We recently published a list of Chinese Stocks Dominate Monday’s 10 Worst Performers. In this article, we are going to take a look at where KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BEKE) stands against other Chinese stocks that performed worst on Monday.

Wall Street’s main indices finished mixed on Monday as investors remained cautious amid the escalating trade tensions globally, with President Donald Trump threatening to slap China anew with a 50-percent tariff if the latter does not withdraw its countermeasure.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq was the sole gainer during the day, up 0.10 percent. In contrast, the Dow Jones declined by 0.91 percent and the S&P 500 dropped by 0.23 percent.

Meanwhile, 10 companies—predominantly Chinese stocks—were sold down as investors moved away to minimize the potential risks from the trade war.

In this article, we have identified Monday’s worst performers and detailed the reasons behind their drop.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

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KE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BEKE)

KE Holdings dropped for a second day on Monday, shedding 6.49 percent to end at $18.29 apiece as investors sold off positions on Chinese stocks amid the ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China.

BEKE is a Chinese property holding company that engages in online and offline platforms for housing transactions and services. In recent news, it announced a dividend of $0.12 per ordinary share, or $0.36 per ADS, to holders of ordinary shares and ADS as of record date April 9, 2025, for Beijing, Hong Kong, and US time zones.

The aggregate amount will be approximately $400 million and will be funded by a cash surplus on the company’s balance sheet.

In the fourth quarter of the year, BEKE’s net income dropped by 13.9 percent to RMB577 million from RMB670 million in the same period a year earlier, despite revenues growing by 55 percent to RMB31 million from RMB20 million.

For the full year 2024, net income declined by 30.7 percent to RMB4.078 billion from RMB5.889 billion, while revenues increased by 20.8 percent to RMB93 billion from RMB77 billion year-on-year.

Overall, BEKE ranks 10th on our list of Chinese stocks that performed worst on Monday. While we acknowledge the potential of BEKE as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BEKE but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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