There is no doubt that Qudian Inc ADR (QD) ticks all the boxes.

With 0.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.38 million shares. During the session, the Credit Services company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $2.875 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $2.73. The 52-week range on QD shows that it touched its highest point at $3.34 and its lowest point at $1.52 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $1.05. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.47.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of QD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.92%, but this was down by -6.71% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.08% while six-month performance rose 50.27%. The stock gained 15.35% in the past year, while it has lost -1.42% so far this year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 137.11 million QD shares are outstanding with a float of 136.91 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 0.86 million, which was 44.99999999999999 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Lianzhu Lv as the firm’s Head of User Experience Department, Mr. Min Luo serves as its Founder, Chairman & CEO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.14428 of QD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, QD reported revenue of $55015000.0 and operating income of -$66379000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$88123000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.71.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.25607 being high and -$0.25607 being low. For QD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.25607. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.