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Kkr & Co$KKR · filed: saw revenue fall 11.0% in FY2025 to $19.5BSound shipNext year $9.7B–$49.2B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Kkr & Co filed
Saw revenue fall 11.0% in FY2025 to $19.5 billion, equity 7.5% of assets, and dividend per share up 7 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Kkr & Co’s card. Sound ship: one warning sign.
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $9.7B and $49.2B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #451d61 · graded in public by the revenue in Kkr & Co’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
KKR's **$300M** tender splits evenly between equity and debt, tightening control and NAV optics without triggering a full recap.
$300 million
cash tender offer split evenly between FS KKR Capital…
$150 million
for equity and an equivalent amount for debt
$5.9 billion
in assets under management as of December 2024
8.7%
in late March before narrowing modestly on deal rumors
KKR Alternative Assets L.P., the indirect subsidiary through which KKR & Co. Inc. consolidates certain platform holdings, announced its intention to commence a $300 million cash tender offer split evenly between FS KKR Capital Corp. common stock and subordinated notes. The Purchaser will offer $150 million for equity and an equivalent amount for debt, both priced at the offer's commencement. FS KKR Capital Corp., a publicly traded business development company with approximately $5.9 billion in assets under management as of December 2024, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker FSK.
The dual-instrument structure is precise. By targeting both common equity and subordinated debt in equal dollar amounts, KKR is compressing the BDC's capital stack from two directions without triggering a full recapitalization event. The subordinated notes, which rank below senior debt but above equity in a distress scenario, carry nominal spreads in the current environment; buying them back at par or modest premiums locks in financing cost savings while reducing headline leverage. The equity tender, meanwhile, is a direct buyback that lifts NAV per share for remaining holders and consolidates voting control without the regulatory friction of a going-private transaction.
FS KKR Capital Corp. has underperformed the BDC Index by 340 basis points year-to-date, largely due to portfolio concentrations in sponsored middle-market credits that have lagged as covenant-lite structures prevent lenders from re-pricing legacy commitments. The tender offer signals KKR's willingness to deploy balance-sheet capital to stabilize the vehicle's trading discount to NAV, which widened to 8.7% in late March before narrowing modestly on deal rumors. The move also suggests KKR sees limited alpha in redeploying that capital into new direct lending mandates at current spreads, which have compressed 110 basis points across the middle market since January 2024.
Operators should watch for the formal offer document within five business days, which will disclose exact pricing, proration mechanics, and any minimum or maximum acceptance thresholds. If the tender is oversubscribed, KKR will signal confidence in the BDC's intrinsic value; if undersubscribed, it may indicate liquidity concerns among note holders or skepticism that the equity discount will close near-term. The subordinated debt component is particularly telling—acceptance rates above 70% would confirm that institutional holders prefer immediate liquidity to carry in a flattening curve.
The tender offer expires 21 calendar days after commencement, barring extensions. KKR has not filed a preliminary proxy for a merger or full privatization, meaning this is a capital-management maneuver rather than a prelude to delisting. The firm manages $553 billion in assets globally, with approximately $75 billion in credit strategies; FS KKR Capital Corp. represents 7.9% of that credit book. The Purchaser is funding the offer from existing credit-line availability, not new equity issuance.
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For the principal
If you hold BDC positions in the family portfolio, tender pricing will set the floor for NAV discounts across the sector.
For the operator
Watch acceptance rates on the subordinated debt tranche—above seventy percent confirms institutional preference for liquidity over carry in this curve.
For the house
We are long FSK equity in Huang Goodman Select Credit; we tender half at offer price, hold remainder for post-tender NAV lift.
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