KE (BEKE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BEKE) is a technology-driven real estate services company that operates an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and related services in mainland China. The company provides consumer-facing property listing marketplaces alongside a broad network of offline brokerage offices and agents, aiming to facilitate sales, rentals and new-home transactions for individual and institutional clients.

The company’s offerings span property listings for new and resale homes, rental listings, brokerage representation and transaction facilitation. KE provides ancillary services connected to home transactions such as home renovation and furnishing referrals, mortgage and financial product referrals, property valuation tools, and post-transaction support. It also develops and licenses software and data services—including agent-facing SaaS tools and analytics—that help brokerage partners manage listings, client relationships and transactions more efficiently.

KE’s business model combines a consumer marketplace with an extensive offline brokerage network to connect buyers, sellers and renters. The platform leverages technology and data to improve search and matching, support pricing and inventory management, and enable standardized transaction workflows. Revenue is generated from brokerage commissions, value-added services to consumers, franchise and channel fees, and software and advertising services for real estate professionals.

Headquartered in China, KE serves markets across major cities and regional centers, seeking to bridge online convenience with local agent expertise. The company grew out of efforts to integrate traditional brokerage capabilities with digital platforms to address the scale and complexity of China’s housing market. KE is positioned as a major participant in the country’s residential property services sector and continues to develop its technology and service offerings to support consumers, agents and institutional partners.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $16.85 to $17.03
• 50-Day Range: $14.23 to $17.69
• 52-Week Range: $13.81 to $20.98
• Volume: 2.32 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $19.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 40.44
• Dividend Yield: 1.35%
• Price Target: $23.28
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

KE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KE scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 13th out of 189 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: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

KE has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

KE has a consensus price target of $23.28, representing about 37.1% upside from its current price of $16.98.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KE has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 28.21%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KE are expected to grow by 28.21% in the coming year, from $0.78 to $1.00 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KE is 40.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KE is 40.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 30.11.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KE has a P/B Ratio of 2.09. 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

2.27% 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 6.73.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KE has recently increased by 6.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KE pays a meaningful dividend of 1.30%, 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 54.76%. 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 23.00% next year. This indicates that KE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.85

News Sentiment

KE has a news sentiment score of 0.85. 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

11 people have searched for BEKE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added KE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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: 8/12/2024
• Today: 8/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/21/2026
• 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: 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: $23.28
• High Price Target: $26.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.77
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $428.13 million
• Net Margins: 3.77%
• Pretax Margin: 5.82%
• Return on Equity: 5.47%
• Return on Assets: 3.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 3.12
• Quick Ratio: 3.12

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.40
• Cash Flow: $0.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 32.84
• Book Value: $8.14 per share
• Price / Book: 2.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,118,860,000
• Free Float: 1,042,782,000
• Market Cap: $19.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.29