LexinFintech (LX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: LX) is a China-based consumer finance and digital banking platform primarily serving young, underbanked consumers. The company’s core offering is point-of-sale installment financing, enabling eligible customers to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent fees. Leveraging proprietary data analytics and credit scoring models, LexinFintech underwrites consumer loans for online purchases and provides credit lines that support a variety of retail and e-commerce transactions.

In addition to its flagship installment loan service, LexinFintech has developed wealth management and fintech-as-a-service products. The company’s wealth management arm offers curated investment portfolios and fixed-income products designed for retail investors seeking competitive yields. Its FCO Cloud platform delivers end-to-end digital banking and lending solutions to financial institutions and corporate partners, encompassing risk management tools, online origination systems and post-loan servicing capabilities.

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Shanghai, LexinFintech completed its initial public offering on the NASDAQ in January 2018. Since then, it has expanded operations across major Chinese markets, including Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu, serving millions of registered users. The company’s technology-driven approach to credit assessment and its partnerships with leading e-commerce platforms have helped it carve out a niche in China’s rapidly evolving consumer finance sector.

LexinFintech is led by a management team with deep expertise in finance, technology and retail lending. The company continues to invest in advanced analytics and cloud infrastructure to enhance its underwriting accuracy and platform scalability, positioning itself to address the evolving financing needs of China’s younger demographics.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.79 to $1.99
• 50-Day Range: $1.93 to $2.66
• 52-Week Range: $1.79 to $7.99
• Volume: 3.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $328.30 million
• P/E Ratio: 1.50
• Dividend Yield: 15.31%
• Price Target: $3.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

LexinFintech Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

LexinFintech scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 520th out of 881 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

LexinFintech has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

LexinFintech has a consensus price target of $3.50, representing about 78.6% upside from its current price of $1.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

LexinFintech has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of LexinFintech is 1.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of LexinFintech is 1.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.83.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

LexinFintech has a P/B Ratio of 0.19. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.02% of the float of LexinFintech has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

LexinFintech has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.91, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in LexinFintech has recently increased by 3.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

LexinFintech is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 15.35%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

LexinFintech does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of LexinFintech is 22.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for LexinFintech this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for LX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -76% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added LexinFintech to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, LexinFintech insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

27.80% of the stock of LexinFintech is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

LexinFintech has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/14/2026
• Record date for 6/3 Dividend: 4/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/3 Dividend: 4/24/2026
• Today: 5/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - CONS LOANS
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LX
• CIK: 1708259
• Web: www.lexin.com
• Phone: 8675536378888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,169
• Year Founded: 2013

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for LexinFintech: $3.50
• High Price Target: $3.50
• Low Price Target: $3.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +78.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.31
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $239.82 million
• Net Margins: 12.72%
• Pretax Margin: 15.78%
• Return on Equity: 14.36%
• Return on Assets: 7.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.12
• Current Ratio: 1.89
• Quick Ratio: 1.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.88 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.17
• Cash Flow: $1.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.29
• Book Value: $10.20 per share
• Price / Book: 0.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 167,500,000
• Free Float: 120,936,000
• Market Cap: $328.30 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83