Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) Trading Up 5.5% - Should You Buy?

Yatsen Holding Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:YSG - Get Free Report)'s stock price was up 5.5% on Friday . The company traded as high as $9.73 and last traded at $9.67. Approximately 408,940 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 96% from the average daily volume of 208,747 shares. The stock had previously closed at $9.16.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Wall Street Zen raised Yatsen from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, June 14th.

Yatsen Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $865.02 million, a P/E ratio of -11.17 and a beta of -2.40.

Yatsen (NYSE:YSG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 16th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $114.86 million during the quarter. Yatsen had a negative net margin of 17.03% and a negative return on equity of 17.36%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Yatsen Holding Limited Sponsored ADR will post -0.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Yatsen announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, May 16th that permits the company to repurchase $0.00 in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Yatsen by 43.1% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 213,830 shares of the company's stock valued at $852,000 after acquiring an additional 64,416 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in shares of Yatsen by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 174,156 shares of the company's stock worth $693,000 after buying an additional 11,187 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Yatsen by 36.2% in the first quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 154,789 shares of the company's stock valued at $745,000 after acquiring an additional 41,109 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in shares of Yatsen by 113.8% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 104,785 shares of the company's stock valued at $417,000 after acquiring an additional 55,766 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Yiheng Capital Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Yatsen by 816.7% during the first quarter. Yiheng Capital Management L.P. now owns 96,328 shares of the company's stock valued at $463,000 after acquiring an additional 85,820 shares during the last quarter.

About Yatsen

Yatsen Holding Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and sale of beauty products under the Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, Pink Bear, Abby's Choice, GalÃnic, DR.WU, Eve Lom, and EANTiM brands in the People's Republic of China. The company offers color cosmetics for lips, eyes, and face; skin care products, including face serums and creams, eye creams, masks, toners, makeup removers, cleansers, ampoules, and anti-acne patches; and beauty tools and kits, sunscreen products, and beauty devices.

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