JLL vs. BEKE, PRI, WF, SEIC, HLI, EGP, BSAC, FHN, WBS, and MKTX
Should you be buying Jones Lang LaSalle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jones Lang LaSalle include KE (BEKE), Primerica (PRI), Woori Financial Group (WF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), and MarketAxess (MKTX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) and KE (NYSE:BEKE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
KE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jones Lang LaSalle. KE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jones Lang LaSalle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KE has a net margin of 7.62% compared to Jones Lang LaSalle's net margin of 1.09%. KE's return on equity of 9.19% beat Jones Lang LaSalle's return on equity.
Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KE has a beta of -0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 174% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jones Lang LaSalle had 5 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Jones Lang LaSalle and 11 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Jones Lang LaSalle's score of 0.56 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jones Lang LaSalle currently has a consensus price target of $174.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.25%. KE has a consensus price target of $23.28, indicating a potential upside of 69.80%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KE is more favorable than Jones Lang LaSalle.
Jones Lang LaSalle received 407 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.70% of users gave Jones Lang LaSalle an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave KE an outperform vote.
94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of KE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
KE beats Jones Lang LaSalle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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