Kilroy Realty Corporation $KRC Shares Bought by HF Advisory Group LLC

HF Advisory Group LLC grew its position in Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE:KRC) by 39.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 97,752 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 27,823 shares during the period. HF Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Kilroy Realty were worth $2,758,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Kilroy Realty during the fourth quarter worth about $340,131,000. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Kilroy Realty by 1.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,841,917 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $203,514,000 after buying an additional 67,546 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Kilroy Realty by 23.5% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,228,666 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $195,396,000 after buying an additional 994,299 shares in the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Kilroy Realty by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 3,578,185 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $151,178,000 after buying an additional 15,193 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of Kilroy Realty by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,149,816 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $133,080,000 after buying an additional 115,047 shares during the period. 94.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on KRC. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on Kilroy Realty from $46.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Kilroy Realty from $44.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 13th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Kilroy Realty in a research note on Monday, June 8th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Kilroy Realty from $34.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Kilroy Realty from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $42.00 to $44.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $37.87.

Insider Buying and Selling at Kilroy Realty

In other news, insider Lauren N. Stadler sold 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.65, for a total value of $103,950.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 15,456 shares in the company, valued at approximately $535,550.40. This trade represents a 16.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, President Justin William Smart sold 10,848 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.71, for a total transaction of $419,926.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 519,872 shares in the company, valued at $20,124,245.12. This trade represents a 2.04% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.83% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Kilroy Realty Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of KRC opened at $37.98 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.87 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 2.09. Kilroy Realty Corporation has a one year low of $27.36 and a one year high of $45.03. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $35.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.09.

Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by ($0.30). Kilroy Realty had a return on equity of 3.89% and a net margin of 19.59%.The business had revenue of $270.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $263.08 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.02 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. Kilroy Realty has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.490-3.630 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Kilroy Realty Corporation will post 3.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Kilroy Realty Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.54 per share. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. Kilroy Realty’s dividend payout ratio is presently 118.68%.

Kilroy Realty Company Profile

Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and management of high‐quality office and mixed‐use properties along the U.S. West Coast. The company’s portfolio encompasses major urban markets including Los Angeles, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. Kilroy Realty targets properties in transit‐oriented submarkets, blending workplace space with retail, residential and hospitality amenities to create vibrant, walkable neighborhoods.

Founded in the mid‐20th century by members of the Kilroy family, the company evolved from a regional landlord into one of the leading West Coast office landlords.