Futu Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: FUTU)’s stock price has soared by 3.98 in relation to previous closing price of 106.06. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 1.94% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-03-05 that Chinese stocks ripped higher today, as the Chinese government issued its gross domestic product (GDP) target for 2025 and detailed forthcoming stimulus it plans to inject into the country’s ailing economy. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 2.8%.
Is It Worth Investing in Futu Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: FUTU) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Futu Holdings Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: FUTU) is 27.05x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for FUTU is 0.65. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for FUTU is 89.54M and currently, short sellers hold a 5.38% of that float. On March 12, 2025, FUTU’s average trading volume was 2.50M shares.
FUTU’s Market Performance
FUTU stock saw an increase of 1.94% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 4.39% and a quarterly increase of 30.02%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.73%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.80% for Futu Holdings Ltd ADR (FUTU). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -3.13% for FUTU’s stock, with a 35.29% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of FUTU
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FUTU stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for FUTU by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for FUTU in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $95 based on the research report published on November 19, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see FUTU reach a price target of $115, previously predicting the price at $70. The rating they have provided for FUTU stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on November 18th, 2024.
JP Morgan gave a rating of “Overweight” to FUTU, setting the target price at $92 in the report published on May 28th of the previous year.
FUTU Trading at 11.75% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FUTU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -15.74% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.80%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.73%, as shares surge +2.49% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +26.76% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FUTU rose by +1.94%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +43.67% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $113.85. In addition, Futu Holdings Ltd ADR saw 37.87% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FUTU starting from XU LI, who proposed sale 144,311 shares at the price of $83.27 back on Dec 09 ’24. After this action, XU LI now owns shares of Futu Holdings Ltd ADR, valued at $12,016,777 using the latest closing price.
Huang River Investment Limited, the Shareholder of Futu Holdings Ltd ADR, proposed sale 20,645,160 shares at $9.69 during a trade that took place back on Sep 26 ’24, which means that Huang River Investment Limited is holding shares at $200,000,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FUTU
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.49 for the present operating margin
- 0.85 for the gross margin
The net margin for Futu Holdings Ltd ADR stands at 0.4. The total capital return value is set at 0.19. Equity return is now at value 17.09, with 3.70 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 5.18 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.86. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.76. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.18for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.08.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Futu Holdings Ltd ADR (FUTU) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
