Leifras (NASDAQ:LFS) Shares Up 5.4% - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• Shares jumped 5.4% intraday, trading as high as $2.85 and last at $2.13, with volume of 436,704 shares — a ~1,104% increase versus average session volume.
• Analyst views are mixed: Wall Street Zen upgraded LFS from "hold" to "buy," but MarketBeat's average rating for the stock remains "Sell."
• Leifras reported $1.05 EPS and $16.95M revenue for the quarter; the company has a market cap of ~$53.06M, a P/E of 21.3, healthy liquidity (quick ratio 1.53, current ratio 1.54) and low debt-to-equity (0.10).

Leifras Co., Ltd. - Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:LFS - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 5.4% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $2.85 and last traded at $2.13. 436,704 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,104% from the average session volume of 36,259 shares. The stock had previously closed at $2.02.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Leifras from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, January 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Sell".

Leifras Stock Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $2.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $53.06 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.30.

Leifras (NASDAQ:LFS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Sunday, February 15th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $16.95 million for the quarter.

Leifras Company Profile

Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, we are a sports and social business company dedicated to youth sports and community engagement. We primarily provide services related to the organization and operations of sports schools and sports events for children. Building upon our experience and know-how in sports education, we also operate a robust social business sector, dispatching sports coaches to meet various community needs. At the core of our operations is the children's sports school business. When we refer to a sports school, it refers to a series of courses and programs that we offer to teach a sport, instead of a physical location.

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