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BEKE vs. BN, INVH, VTMX, FSV, CIGI, MRP, HTGC, GRP.U, CURB, and CWK

Should you be buying KE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KE include Brookfield (BN), Invitation Homes (INVH), Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (VTMX), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Millrose Properties (MRP), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Curbline Properties (CURB), and Cushman & Wakefield (CWK). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.

KE vs.

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

Brookfield received 7 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 50.67% of users gave KE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BrookfieldOutperform Votes
45
75.00%
Underperform Votes
15
25.00%
KEOutperform Votes
38
50.67%
Underperform Votes
37
49.33%

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
Brookfield0.75% 3.93% 1.30%
KE 5.03%6.55%3.82%

Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Brookfield had 5 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Brookfield and 12 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Brookfield's score of 1.41 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield$86.01B0.89$641M$0.30154.11
KE$93.46B0.25$828.64M$0.4840.54

61.6% of Brookfield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of KE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Brookfield presently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.43%. KE has a consensus price target of $27.26, suggesting a potential upside of 40.08%. Given KE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KE is more favorable than Brookfield.

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

Summary

Brookfield and KE tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BEKE vs. The Competition

MetricKEReal estate agents & managers IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.51B$3.53B$20.60B$17.79B
Dividend Yield1.52%2.07%2.84%3.80%
P/E Ratio39.7112.5637.4029.93
Price / Sales0.252.561,830.4824.18
Price / Cash23.0258.5234.7117.53
Price / Book2.3829.885.444.13
Net Income$828.64M$110.70M$738.58M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.51%-7.23%-5.40%-8.73%
1 Month Performance-20.36%-9.78%50,370.54%-10.83%
1 Year Performance39.45%-24.33%52,615.18%-5.35%

KE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEKE
KE
3.3784 of 5 stars
$19.46
-7.2%
$27.26
+40.1%
+38.9%$23.51B$93.46B39.71110,100Positive News
Gap Down
BN
Brookfield
3.7096 of 5 stars
$55.38
+3.2%
$64.00
+15.6%
+15.3%$91.19B$86.01B184.60180,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
INVH
Invitation Homes
4.5265 of 5 stars
$34.28
+1.2%
$37.56
+9.6%
-5.6%$21.00B$2.62B48.281,555Positive News
VTMX
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta
1.648 of 5 stars
$23.49
-0.3%
$33.00
+40.5%
-41.0%$20.29B$239.20M10.0496News Coverage
Gap Down
FSV
FirstService
3.764 of 5 stars
$173.61
+1.9%
$201.67
+16.2%
+2.4%$7.89B$5.22B58.4529,000News Coverage
Positive News
CIGI
Colliers International Group
4.768 of 5 stars
$126.96
+3.5%
$164.40
+29.5%
-5.1%$6.26B$4.82B39.8019,230Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MRP
Millrose Properties
N/A$26.19
+3.3%
$25.00
-4.5%
N/A$4.21B$434.01M0.00N/A
HTGC
Hercules Capital
1.793 of 5 stars
$19.33
+0.4%
$21.40
+10.7%
-5.5%$3.35B$353.75M12.00100Gap Down
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$47.86
+5.0%
N/A-22.0%$2.98B$569.14M13.3754Gap Up
CURB
Curbline Properties
N/A$23.74
+1.9%
$25.82
+8.8%
N/A$2.49B$120.88M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
4.4046 of 5 stars
$10.81
+3.5%
$14.10
+30.5%
-12.9%$2.48B$9.45B19.6552,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
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This page (NYSE:BEKE) was last updated on 4/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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