Healthy Upside Potential: Waterdrop Inc ADR (WDH)

With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.24 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Diversified company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $1.54 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $1.455. The 52-week range on WDH shows that it touched its highest point at $1.57 and its lowest point at $0.95 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $1.78. WDH paid its most recent dividend on 1728604800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1744329600. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.39.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Three-month performance surged to 23.73% while six-month performance rose 25.72%. The stock gained 18.87% in the past year, while it has gained 23.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WDH yields 0.14 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.08. For the next quarter, that number is 0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 451.83% for this year and 10.15% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 289.97 million WDH shares are outstanding with a float of 284.22 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 77133.0, which was 2.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Dr. Peng Shen as the firm’s Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Mr. Guang Yang serves as its Co-Founder, VP of Finance, GM of International Business & Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.050440002 of WDH’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 2024-12-31, WDH reported revenue of $704141000.0 and operating income of $26470000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $18561000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.3.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WDH since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With WDH analysts setting a high price target of 2.1904747 and a low target of 1.3471909, the average target price over the next 12 months is 1.7936224. Based on these targets, WDH could surge 50.03% to reach the target high and fall by -7.73% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 22.85% from current levels.

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 $0.91558 being high and $0.90967 being low. For WDH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.91263. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.26 and the low estimate is $0.26. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.26.