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KKR & Co. Inc.: Q3 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 7 November 2025: press release. Guidance figures: 3 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Fee Related Earnings at a record: Fee Related Earnings were $1.0 billion, or $1.15 per adjusted share, in the quarter, up 3% year-over-year. LTM Fee Related Earnings were $3.6 billion, up 16%. Source
  • Trailing measures at record levels: On a latest twelve-month basis, management fees, Fee Related Earnings and Adjusted Net Income were each at record levels, the company reported. Source
  • Total Operating Earnings up 12%: Total Operating Earnings were $1.4 billion, or $1.55 per adjusted share, up 12%. LTM Total Operating Earnings were $4.8 billion, up 15%, driven mainly by Fee Related Earnings growth. Source
  • Traditional private equity up 10%: The traditional private equity portfolio appreciated 10% over the last twelve months. Carried interest drivers included realization events in Asia and the U.S. Source
  • Net cash and investments of $6.9 billion: Net cash and investments were $6.9 billion at September 30, 2025. The company reported an undrawn $2.75 billion revolving credit facility. Source
  • Insurance earnings include $41 million benefit: Insurance Operating Earnings of $305 million included a $41 million benefit from the annual actuarial assumption review, against a prior-year charge of about $20 million. Source

“reflecting the trust we’ve built with our investors and continued momentum across our businesses”

KKR & Co. Inc., press release

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings Source2026$350+ millionKept
Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings Source2028$700+ millionKept
Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings Source2030$1.1+ billionKept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance kept: Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings expectations for 2026, 2028 and 2030 were restated without change from the second quarter 2025 release. Source
  • New: Company closed the previously announced acquisition of Karo Healthcare in the quarter. Source
  • New: The Japan Post Insurance investment of $2 billion, announced in the second quarter release, closed in the quarter into a Global Atlantic-sponsored vehicle. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Fee Related Earnings at a record: Fee Related Earnings were $1.0 billion, or $1.15 per adjusted share, in the quarter, up 3% year-over-year. LTM Fee Related Earnings were $3.6 billion, up 16%. Source
  • Trailing measures at record levels: On a latest twelve-month basis, management fees, Fee Related Earnings and Adjusted Net Income were each at record levels, the company reported. Source
  • Total Operating Earnings up 12%: Total Operating Earnings were $1.4 billion, or $1.55 per adjusted share, up 12%. LTM Total Operating Earnings were $4.8 billion, up 15%, driven mainly by Fee Related Earnings growth. Source
  • Adjusted Net Income up 8%: Adjusted Net Income was $1.3 billion, or $1.41 per adjusted share, up 8% year-over-year. LTM Adjusted Net Income was $4.6 billion, up 17%. Source

Segments and regions

  • Private equity AUM up 17%: Private equity AUM rose 4% quarter-over-quarter and 17% year-over-year to $222 billion, with $5 billion of organic new capital raised in the quarter and $22 billion year to date. Source
  • Real assets AUM up 14%: Real assets AUM rose 4% quarter-over-quarter and 14% year-over-year to $186 billion, with $10 billion of organic new capital raised in the quarter, widespread across infrastructure and other strategies. Source
  • Credit AUM up 16%: Credit and liquid strategies AUM rose 8% quarter-over-quarter and 16% year-over-year to $315 billion. Global Atlantic inflows and CLO issuance drove much of the quarter's raising. Source
  • Strategic Holdings earnings rose: Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings were $57.7 million in the quarter, against $6.8 million a year earlier. Segment earnings were $127.5 million, driven by dividends and realized gains. Source

“we remain incredibly well positioned to help our clients navigate the current environment”

