KKR & Co Inc (KKR US, +1, 19-Feb-26)

The two Co-CEOs and two Directors have made a statement about the stock price, and while possibly coordinated, it is unusual. Joseph Bae (Co-CEO, joined 1996) and Scott Nuttall (Co-CEO, joined 1996) have each purchased $12.8 million worth of stock at $102. Neither has made an open-market purchase in this stock, up until now. 

Matthew Cohler (Director since 2021) spent $4.5 million in his third and largest purchase.His prior two buys were in 2022 at half this price. He now owns $15 million worth of stock. We ranked this stock +N on February 12th based on a $5.2 million purchase from Timothy Barakett (Director since 2025). He now holds $24 million in stock. 

These are large, confident purchases by officers and directors who already have substantial holdings and are rare buyers of the shares. 

We are upgrading the stock further, from +N (notable & positive signal) to +1 (strong positive signal).

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