KE (BEKE) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

KE (NYSE:BEKE) is expected to post its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, May 15th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.16 per share and revenue of $20.76 billion for the quarter.

KE Stock Performance

Shares of KE stock opened at $20.00 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $24.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.82, a P/E/G ratio of 3.45 and a beta of -0.73. The company has a fifty day moving average of $20.55 and a 200 day moving average of $19.79. KE has a fifty-two week low of $12.92 and a fifty-two week high of $26.05.

KE Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a — dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.4%. This is a boost from KE’s previous — dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 9th. KE’s dividend payout ratio is currently 64.58%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BEKE has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of KE from $19.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. UBS Group cut shares of KE from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $22.70 to $24.50 in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of KE in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $27.26.

About KE

KE Holdings Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in operating an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services in the People's Republic of China. It operates through four segments: Existing Home Transaction Services, New Home Transaction Services, Home Renovation and Furnishing, and Emerging and Other Services.