Brookfield (BN) Competitors

KE (NYSE:BEKE) and Brookfield (NYSE:BN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEKE or BN?

Brookfield received 10 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.19% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 50.67% of users gave KE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KE	Outperform Votes 38 50.67%	Underperform Votes 37 49.33%
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 48 76.19%	Underperform Votes 15 23.81%

Do analysts rate BEKE or BN?

KE presently has a consensus price target of $27.26, indicating a potential upside of 31.18%. Brookfield has a consensus price target of $62.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. Given KE's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KE is more favorable than Brookfield.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KE	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BEKE or BN?

KE has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield. KE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KE	$93.46B	0.27	$828.64M	$0.48	43.29
Brookfield	$86.01B	1.06	$641M	$0.30	185.07

Is BEKE or BN a better dividend stock?

KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KE pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BEKE or BN?

39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Brookfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BEKE or BN?

KE has a beta of -0.73, suggesting that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BEKE or BN more profitable?

KE has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Brookfield's net margin of 0.75%. KE's return on equity of 6.55% beat Brookfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KE	5.03%	6.55%	3.82%
Brookfield	0.75%	3.93%	1.30%

Does the media prefer BEKE or BN?

In the previous week, KE and KE both had 14 articles in the media. Brookfield's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat KE's score of 1.00 indicating that Brookfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KE	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Brookfield beats KE on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.