With 2.18 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.72 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $16.915 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $16.46. The 52-week range on LC shows that it touched its highest point at $18.75 and its lowest point at $7.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.17. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.54.
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 LC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.74%, but this was up by 28.22% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 66.77% while six-month performance rose 32.99%. The stock gained 3.83% in the past year, while it has gained 36.33% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LC yields 0.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.39. For the next quarter, that number is 0.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of 128.28% for this year and 35.75% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 114.74 million LC shares are outstanding with a float of 110.83 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-08-15, short shares totaled 5.38 million, which was 468.99999999999994 higher than short shares on 1752537600. In addition to Mr. Scott C. Sanborn as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Andrew LaBenne serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LC since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 LC analysts setting a high price target of 21.0 and a low target of 15.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 17.95. Based on these targets, LC could surge 24.93% to reach the target high and fall by -7.79% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 6.78% 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 $0.49043 being high and $0.44138 being low. For LC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.461. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.11. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.34 and the low estimate is $0.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.29.
