KE (BEKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KE Holdings Inc. operates Beike, a real estate services platform in China that connects consumers with agents and other housing service providers. Its services include existing-home and new-home sales, residential rentals, and related services such as property management and home renovation.

The company’s business traces its roots to Lianjia, a real estate brokerage founded in Beijing in 2001 by Zuo Hui. KE Holdings was established in 2018, and its Beike platform brings together Lianjia and other participating agencies.

KE Holdings serves customers across China. Peng Yongdong is the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.63 to $19.05
• 50-Day Range: $15.95 to $18.86
• 52-Week Range: $13.81 to $19.88
• Volume: 11.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 30.91
• Dividend Yield: 1.22%
• Price Target: $23.64
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

KE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KE scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 5th out of 187 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

KE has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

KE has a consensus price target of $23.64, representing about 25.4% upside from its current price of $18.86.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KE has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.48%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KE are expected to grow by 17.48% in the coming year, from $1.03 to $1.21 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KE is 30.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.42.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KE is 30.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 29.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KE has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KE has a P/B Ratio of 2.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.94% of the float of KE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

KE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently increased by 47.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KE pays a meaningful dividend of 1.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

KE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of KE is 37.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, KE will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.01% next year. This indicates that KE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.62

News Sentiment

KE has a news sentiment score of 0.62. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for KE this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for BEKE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KE insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $102,596,175.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.80% of the stock of KE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.34% of the stock of KE is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/21/2026
• Today: 11/08/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Real Estate Management & Development
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BEKE
• CIK: 1809587
• Web: bj.ke.com
• Phone: 86-10-5810-4689
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 119,245
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for KE: $23.64
• High Price Target: $26.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.61
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 30.91
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.58
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: $428.13 million
• Net Margins: 5.38%
• Pretax Margin: 8.07%
• Return on Equity: 7.62%
• Return on Assets: 4.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 3.30
• Quick Ratio: 3.30

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.56
• Cash Flow: $0.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 35.53
• Book Value: $8.14 per share
• Price / Book: 2.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,118,860,000
• Free Float: 1,042,782,000
• Market Cap: $21.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.27