KE (BEKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BEKE) operates as a leading integrated online and offline real estate services platform in China. Through its Beike and Lianjia brands, the company connects property buyers, sellers and renters with licensed real estate agents, providing comprehensive residential property listings, transaction facilitation and post‐transaction services. By leveraging data analytics, its proprietary customer relationship management systems and a nationwide agent network, KE strives to enhance transparency and efficiency throughout the property transaction process.

The company traces its origins to Lianjia, founded in 2001 by real estate veteran Zuo Hui. Under Zuo’s vision, Lianjia grew from a single brokerage office in Beijing into one of China’s most recognized residential brokerage brands. In 2018, Lianjia’s parent combined with online platform Beike to form KE Holdings, and in July 2020 the newly created KE Holdings completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BEKE.

KE’s core offerings include property listing services, brokerage services, mortgage referral and home equity loan facilitation, as well as home renovation and interior design services. The company also provides software‐as‐a‐service (SaaS) solutions for real estate developers and agencies, along with digital marketing and customer acquisition tools. Its platforms cover more than 1,900 cities and counties across China, serving millions of residential and commercial property listings and supporting hundreds of thousands of real estate agents.

Headquartered in Beijing, KE Holdings is led by Chief Executive Officer Peng Fei and a management team with deep expertise in real estate, finance and technology. The company continues to invest in artificial intelligence, big data and mobile technologies to enhance its platform capabilities, improve agent productivity and deliver a more seamless experience for property seekers and owners.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.60 to $17.83
• 50-Day Range: $17.67 to $21.15
• 52-Week Range: $12.92 to $26.05
• Volume: 2.81 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.61 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.35
• Dividend Yield: 1.75%
• Price Target: $27.16
• Consensus Rating: Buy

KE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KE scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 100th out of 662 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

KE has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KE has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 40.30%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KE are expected to grow by 40.30% in the coming year, from $0.67 to $0.94 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KE is 33.35, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KE is 33.35, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 37.24.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KE has a PEG Ratio of 1.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KE has a P/B Ratio of 2.18. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.22% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently decreased by 18.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KE pays a meaningful dividend of 1.75%, 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 58.49%. 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 32.98% next year. This indicates that KE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.22% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently decreased by 18.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.22

News Sentiment

KE has a news sentiment score of 1.22. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for KE this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for BEKE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added KE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

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

BEKE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BEKE shares performed this year?

KE's stock was trading at $18.42 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BEKE shares have decreased by 4.0% and is now trading at $17.6750.

How were KE's earnings last quarter?

KE Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR (NYSE:BEKE) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 12th. The company reported $2.28 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $2.06. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.9% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did KE IPO?

KE (BEKE) raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, August 13th 2020. The company issued 106,000,000 shares at a price of $17.00-$19.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, China Renaissance, J.P. Morgan and CICC acted as the underwriters for the IPO and UBS Investment Bank, CLSA, Credit Suisse and CMBI were co-managers.

How do I buy shares of KE?

Shares of BEKE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of KE own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that KE investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and AU Optronics (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/12/2024
• Record date for 4/25 Dividend: 4/09/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/25 Dividend: 4/09/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/25/2025
• Today: 7/06/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/11/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SERVICES
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BEKE
• CIK: 1809587
• Web: ke.com
• Phone: 86-10-5810-4689
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 135,072
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $27.16
• High Stock Price Target: $33.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $23.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +53.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.53
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.35
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.38
• P/E Growth: 1.2
• Net Income: $556.89 million
• Net Margins: 4.48%
• Pretax Margin: 7.30%
• Return on Equity: 6.75%
• Return on Assets: 3.74%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.62
• Quick Ratio: 2.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $100.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.21
• Cash Flow: $0.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.30
• Book Value: $8.10 per share
• Price / Book: 2.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,208,343,000
• Free Float: 1,126,176,000
• Market Cap: $21.36 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.76