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Kite Realty Group TrustKRGCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

REIT owning open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use retail properties across the US.

Momentum neutral 52
Mkt cap
$5.04B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$51.3M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.84×
price to book
ROE
11.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
14.6%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB / BBB
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
101 days
15 Feb 2027
Close · USD$25.45
1D-1.0%
1W+1.5%
1M+5.7%
3M-3.6%
6M-4.4%
YTD+6.2%
1Y+15.5%
ATR %2.2%
Beta-0.00
52w lowhigh14.9% off high

What Kite Realty Group Trust does

REIT owning open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use retail properties across the US.

Collects rent under multi-year leases with built-in annual increases and recovers property running costs from tenants. Grocery anchors, supermarkets that draw regular shoppers, bring traffic to the smaller shops that pay higher rent per square foot. The 2021 merger with Retail Properties of America enlarged it considerably.

Products and services

  • Grocery-anchored shopping centers
  • Mixed-use retail properties

Customers

  • National/regional retail tenants
  • Grocery anchors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Retail REIT
  • Open-air shopping center ownership
  • Grocery-anchored/mixed-use leasing

What could go right

  • Consumer spending resilience at grocery-anchored centers
  • Redevelopment driving rent growth

What could go wrong

  • E-commerce pressure on some retail tenants
  • Interest-rate sensitivity of REIT valuations

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Owning well-located grocery-anchored centers in growth markets is hard for new entrants to replicate quickly.

Headquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana, US · Founded: 1968 · Employees: 228

Named competitors

Kite Realty Group Trust at a glance

Size Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $5.04B, the 1183rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $25.45 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.4%, against -3.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 23.5% (peer median 38.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.84× book value against a peer median of 1.21× (8th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.6%; Kite Realty Group Trust delivers 11.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Kite Realty Group Trust has 3 bonds outstanding ($1.00B), rated BBB by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 102 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 6.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 15 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 98KRG 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Kite Realty Group Trust against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kite Realty Group Trust financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$800M$853M$848M$828M$809M
Revenue growth—+1%+2%+2%—
Gross profit$255M$259M$237M$191M$127M
EBITDA$519M$568M$572M$556M$535M
Net income$340M$299M$4.07M$47.5M-$12.6M
Free cash flow$270M$282M$280M$252M$222M
Capital expenditure$150M$152M$141M$143M$159M
Total debt$2.94B$3.20B$3.44B$3.06B$3.27B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kite Realty Group Trust competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%0%+10%8952RITMN2IU8953CUZCSH-UNMGRGGCOUTAJBUGFCSBRACOLDEPRCOVM44USTWDAPLESKTDXSKRG6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kite Realty Group Trust is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%15%20%20×40×60×8952RITMN2IUCUZCSH-UNMGRGGCOUTAJBUGFCSBRACOLDEPRCOVM44USKTKRGReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Kite Realty Group Trust is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%25%50%75%0%50%8952RITMN2IUCUZCSH-UNOUTCOLDEPRSKTKRGROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Kite Realty Group Trust is the large dot.

Kite Realty Group Trust competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (KRG vs REG vs BRX vs FRT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Kite Realty Group Trust KRG$5.04B-4%-7%12%1.84×14.6%
Regency Centers REG$13.7B-3%+8%8%2.06×15.2%
Brixmor Property BRX$9.21B+1%+5%14%3.05×23.1%
Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT$9.74B-2%+8%14%3.14×23.7%

How Kite Realty Group Trust compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Kite Realty Group Trust against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKRGPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.7%+6.8%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-4.4%-3.0%11th highest of 21
Return on equity11.5%5.6%5th highest of 21
Price / book1.84×1.21×8th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E15.7×22.5×6th cheapest of 20
ROE the price implies14.6%9.3%6th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered11.5%5.5%4th highest of 20
Bond spread102 bp122 bp2nd tightest of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Kite Realty Group Trust KRGUnited States$5.04B-4%-7%12%1.84×14.6%11.5%
Japan Real Estate Investment 8952.TJapan$4.98B-10%-1%7%1.41×6.1%6.7%
Rithm Capital RITMUnited States$5.15B-6%+19%6%0.74×8.7%5.6%
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust N2IU.SISingapore$4.89B-7%-5%3%0.68×5.0%2.8%
Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment 8953.TJapan$4.87B-8%0%7%1.17×4.8%7.1%
Cousins Properties CUZUnited States$4.87B+11%+8%0%1.10×11.4%0.3%
Chartwell Retirement Residences CSH-UN.TOCanada$5.25B+3%+24%1%3.92×22.6%0.5%
Mirvac MGR.AXAustralia$5.27B+14%+6%7%0.83×9.9%7.4%
General de Galerias Comerciales GGC.MCSpain$4.70B0%+3%18%3.99×13.5%n/a
OUTFRONT Media OUTUnited States$5.42B-9%+8%36%7.82×77.8%36.2%
Keppel DC REIT AJBU.SISingapore$4.67B-6%+30%11%1.26×6.8%11.4%
Gecina GFC.PAFrance$5.47B-8%+1%2%0.48×6.9%1.6%
Sabra Health Care REIT SBRAUnited States$5.51B+1%+21%3%1.94×13.0%2.5%
Americold Realty Trust COLDUnited States$4.57B+8%0%-16%1.89×15.5%-16.5%
EPR Properties EPRUnited States$4.56B+2%+7%13%1.95×16.8%12.7%
Covivio COV.PAFrance$5.64B-16%+5%8%0.59×8.2%7.9%
Mapletree Logistics Trust M44U.SISingapore$4.47B-6%-1%3%0.87×5.7%3.3%
Starwood Property Trust STWDUnited States$4.46B-32%+11%3%0.69×8.0%3.4%
Apple Hospitality REIT APLEUnited States$4.46B+34%+1%6%1.42×12.2%5.5%
Tanger SKTUnited States$4.45B+6%+11%19%6.60×51.9%19.3%
Dexus DXS.AXAustralia$4.44B0%-28%5%0.65×8.0%4.9%

Kite Realty Group Trust bonds and credit

Kite Realty Group Trust has 3 bonds outstanding with $1.00B face value. The agencies rate it BBB; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 5.69%, a spread of 102 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Kite Realty Group Trust's main competitors?
Named competitors: Regency Centers (REG), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Japan Real Estate Investment (8952.T), Rithm Capital (RITM), Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (N2IU.SI), Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment (8953.T), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH-UN.TO).
Is Kite Realty Group Trust expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.84× against a peer median of 1.21×, 8th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.6%; Kite Realty Group Trust delivers 11.5%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Kite Realty Group Trust stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.4% against -3.0% for the median peer; over one year +15.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.