KE (BEKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KE Holdings Inc., operating under the brand name Beike, is a China-based platform that provides residential real estate transaction and related services. The company connects home buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants with real estate agents and brokerage stores through its online and offline network.

Its services include existing-home sales, new-home sales, residential rentals and property-related services. Beike also provides technology and data tools for real estate professionals, including digital listings, transaction support and virtual-reality viewing capabilities. Through its home services businesses, the company has expanded into areas such as home renovation and furnishing.

KE Holdings traces its roots to Lianjia, a Chinese real estate brokerage founded in 2001, and launched the Beike platform in 2018. The company serves customers across numerous cities in China through its network of affiliated agents, brokerage brands and technology infrastructure. Peng Yongdong has served as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $16.18 to $16.36
• 50-Day Range: $15.87 to $18.30
• 52-Week Range: $13.81 to $20.65
• Volume: 5.57 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $18.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.68
• Dividend Yield: 1.41%
• Price Target: $23.64
• Consensus Rating: Buy

KE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KE scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 2nd out of 185 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: 4.3 / 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 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

KE has a consensus price target of $23.64, representing about 45.3% upside from its current price of $16.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KE are expected to grow by 22.73% in the coming year, from $0.88 to $1.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KE is 26.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KE is 26.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KE has a PEG Ratio of 0.62. 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 2.00. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.14% 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 4.05.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently decreased by 9.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KE pays a meaningful dividend of 1.39%, 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 21.30% next year. This indicates that KE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

KE has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 0.69 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for KE this week, compared to 3 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 -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 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

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: 9/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• 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: +45.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.61
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.49
• P/E Growth: 0.62
• 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: 1.35
• Cash Flow: $0.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 30.69
• Book Value: $8.14 per share
• Price / Book: 2.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,118,860,000
• Free Float: 1,042,782,000
• Market Cap: $18.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.26