BEKE vs. JLL, VAC, NMRK, EXPI, OPEN, MMI, REAX, RDFN, HOUS, and RMAX
Should you be buying KE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KE include Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Newmark Group (NMRK), eXp World (EXPI), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Redfin (RDFN), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), and RE/MAX (RMAX). These companies are all part of the "real estate agents & managers" industry.
KE (NYSE:BEKE) and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Jones Lang LaSalle had 1 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Jones Lang LaSalle and 7 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Jones Lang LaSalle's score of 0.21 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KE has a beta of -0.72, indicating that its share price is 172% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jones Lang LaSalle received 410 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.68% of users gave Jones Lang LaSalle an outperform vote while only 48.53% of users gave KE an outperform vote.
KE has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Jones Lang LaSalle's net margin of 1.42%. Jones Lang LaSalle's return on equity of 6.55% beat KE's return on equity.
KE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KE presently has a consensus target price of $24.30, suggesting a potential upside of 52.64%. Jones Lang LaSalle has a consensus target price of $214.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.57%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe KE is more favorable than Jones Lang LaSalle.
Summary
KE beats Jones Lang LaSalle on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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