Luckin Coffee (LKNCY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Luckin Coffee Inc. is a China-based retail coffee company that operates a technology-driven chain of coffee shops. The company sells freshly prepared beverages, including espresso-based coffee, cold brew, tea and other specialty drinks, along with food and snack items. Its stores emphasize mobile ordering, delivery, pickup and convenient, digitally enabled service.

Founded in 2017, Luckin expanded through a combination of company-operated and partnership stores in cities and communities across mainland China. The company has also operated in Singapore, extending its brand beyond the Chinese market. Luckin’s business model focuses on frequent customer purchases, app-based promotions and a broad store network designed to serve customers through both physical locations and digital channels.

Luckin Coffee experienced significant corporate and financial difficulties in 2020 following the disclosure of fabricated sales, which resulted in its delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company later completed a restructuring process and continued operating under new management. Guo Jinyi has served as chairman and chief executive officer. Luckin’s American depositary shares trade over the counter in the United States under the symbol LKNCY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $33.44 to $34.65
• 50-Day Range: $30.60 to $37.09
• 52-Week Range: $27.22 to $43.64
• Volume: 1.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.62
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $46.30
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Luckin Coffee Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Luckin Coffee scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Buy

Upside Potential

Luckin Coffee has a consensus price target of $46.30, representing about 33.7% upside from its current price of $34.64.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Luckin Coffee has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.44%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Luckin Coffee are expected to grow by 20.44% in the coming year, from $2.25 to $2.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Luckin Coffee is 20.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Luckin Coffee is 20.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 14.06.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Luckin Coffee has a P/B Ratio of 4.45. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.83% of the float of Luckin Coffee has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Luckin Coffee has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.83, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Luckin Coffee has recently decreased by 7.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Luckin Coffee does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Luckin Coffee does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Luckin Coffee has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Luckin Coffee this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Luckin Coffee to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.70% of the stock of Luckin Coffee is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.54% of the stock of Luckin Coffee is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/17/2025
• Today: 9/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Beverages
• Sub-Industry: Soft Drinks & Non-alcoholic Beverages
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:LKNCY
• CIK: 1767582
• Web: investor.luckincoffee.com
• Phone: 865923386666
• Fax: 65-6788-0388
• Employees: 106,447
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Luckin Coffee: $46.30
• High Price Target: $49.00
• Low Price Target: $43.60
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.7%
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 4.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.40
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $513.88 million
• Net Margins: 6.78%
• Pretax Margin: 10.25%
• Return on Equity: 24.91%
• Return on Assets: 12.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.47
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.41
• Cash Flow: $2.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.44
• Book Value: $7.78 per share
• Price / Book: 4.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 286,790,000
• Free Float: 279,046,000
• Market Cap: $9.93 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.36