Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX) Competitors

KE (NYSE:BEKE) and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is BEKE or VTMX a better dividend stock?

KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. KE pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor BEKE or VTMX?

In the previous week, KE had 28 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for KE and 1 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat KE's score of 0.77 indicating that Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KE	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BEKE or VTMX?

KE has higher revenue and earnings than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KE, 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	0.24	$828.64M	$0.53	34.73
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$258.80M	99.06	$316.64M	$1.10	26.98

Is BEKE or VTMX more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 88.52% compared to KE's net margin of 5.03%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity of 8.52% beat KE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KE	5.03%	6.55%	3.82%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	88.52%	8.52%	5.67%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BEKE or VTMX?

39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BEKE or VTMX?

KE has a beta of -0.73, meaning that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BEKE or VTMX?

KE presently has a consensus price target of $27.16, suggesting a potential upside of 47.57%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.33%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KE is more favorable than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BEKE or VTMX?

KE received 33 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote while only 51.95% of users gave KE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KE	Outperform Votes 40 51.95%	Underperform Votes 37 48.05%
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 7 63.64%	Underperform Votes 4 36.36%

Summary

KE beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.