KE (BEKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BEKE) is a technology-driven platform serving China’s housing and property-services markets. The company operates the Beike platform, which connects consumers with housing agents, brokers, landlords, developers and other service providers.

Its business includes existing-home and new-home transactions, property rentals, and related services. KE Holdings also provides home renovation and furnishing services, as well as technology and data tools designed to support real estate agents, brokerage stores and property developers.

The company traces its roots to Lianjia, a Chinese real estate brokerage founded in 2001, and launched the Beike platform in 2018. KE Holdings is headquartered in Beijing and primarily serves customers and industry participants across mainland China. Peng Yongdong serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.22 to $17.94
• 50-Day Range: $15.95 to $18.30
• 52-Week Range: $13.81 to $19.88
• Volume: 10.02 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.31 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $19.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.15
• Dividend Yield: 1.29%
• Price Target: $23.64
• Consensus Rating: Buy

KE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KE scored higher than 99% 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 32.9% upside from its current price of $17.78.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.53%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KE are expected to grow by 15.53% in the coming year, from $1.03 to $1.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KE is 29.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KE is 29.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.30.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KE has a PEG Ratio of 0.58. 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 2.18. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.99% 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 3.24, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently increased by 0.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KE pays a meaningful dividend of 1.27%, 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 19.33% next year. This indicates that KE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

KE has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for KE this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for BEKE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added KE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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: 10/11/2026
• 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: +32.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.61
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.27
• P/E Growth: 0.58
• 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: 1.47
• Cash Flow: $0.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 33.63
• Book Value: $8.14 per share
• Price / Book: 2.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,118,860,000
• Free Float: 1,042,782,000
• Market Cap: $19.90 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.26