Currently, Futu Holdings Limited [FUTU] is trading at $46.14, up 1.67%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FUTU shares have gain 0.41% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.63%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 14, March 2023, Futu to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results on March 28, 2023. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Futu Holdings Limited (“Futu” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FUTU), a leading tech-driven online brokerage and wealth management platform, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022, before U.S. markets open on March 28, 2023.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Futu Holdings Limited [NASDAQ: FUTU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 03, 2023, when CLSA downgraded its rating to a Underperform but kept the price target unchanged to $43 for it. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform on December 30, 2022, and dropped its price target to $27. On December 16, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $64 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $62 on September 01, 2022. CLSA upgraded its rating to a Underperform and raised its price target to $46 on September 01, 2022. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on June 24, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $55. In a note dated June 10, 2022, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $26.84 and a high of $72.20 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $471.62 within the next 12 months. Futu Holdings Limited [NASDAQ: FUTU] shares were valued at $46.14 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 922.15% based on the average FUTU price forecast.
Analyzing the FUTU fundamentals
Recent quarter sales for Futu Holdings Limited [NASDAQ:FUTU] were 247.9 billion which represents 12.40% growth. In the same period, the company’s revenue per employee was $2,546,935, whereas its income per employee was $1,005,917. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +86.66% with Operating Margin at +50.03%, Pretax Margin comes in at +44.77%, and Net Margin reading is +39.50%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 3.25, Equity is 19.21, Total Capital is 13.83, and Invested Capital is 19.05. Taking a look at the Principal structure of this organization reveals enduring liabilities to the total capital at 34.57 and enduring liabilities to the whole assets at 10.92.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 45.04 points at the first support level, and at 43.93 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 46.81, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 47.47.
Futu Holdings Limited [FUTU] reported earnings per share of $0.72 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 9/29/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.57/share, meaning a difference of $0.15 and a surprise factor of 26.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2022 were $0.53 per share as compared to estimates of $0.49 per share, a difference of $0.04 representing a surprise of 8.20%.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Futu Holdings Limited [NASDAQ:FUTU] is 1.20. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.21, the price to book ratio is 2.42 and the P/E (TTM) ratio is 21.52.