With 128.74M Outstanding Shares, Can LexinFintech Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: LX) Deliver Big Short-Term Gains?

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:LX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 501.68K but it saw 1063807 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 212.42M USD, the company’s current market price of $1.65 came rising about 0.61 while comparing to the previous closing price of $1.64. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $2.72 and as low as $1.56. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $1.62 while lowest mark touched by it was $1.67.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of LexinFintech Holdings Ltd ADR (LX) gives us an average price of $1.7315, while its current price level is -39.34% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 5.77% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $1.7210 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $1.8122. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.31% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.45%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.92 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

CLSA upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Outperform” on March 16, 2023 while assigning a price target of $3.45. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $2.31 and $3.60.

Over the week, LX’s stock price is moving -5.98% down while it is -2.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -10.33% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -37.26%.

Currently, LexinFintech Holdings Ltd ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 128.74M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.84% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.79%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 2.24 while having a 1.49 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.57. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.15 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.12. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.87% on average.