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KE vs Compass

BEKE and COMP side by side, both in real estate. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BEKE and COMP compare

Compass grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (67.8% versus 1.2% for KE).

KE keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.2% compared with 0.63% at Compass.

KE scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 6 for Compass), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBEKECOMP
Size and price
Market cap–$6.8B
Share price$17.71$9.00
Change, 1 year−0.28%18.3%
Change, 5 years−1.8%−27.4%
Beta (5Y)0.962.27
Employees1.1M3,200
StockData Score
Total score10 (better)6
Valuation score00
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score4 (better)3
Health score5 (better)1
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E–150×
P/S–0.6×
P/B–2.3×
EV/EBITDA–98.2×
P/FCF–53.1×
FCF yield–1.9%
Fair value–$1.17
Margin of safety–−668%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)1.2%67.8% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average6.1%13.3% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−26.3%–
EPS growth (TTM)−25.2%–
EPS growth, 5Y average21.9%–
Profitability
Gross margin21.4%–
Operating margin2.2% (better)−2.6%
Net margin3.2% (better)0.63%
FCF margin−1.0%1.2% (better)
Return on equity4.3% (better)3.6%
Return on invested capital7.1% (better)−7.3%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.001.05 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA–25.91
Interest coverage313× (better)−3.4×
Current ratio1.61 (better)1.06
Altman Z-score–1.49
Piotroski F-score45 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Payout ratio96.2%–
Shareholder yield–0.00%
Ownership
Held by institutions1.9%93.5%
Held by insiders33.4%6.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$103M−$3.7M (better)
Superinvestors holding2 (better)1
Short interest, % of float–7.7%

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