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KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) reported record second-quarter results for 2026, led by growth in management fees, fundraising, capital deployment and monetization activity across its asset management, insurance and strategic holdings businesses. Fee-related earnings were $1.32 per share, up 34% from a y

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KKR posts record fee-related earnings of $1.32 per share, up 34% year-over-year, while raising $34 billion in new capital during the quarter.

KKR sold private-equity investments to boost profits, while Blue Owl said investor withdrawals had bottomed out.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for KKR & Co. (KKR) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

KKR & Co. (KKR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +14.79% and +13.47%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

KKR posted a higher profit and revenue in the second quarter, buoyed by higher management fees and fundraising along with strong asset inflows across its asset management and insurance segments.

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Helix Digital Infrastructure will “serve as a single coordination point for hyperscalers’ data centers, power, connectivity and related needs,” KKR said.

DCC said it would recommend an improved takeover offer from private-equity firms KKR and Energy Capital Partners to shareholders if a formal offer is made.

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Glinting investment opportunities abound, private-equity firms say—but the industry also faces an exit bottleneck of over $3 trillion.

KKR’s largest private-credit fund held by individual investors took a $560 million loss in the first quarter when a growing number of loans tipped into default. The write-down—equivalent to about 10% of the fund’s net asset value—is one of the biggest indicators so far of underlying problems in a large private-credit fund. Defaults in the fund jumped to 8.1% in the first quarter from 5.5% in December, KKR said.