This afternoon we watched KE drop -5.4% to a price of $19.14 per share. The Large-Cap Real Estate Development company is now trading -27.34% below its average target price of $26.35. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $18.577057 to $33.096638 per share for KE, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 5.7%, and a short ratio of 3.02. The company's insiders own 1.28% 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 44.6% of KE's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in KE
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 3% | 36,677,581 | $702,192,305 |
| 2025-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 3% | 34,854,170 | $667,283,100 |
| 2025-03-31 | FIL LTD | 2% | 26,624,987 | $509,735,388 |
| 2025-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 2% | 25,331,813 | $484,977,571 |
| 2025-03-31 | Capital Research Global Investors | 2% | 18,172,622 | $347,914,856 |
| 2024-12-31 | Morgan Stanley | 1% | 15,071,043 | $288,535,125 |
| 2025-03-31 | Krane Funds Advisors LLC | 1% | 14,915,812 | $285,563,227 |
| 2025-03-31 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1% | 14,455,595 | $276,752,372 |
| 2025-03-31 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 1% | 13,580,409 | $259,996,936 |
| 2024-12-31 | HHLR Advisors, LTD | 1% | 11,261,276 | $215,597,134 |
Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on KE.
