iQIYI Inc ADR (NASDAQ:IQ) does about 8.85M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 3141798 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 2.13B USD. Its current market price is $4.06, marking an increase of 0.50% compared to the previous close of $4.04. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $7.51 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $3.06.
iQIYI Inc ADR (IQ) has a 20-day trading average at $3.91 and the current price is -45.97% off the 52-week high compared with 32.68% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $3.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4.66. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.55%, which increases to 4.66% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 56.63 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $5.95, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 31.76% over the period.
Macquarie upgraded the stock to “Neutral” from Underperform on July 27, 2023 at a price target of $5.12. Credit Suisse upgraded its price target at $7.70-$8.
iQIYI Inc ADR (IQ) stock is up 2.01% over the week and 15.67% over the past month. Its price is -16.80% year-to-date and -42.74% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.07 above consensus estimates by $0.01. IQ’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 48.10% this year and 30.00% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $1.14 billion, which analysts say will come at $4.71 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $5.02 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $1.08 billion.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 31.76 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 525.01M with insiders holding 0.00% of the shares and institutional holders owning 60.11% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 9.23% and return on equity of 20.94%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 14.51 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 6.99. The beta has a value of 0.26. Price to book ratio is 1.25 and price to sales ratio is 0.47.
