BEKE vs. JLL, VAC, NMRK, EXPI, OPEN, MMI, REAX, RDFN, HOUS, and RMAX
Should you be buying KE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KE include Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Newmark Group (NMRK), eXp World (EXPI), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Redfin (RDFN), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), and RE/MAX (RMAX). These companies are all part of the "real estate agents & managers" industry.
KE (NYSE:BEKE) and Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
KE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KE and KE both had 11 articles in the media. KE's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Jones Lang LaSalle's score of 0.21 indicating that KE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.3% of KE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of KE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Jones Lang LaSalle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KE currently has a consensus price target of $24.30, suggesting a potential upside of 43.19%. Jones Lang LaSalle has a consensus price target of $214.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.90%. Given KE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KE is more favorable than Jones Lang LaSalle.
Jones Lang LaSalle received 410 more outperform votes than KE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.68% of users gave Jones Lang LaSalle an outperform vote while only 48.53% of users gave KE an outperform vote.
KE has a beta of -0.77, indicating that its share price is 177% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jones Lang LaSalle has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KE has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Jones Lang LaSalle's net margin of 1.42%. Jones Lang LaSalle's return on equity of 6.55% beat KE's return on equity.
Summary
KE beats Jones Lang LaSalle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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