Sentiment · FY2026 Q1
What companies say about each other on earnings calls — extracted verbatim from public transcripts. Mentions from the newest quarter are a Pro feature.
“we used our partnership with our long-term partnership with KKR as an example. It will feed a coupon yield of, let's call it, somewhere around 7%, 7.5%.”
Chubb cites its long-term alternatives partnership with KKR as producing a ~7-7.5% coupon yield plus a 15%+ IRR, driving its growing private-investment income.
“That process successfully culminated in today's announcement of a combined $7 billion strategic equity investment anchored by two leading global investment firms, Apollo and KKR.”
KKR is co-anchoring a $7B strategic equity investment into KDP's coffee JV and future Beverage Co to lower acquisition-close leverage.
“In addition, our Board has approved an amendment to the strategic partnership agreement, giving KKR the right to increase its HSIC stock ownership up to 19.9% through the purchases -- through purchases in the open market.”
Henry Schein's board approved letting KKR raise its stake to 19.9%, signaling KKR is deepening a strategic private-equity investment/partnership in HSIC.
“talking about the KKR transaction. Obviously, we think it's going to be accretive to credit and EPS, while allowing us to deconsolidate debt at SI.”
KKR is acquiring a 45% stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners for $10 billion, a large infrastructure investment for KKR.
“the company's sale of 3.3 million shares of common stock at an average price of $76.10 per share for a total of $250 million to KKR.”
KKR took a $250 million equity stake in Henry Schein in Q2 2025 and is now driving gross-margin and SG&A value-creation initiatives through KKR Capstone, with two KKR appointees on the board.
“Sempra has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent with KKR. The letter of intent contemplates an equity sale within or even above the 15% to 30% range”
Sempra signed a nonbinding LOI to sell KKR a 15-30% (or larger) equity stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, where KKR is already an existing investor; a read-through that KKR is deploying capital into U.S. energy infrastructure.
“we have signed a definitive agreement to divest the Ostra joint venture to KKR, which we expect to close in the second half of this year”
S&P Global is divesting its Ostra joint venture stake to KKR, expected to close in H2 2025 and generate roughly $1 billion in after-tax proceeds for SPGI.
“Not surprised by what we're seeing out of KKR and Capital Group.”
Apollo notes it isn't surprised by KKR's newly announced distribution alliance with Capital Group, framing it as part of the same alternatives-traditional convergence trend Apollo participates in.
“Just recently, our leadership in the financing for Caro Healthcare sponsored by KKR, is another example where we stepped into a structure at attractive financing solutions in lieu of a broadly syndicated loan package.”
Apollo led the financing for a KKR-sponsored healthcare deal instead of a broadly syndicated loan, illustrating KKR's use of Apollo as a private-credit financing counterparty.
“KKR recognizes that Henry Schein is well managed, has a great opportunity, recognizing the challenges we had with the pandemic, the cyber incident, some of the macro issues that we experienced.”
KKR is a strategic investor in Henry Schein with board representation, collaborating on initiatives tied to the BOLD+1 strategy and expressing confidence in management and growth opportunity.
“we secured a minority equity interest investment in the Ohio and I&M Transcos with KKR and PSP Investments for $2.82 billion. This deal is value accretive at 2.3 times rate base and 30.3 times price to earnings.”
KKR (with PSP Investments) is investing $2.82 billion for a minority stake in AEP's Ohio and I&M transmission subsidiaries, a value-accretive deal that funds part of AEP's equity needs through 2029.
“On the minority interest sale process at Semper infrastructure partners, you'll recall that KKR and ADIA have certain rights of first offer, followed by Sempra's right to respond.”
KKR holds a right of first offer to acquire a minority stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, ahead of Sempra pursuing a third-party bid if no agreement is reached.
“We announced in Japan the carve-out of the real estate assets from Sapporo.”
KKR announced a carve-out of real estate assets from Sapporo in Japan, described as one of the largest announced real estate investments in Asia in 2025. Read-through is a major Japan real estate carve-out transaction.
“For example, we have a great investment in a company called OneStream, which has a lot of growth ahead.”
KKR cites portfolio company OneStream (software) as a strong performer, noting an announced sale at a 30% premium and 4.5x MOIC. Read-through is a successful software monetization for KKR.
“When you combine this with the $2 billion commitment from Japan Post Insurance that we discussed last quarter, we now have approximately $6.5 billion of third-party capital capacity.”
Japan Post Insurance's $2B commitment contributes to ~$6.5B of third-party capital capacity for KKR's Global Atlantic sidecar vehicles. Read-through is Japan Post as a large institutional capital partner in insurance strategies.
“We also continue to feel really excited about our strategic partnership with Capital Group.”
