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

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

KE vs.

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

In the previous week, Brookfield had 1 more articles in the media than KE. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Brookfield and 14 mentions for KE. KE's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Brookfield's score of 1.45 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KE
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Brookfield
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.

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
KE5.03% 6.55% 3.82%
Brookfield 0.75%3.93%1.30%

KE presently has a consensus target price of $27.26, suggesting a potential upside of 27.32%. Brookfield has a consensus target price of $62.88, suggesting a potential upside of 17.90%. Given KE's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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.

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KEOutperform Votes
38
50.67%
Underperform Votes
37
49.33%
BrookfieldOutperform Votes
48
76.19%
Underperform Votes
15
23.81%

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
KE$93.46B0.28$828.64M$0.4844.60
Brookfield$86.01B1.02$641M$0.30177.77

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BEKE vs. The Competition

MetricKEReal estate agents & managers IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.87B$3.77B$22.92B$18.91B
Dividend Yield1.53%2.31%3.01%4.14%
P/E Ratio43.6913.0941.9732.57
Price / Sales0.285.262,182.0728.52
Price / Cash23.0258.5234.6217.53
Price / Book2.6127.276.094.45
Net Income$828.64M$110.70M$736.02M$1.02B
7 Day Performance12.24%-0.82%4.90%3.51%
1 Month Performance3.44%-13.46%-2.13%-4.90%
1 Year Performance44.37%-17.73%52,506.97%4.62%

KE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEKE
KE
3.8434 of 5 stars
$21.41
-3.0%
$27.26
+27.3%
+55.0%$25.87B$93.46B43.69110,100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
BN
Brookfield
3.6874 of 5 stars
$49.14
+1.1%
$61.25
+24.6%
+32.6%$80.92B$86.01B163.81180,000Positive News
VTMX
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta
0.8095 of 5 stars
$23.31
+2.3%
$27.50
+18.0%
-24.3%$20.14B$239.20M9.9696Earnings Report
News Coverage
INVH
Invitation Homes
4.2248 of 5 stars
$32.66
+1.7%
$37.38
+14.4%
-2.0%$20.02B$2.62B46.001,510Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FSV
FirstService
3.0656 of 5 stars
$168.82
+1.4%
$201.67
+19.5%
+12.7%$7.67B$5.22B56.8425,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CIGI
Colliers International Group
4.7942 of 5 stars
$114.12
+2.3%
$161.80
+41.8%
+7.4%$5.63B$4.82B35.7716,800
MRP
Millrose Properties
N/A$23.59
+1.2%
$27.50
+16.6%
N/A$3.92B$434.01M0.00N/A
HTGC
Hercules Capital
2.9823 of 5 stars
$17.12
+1.7%
$20.70
+20.9%
-5.2%$2.96B$353.75M10.63100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$43.38
+1.8%
N/A-9.6%$2.70B$569.14M12.1254Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CURB
Curbline Properties
1.2353 of 5 stars
$23.03
+1.9%
$25.82
+12.1%
N/A$2.42B$120.88M0.00N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
UE
Urban Edge Properties
1.7833 of 5 stars
$17.33
+2.0%
$22.00
+26.9%
+11.5%$2.18B$444.97M29.37120Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:BEKE) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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