• Wondering whether KKR at around US$92.83 is offering value or asking you to pay up? This breakdown will help you stress test what that price really means.
• The stock has seen mixed returns, with gains of 1.8% over the past week and 3.2% over the past month, set against a year to date return of a 28.0% decline and a 1 year return of an 8.3% decline, while the 3 year and 5 year returns sit at 82.5% and 83.1% respectively.
• Recent headlines around KKR have focused on its role as a large alternative asset manager, with ongoing attention on how its capital deployment and fundraising activity shape its long term growth profile. This context can influence how investors think about risk, liquidity and potential future cash flows that underpin valuation work.
• KKR currently records a valuation score of 1 out of 6. Next you will see how different methods like DCF, multiples and asset based views line up, before finishing with a more complete way to think about value that ties all of these together.

KKR scores just 1/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the full valuation breakdown.

Approach 1: KKR Excess Returns Analysis

The Excess Returns model looks at how much profit KKR is expected to generate over and above the return required by its shareholders, and then capitalizes those excess profits into a per share value.

For KKR, the starting point is a Book Value of $31.81 per share and a Stable EPS estimate of $6.25 per share, based on weighted future Return on Equity estimates from 7 analysts. The model applies a Cost of Equity of $5.15 per share, which leaves an Excess Return of $1.10 per share. That excess is tied to an Average Return on Equity of 11.15% and a projected Stable Book Value of $56.02 per share, based on weighted future Book Value estimates from 3 analysts.

Using these inputs, the Excess Returns model produces an intrinsic value of about $75.06 per share. Compared with a current share price around $92.83, this framework implies the stock is roughly 23.7% overvalued.

Result: OVERVALUED

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Head to the Valuation section of our Company Report for more details on how we arrive at this Fair Value for KKR.

Approach 2: KKR Price vs Earnings

For a profitable business like KKR, the P/E ratio is a useful way to link what you pay for each share to the earnings that support it. A higher or lower P/E often reflects what the market is baking in for future growth and how much risk investors feel they are taking on.

Higher growth expectations or lower perceived risk usually justify a higher P/E, while slower expected growth or higher risk tend to support a lower, more conservative multiple. So it helps to look at KKR’s P/E in the context of both its sector and its specific characteristics.

KKR currently trades on a P/E of 36.97x. That sits below the broader Capital Markets industry average of 39.36x, but above the peer group average of 29.74x. Simply Wall St’s Fair Ratio for KKR is 22.60x, which is a proprietary estimate of what P/E might make sense given factors such as earnings growth, industry, profit margins, market cap and risk profile.

The Fair Ratio can be more informative than a simple peer or industry comparison because it tries to adjust for those company specific factors instead of assuming every Capital Markets stock should trade on the same multiple. With KKR’s current P/E of 36.97x sitting well above the Fair Ratio of 22.60x, this framework points to the shares looking expensive on an earnings basis.

Result: OVERVALUED

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Upgrade Your Decision Making: Choose your KKR Narrative

Earlier it was mentioned that there is an even better way to understand valuation. Narratives on Simply Wall St let you attach your own story about KKR to the numbers by linking what you believe about its future revenue, earnings and margins to a forecast. This turns that into a Fair Value that you can compare with the current price to help frame buy or sell decisions. Each Narrative lives on the Community page, updating automatically as new news or earnings arrive, and openly showing how different investors can look at the same stock very differently. For example, one bearish Narrative might anchor on a Fair Value near US$106, while a more bullish Narrative sees a Fair Value closer to US$176. This gives you a clear, visual way to see where your own view sits in that range.

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