KKR & Co. Inc., press release

Fund performance and realizations

  • Traditional private equity up 10%: The traditional private equity portfolio appreciated 10% over the last twelve months. Carried interest drivers included realization events in Asia and the U.S. Source
  • Infrastructure and real estate returns: Over the last twelve months the infrastructure portfolio appreciated 12% and the opportunistic real estate portfolio appreciated 5%. Source
  • Credit composites rose 7% and 9%: Over the last twelve months the leveraged credit composite appreciated 7% and the alternative credit composite appreciated 9%. Source
  • Gross unrealized performance income: Gross unrealized performance income totaled $9.0 billion at September 30, 2025, which the company reported alongside $2.8 billion of embedded unrealized gains. Source

Fundraising and product mix

  • K-Series AUM more than doubled: K-Series AUM totaled $29 billion across asset classes, compared with $14 billion a year earlier. Source
  • Most AUM is long-duration: Of total AUM, 93% is perpetual capital or has a duration of at least 8 years at inception, and 52% is perpetual capital or long-dated strategic investor partnerships. Source
  • Most active investment quarter: Capital invested was described as the most active investment quarter in KKR's history, with deployment across private equity, real assets and credit. Source
  • Committed capital not yet paying fees: At quarter end, $64 billion of committed capital carried a weighted average management fee rate of about 80 bps, payable once invested or when the investment period begins. Source

Costs, margins and fees

  • Fee related compensation rose: Fee related compensation was $256 million, against $248 million a year earlier. Other operating expenses were $176 million, against $168 million. Source
  • Realized performance income compensation rose: Realized performance income compensation was $698 million in the quarter, against $290 million a year earlier, alongside realized performance income of $931 million. Source
  • Transaction fees lower year on year: Transaction fees totaled $276 million in the quarter and $705 million year to date. The prior-year quarter figure was $424 million. Source

Capital, cash and shareholder returns

  • Net cash and investments of $6.9 billion: Net cash and investments were $6.9 billion at September 30, 2025. The company reported an undrawn $2.75 billion revolving credit facility. Source
  • Notes issued and repaid: KKR issued $900 million of 5.100% senior notes due 2035 and repaid $500 million of 5.500% KFN senior notes. A further $198 million of KFN debt was repaid in October. Source
  • Regular dividend of $0.185 declared: A regular dividend of $0.185 per common share was declared for the quarter. Source
  • Share repurchases and retired awards: From December 31, 2024 through October 31, 2025, $129 million was used under the repurchase plan to retire equity awards and repurchase 1.1 million shares. $440 million remains available. Source

Insurance and Global Atlantic

  • Insurance earnings include $41 million benefit: Insurance Operating Earnings of $305 million included a $41 million benefit from the annual actuarial assumption review, against a prior-year charge of about $20 million. Source
  • Net investment income reached $1.8 billion: Net investment income was $1.8 billion, reflecting growth in the investment portfolio from net inflows and higher average portfolio yields. Source
  • Net cost of insurance rose on funding: Net cost of insurance was $1.3 billion, reflecting business growth and higher funding costs, as well as routine run-off of older business written in a lower-cost environment. Source
  • Global Atlantic book value and inflows: Global Atlantic book value was $10.4 billion at quarter end. Inflows came from funding agreements, individual annuity sales, institutional flows and Ivy capital raising. Source

Coming up, as management said on 7 November 2025

  • Common dividend payment date: The third quarter common dividend of $0.185 per share is payable December 2, 2025 to holders of record on November 17, 2025. Source
  • Series D preferred dividend payment: The Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock dividend of $0.78125 per share is set aside for payment on December 1, 2025. Source
  • Series D conversion timing: The Series D preferred is expected to convert no later than March 1, 2028, which would represent 18.2 million shares. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Assets Under Management Source$723 billion
Fee Paying Assets Under Management Source$585 billion
New Capital Raised Source$43 billion in the quarter
Capital Invested Source$26 billion in the quarter
Uncalled commitments (dry powder) Source$126 billion
Perpetual Capital Source$309 billion
Global Atlantic AUM Source$212 billion

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management restated its Strategic Holdings Operating Earnings expectations for 2026, 2028 and 2030; no progress against them was stated. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.