$117.92 🧾 (+Big Insider Bet) as of May 22, 2025
Ticker: KKR
Tagline: If it breathes—or earns a yield—KKR probably owns a slice. 💼💸

$118.73 📈 (+2.52 / +2.17%) (+Another Insider Purchase, as of May 8, 2025, 4:10 PM ET) 
Tagline: If it makes money, we’ll buy it. 💼💸

💥 Insider Confidence: Back for Round 2 (With Bigger Bucks)

Just weeks after Director Robert Scully made a splash with a $1.5M buy, another heavyweight just cannonballed into the capital pool.

🧠 Meet Timothy R. Barakett:
Harvard bigwig, ex-hedge fund king, current board member, and bull-market enthusiast* (*assumed). 🍽️

📈 On May 22, Barakett bought 35,000 shares at $117.92 for a cool $4.1M—that’s not dipping a toe in. That’s full-speed yacht entry. 🚤💦

Oh, and that raised his stake by 23%. Confidence? Try conviction with a side of caviar.

🧠 Who Is This Guy, Again?

Let’s roll the résumé:

• 📈 Founder & CEO of TRB Advisors (his private investment lair)

• 💼 Former CEO of Atticus Capital (a global hedge fund juggernaut)

• 🎓 Treasurer of Harvard University + Fellow of the Harvard Corporation

• 🍻 Board Member, Athletic Brewing

• 🍽️ Advisor to foodies (Rethink Food NYC) and financiers alike

If anyone knows how to vet a mega-cap investment firm, it’s this guy. He’s like the Swiss Army knife of capital allocation.

💥 Trigger Warning: First Bout of Insider Confidence Detected

On May 6th, Director Robert W. Scully whipped out $1.5 million to scoop up 13,250 shares at $113.49. That’s not a nibble—that’s a fork-and-knife sit-down meal of KKR stock. 🍽️

🧠 Insider takeaway? Mr. Scully didn’t just tiptoe in—he cannonballed.

📦 What Even Is KKR?

A better question: What isn’t KKR?
This is a firm that invests in:

🏗️ Infrastructure, 🧬 biotech, 🛒 grocery stores, 🎬 media, ⚡ energy, 📡 cybersecurity, 🧥 luxury fashion, and yes—even 🧃juice companies (probably).

They specialize in:

• Buyouts

• Growth equity

• Mezzanine lending

• Turnarounds

• Anything that breathes revenue

🎯 From IoT to port logistics, if it has a pulse (or a yield), KKR has a stake.

🧠 Who’s Backing KKR?

Oh, just some small-timers like:

And insiders? They own nearly 24% of the company. 🤝

🔍 For full Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here. 

📊 Recent Performance: Just Another Billion-Dollar Quarter

Q1 2025 Highlights:

• 🧾 Fee-Related Earnings: $823M this quarter (+23% YoY)

• 🧠 Adjusted Net Income: $1.0B this quarter (+20% YoY)

• 🏦 Assets Under Management: $664B (+15% YoY)

• 💼 Capital Raised: $114B in the last 12 months

• 💥 Capital Invested: $88B in the last 12 months

• 💰 Dividend: $0.185 per quarter (+6% YoY, yield under 1%)

• 💸 Share Buybacks: $107M so far this year, with a new $500M plan in motion

That’s a lot of commas. 💵💵💵

👉 Want the full picture? Dive into KKR’s financials here.

🚦But Wait—Is It Too Pricey?

• Trailing P/E: 36.20 😬

• Forward P/E: 21.84 😌

Sure, it ain’t cheap-cheap. But for a growing beast with proven performance and scale? It’s not outrageous either.

Think of it like this: you're paying up for quality, but at least it’s not luxury yogurt levels of overpriced.

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🧬 KKR’s Evolution: From Buyouts to Biotech

They’re no longer just a buyout firm. KKR is transforming:

• Then (2007–2015): Build the platform 🏗️

• Now (2016–2025): Scale it like a beast 🔥

  • Real estate ✅

  • Infrastructure ✅

  • Biotech (hello, Biotage!) ✅

  • Core strategies + growth engines ✅

They now do so many deals per year. That’s not a strategy—it’s a full-blown industrial machine. 🏭

⚠️ Risks? Always.

• 🎢 Market downturns = ouch

• 🧪 Complex portfolio = exposure

• 🤔 Scully and Barakett might be clueless… except they're not. With resumes that scream “Wall Street Hall of Fame” (Scully's includes Morgan Stanley, Lehman, Princeton, HBS, etc.), these pundits likely know a thing or two about capital allocation.

🧠 Verdict

💎 KKR is a gem—albeit not a hidden one.

• Strong earnings ✔️

• Shareholder-friendly ✔️

• Insider and institutional conviction ✔️

• Scalable model ✔️

Just don’t expect a moonshot. Expect compounding strength—the kind that builds empires.

😜 Usual Unusual Disclaimer

This isn’t financial advice. It’s entertainment. If you end up investing and KKR buys a cheese company that tanks, we never met.

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