Is Overall Sentiment on KE Bearish?

KE stock is trading -24.6% below its average target price of $25.2 after dropping -5.4% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Real Estate Development company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $17.71041 to $32.83405 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 4.9%, and a short ratio of 1.71. The company's insiders own 1.47% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that only a small number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 44.5% of KE's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in KE

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 4% 44,274,671 $841,081,522
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 3% 38,677,996 $734,762,043
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 2% 24,483,404 $465,108,791
2024-09-30 FIL LTD 2% 21,343,576 $405,461,790
2024-09-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 1% 16,390,793 $311,374,264
2024-09-30 Krane Funds Advisors LLC 1% 15,070,032 $286,283,899
2024-09-30 Morgan Stanley 1% 13,708,285 $260,414,926
2024-09-30 Capital World Investors 1% 13,204,142 $250,837,772
2024-09-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 1% 13,083,616 $248,548,152
2024-09-30 Alkeon Capital Management LLC 1% 11,025,999 $209,459,806

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on KE.

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