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KKR Financial: A Specialty Finance Opportunity

KKR Financial Holdings LLC (KFN) got some media attention this weekend when Barron’s included the stock in its “The Trader” section. The company is a spin-off from its well known private equity parent Kohlberg Kravis Robers & Co. KFN is in the business of buying corporate debt at attractive prices and then realizing a return from both the interest paid on these loans as well as the expected capital appreciation.

<>Over the past 2 years the stock has fallen sharply as unrealized losses in its bond portfolio accumulated quickly. Although the stock hit $30 in early 2007, the very real ...
By  trackseekingalpha   (-13.40%  risk: aggressive)  09/02/09 Comment


A Specialty Finance Opportunity – KKR Financial
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KFN logoKKR Financial Holdings LLC (KFN) got some media attention this weekend when Barron’s included the stock in it’s “The Trader” section.  The company is a spin-off from it’s well known private equity parent Kohlberg Kravis Robers & Co.  KFN is in the business of buying corporate debt at attractive prices and then realizing a return from both the interest paid on these loans as well as the expected capital appreciation.

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By  Zachary Scheidt   (-6.60%  risk: moderate)  09/01/09 Comment


Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: BA, FRO, GENZ, JBLU, MS, VARI ...

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Boeing Co (BA), Morgan Stanley (MS), Analyst initiations, JetBlue Airways (JBLU)

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  • FBR Capital upgraded Frontline (NYSE: FRO) to Market Perform from Underperform to reflect the company's above-average day rates and alleviated near-term financing pressures. The firm raised its target on shares to $23 from $14.
    • <>Baird upgraded Varian Medical (NASDAQ: VARI) to Outperform from Neutral and said checks at ESTRO meeting indicate European radiation therapy market demand will remain "respectable" in 2010 and that lau...
    By  Eric Buscemi   (+0.00%)  08/31/09 Comment


    Notable Analyst Rating Changes 8/31: GME, KFN, KBH, BWA Upgraded; MS, SPF, KOF, SHAW Downgraded
    UPGRADES:Goldman Sachs upgrades GameStop (NYSE: GME) from Neutral to Buy and added the stock to their Conviction Buy List with a $28 price target, representing 19% upside. JMP Securities upgrades KKR Financial Holdings (NYSE: KFN) from Market Perform to Market Outperform.Raymond James upgrades KB Home (NYSE: KBH) from Underperform to Market Perform. Wells Fargo upgrades BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) to Outperform. Valuation Range: $39-$42 from $32-$34. Click here for more color on the upgrade. For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/UpgradesDOWNGRADES:BofA/Merrill downgrad...
    By  Street Insider   (+0.33%  risk: moderate)  08/31/09 Comment


    KKR presses the IPO button on Dollar General

    Filed under: Private equity, Family Dollar Stores (FDO), KKR Financial (KFN)

    Over the past few years, it's been hard to find successes in private equity. But, in the case of KKR, there is no doubt that it made a good deal in the leveraged buyout of Dollar General in July 2007 (the company had been public since 1968). The price tag was $7.2 billion.

    <>Now, the company has filed to go public. And, in light of KKR's recent success with the Avago (NASDAQ: AVGO) public offering -- as well as the resurgence in the equities markets -- there's a good chance that Dollar General will also get a nice rece...
    By  Blogging Stocks    08/21/09 Comment



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