KE (BEKE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VTMX or BEKE?

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
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$239.20M	88.32	$316.64M	$2.34	10.45
KE	$10.95B	2.30	$828.64M	$0.49	42.64

Does the media favor VTMX or BEKE?

In the previous week, Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta and Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta both had 9 articles in the media. KE's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's score of -0.44 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
KE	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VTMX or BEKE?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KE has a beta of -0.76, indicating that its share price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VTMX or BEKE a better dividend stock?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. KE pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KE pays out 63.3% 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.

Is VTMX or BEKE 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
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	88.52%	8.52%	5.67%
KE	5.03%	6.55%	3.82%

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

6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of KE 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.

Do analysts prefer VTMX or BEKE?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta currently has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. KE has a consensus price target of $26.65, suggesting a potential upside of 27.55%. Given Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is more favorable than KE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
KE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VTMX or BEKE?

KE received 31 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave KE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 5 71.43%	Underperform Votes 2 28.57%
KE	Outperform Votes 36 50.00%	Underperform Votes 36 50.00%

Summary

KE beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.