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.4% change.
- Operating Earnings- Insurance: $258.77 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $255.09 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.2%.
- Fee Related Earnings- Management Fees: $917.33 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $927.90 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.5%.
- Revenues- Fee Related Earnings: $822.60 million compared to the $842.17 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Realized Investment Income: $185.26 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $187.68 million.
- Total Investing Earnings: $273.25 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $271.37 million.
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Shares of KKR & Co. have returned -5.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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