KKR reiterates its strategic partnership with Capital Group, noting launched credit products getting on more platforms plus planned equity and target-date solutions. Read-through is deepening public-private product collaboration with Capital Group.
“Arctos is the leading investor in professional sports franchise stakes and a leader in GP solutions with approximately $15 billion of assets under management.”
KKR announced the acquisition of Arctos, the leading investor in pro sports franchise stakes and a GP-solutions leader with ~$15B AUM, to form a new KKR Solutions vertical. Read-through is KKR entering sports/secondaries via Arctos.
“we remain encouraged by the progress we are seeing within our strategic partnership with Capital Group.”
KKR reports encouraging early progress in its strategic partnership with Capital Group on public-private credit and equity solutions.
“$6 billion of that related to particularly strong funding agreement issuance as well as the Japan Post Insurance strategic partnership.”
KKR's strategic partnership with Japan Post Insurance contributed meaningfully to Global Atlantic inflows, a positive read-through for the partnership.
“with an incremental $3 billion of capital coming in this quarter with the closing of our acquisition of HealthCare Royalty Partners.”
KKR closed its acquisition of HealthCare Royalty Partners, adding $3 billion of capital to its platform this quarter.
“So in late '24, we formed a partnership with Energy Capital Partners that effectively combines our respective capabilities and capital across digital and energy infrastructure.”
KKR's 50-50 joint venture with Energy Capital Partners targets a $50 billion buildout across digital and energy infrastructure to serve hyperscaler power/data-center demand.
“So again, they sold the majority of their motorcycle loan portfolio, and then there's also a long-term flow partnership to sell new motorcycle loan originations.”
KKR purchased the majority of Harley-Davidson's motorcycle loan portfolio and struck a long-term flow partnership for future originations, part of a broader trend of companies going capital-light; Harley-Davidson's stock rose roughly 12-13% on the news.
“As you know, in April, we launched 2 public private solutions through our strategic partnership with Capital Group, making the KKR platform available to an even broader universe of clients.”
KKR's strategic partnership with Capital Group launched two public-private investment products in April, extending KKR's reach into a broader wealth-channel client base.
“our existing strategic investment in Catalio Capital.”
KKR referenced its existing strategic investment in life-sciences-focused Catalio Capital as part of its broader healthcare investing platform.
KKR achieved record fundraising of $129 billion for FY2025 with Q4 management fees of $1.1 billion up 24% year-over-year, while adjusted net income was $1.12 per share. The Arctos acquisition created the KKR Solutions vertical, and record embedded gains reached $19 billion. K-Series wealth reached $35 billion, and Asia deployment surged 70%+ year-over-year with record infrastructure activity. Management expressed high confidence in meaningfully exceeding fundraising and FRE targets, while maintaining the $7+ ANI target presuming constructive monetization.
Capital Allocation | Revenue Growth | Competitive Dynamics | Margin | Subscriber Growth | Guidance Reliability | Cloud & AI | Demand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025Q1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2025Q2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025Q3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2025Q4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2026Q1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Allocation | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Revenue Growth | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Competitive Dynamics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Margin | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Subscriber Growth | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Guidance Reliability | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cloud & AI | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Demand | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Analyst | Firm | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Siegenthaler | Bank of America | 7 (0%) |
| Ben Budish | Barclays | 6 (0%) |
| Glenn Schorr | Evercore ISI | 6 (17%) |
| Patrick Davitt | Autonomous Research | 6 (33%) |
| Mike Cyprys | Morgan Stanley | 6 (0%) |
| Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs | 6 (17%) |
| Steve Chubak | Wolfe Research | 5 (0%) |
| Will Katz | TD Cowen | 5 (0%) |
| Mike Brown | UBS | 4 (0%) |
| Arnaud Giblat | BNP Paribas | 4 (0%) |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America | 1 | 7 (0%) |
| Barclays | 1 | 6 (0%) |
| Autonomous Research | 1 | 6 (33%) |
| Evercore ISI | 1 |
| 6 (17%) |
| Goldman Sachs | 1 | 6 (17%) |
| Morgan Stanley | 1 | 6 (0%) |
| TD Cowen | 1 | 5 (0%) |
| Wolfe Research | 1 | 5 (0%) |
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
KKR KKR | 7 | +31.0% | |
| AMP Ameriprise Financial | 8 | +9.0% | |
| ARES Ares Management Corporation | 9 | +40.8% | |
| BEN Franklin Resources | 8 | +8.7% | |
| BLK BlackRock | 9 | +26.9% | |
| BNY BNY Mellon | 9 | +2.2% | |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 8 | +39.3% | |
| IVZ Invesco | 8 | +14.1% | |
| NTRS Northern Trust | 9 | +7.8% | |
| STT State Street Corporation | 9 | +2.2% | |
| TROW T. Rowe Price | 6 | +5.3% |