Property News · December 10, 2020

Danke and Beike, a tale of two similarly named NYSE-listed companies with vastly different business models and fortunes


What’s in a name? As it happens, a lot. At least for two similarly named New York-listed mainland Chinese companies with property-related businesses.Danke, which means eggshells in the Chinese language, is one of them. The other is online property portal Beike, or shell. The two companies have the character “ke” in their Chinese names, which means hard outer covering in Chinese and is often used as a metaphor for homes in Chinese culture.However, this is where the similarity ends. The duo have…

Source : South China Morning Post
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