LexinFintech Holdings (NASDAQ:LX) shares have continued recent momentum with a 31% gain in the last month alone...

SHENZHEN, China, March 24, 2020 -- LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (“Lexin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LX), a leading online consumption and consumer finance platform for educated.

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: LX), a leading online consumer finance platform for educated young adults in China, announced that the Company has successfully bid for a plot of land in Shenzhen's Nanshan district. Total purchase price for the acquisition of the land plot is expected to be RMB1.032 billion. The Company expects to enter into definitive agreements with the municipal government in the first quarter of 2020.

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:LX), which is in the consumer finance business, and is based in China, saw a decent...

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Fortunately, TipRanks has built up just the database you need – and provides a series of tools to make it easy to search and use the raw data. We’ve used the Stock Screener tool to find some interesting financial stocks that show signs of a potential breakout, and are set to outperform in the years to come. Let’s look at the details.OneConnect Financial Technology Company, Ltd. (OCFT)Up first is OneConnect, a software company whose products offer digital transformation, revenue increase, and risk management applications for financial institutions. The company’s customer base is in China, an important point, as China has a rapidly emerging technology sector. And, with a growing urban population that already exceeds 800 million, China’s pool of potential tech-sector customers is already larger than the entire US and EU populations combined.The sheer size of China’s potential market already gives OneConnect a huge potential for growth, a potential that the company has begun to realize. Founded as one of the Ping An Insurance Group’s businesses, OCFT shares went public in mid-December. The IPO was priced at $9 to $10 per share, and the initial offering of 31.2 million shares met that target range.That was seven weeks ago. Since then, OCFT shares have gained 27%, and the market cap has risen to $4.7 billion. It’s an impressive out-of-the-gate performance for OneConnect.The company’s early and rapid gains have caught the attention of Morgan Stanley analyst Yang Liu, who writes of the stock, “We believe OCFT will be a long-term winner in China's financial technology market given its early-mover advantage, unique value proposition, recurring revenue model, clear growth strategy, and strong parent company support.”Liu puts a $16 price target on OCFT, implying an upside potential of 26% in support of his Buy rating. (To watch Liu’s track record, click here)Even though it hasn’t been around long, OCFT stock has garnered 5 Buy reviews, giving it a unanimous Strong Buy analyst consensus. Shares sell for $12.72, and the average price target of $17.18 suggests room for a 35% upside potential. (See OneConnect Financial Technology stock analysis on TipRanks) LexinFintech Holdings, Ltd. (LX)The other Chinese fintech on our list, LexinFintech, is a holding company. LexinFintech offers a range of services, including wealth management and money loans, to very much of the same customer base as OCFT above.Also like OCFT, LX stock had a successful IPO. LX started trading in December 2017, with a list price of $9 that quickly settled at $11.80. The initial offering sold 12 million shares, and raised over $130 million. The company’s current market cap is $2.3 billion, and shares trade at $13.30, a gain of 48% from the opening price.Lexin’s earnings are strong, with the last quarter report showing $245 million in gross profit, from total revenues of $461 million. The company consistently beats the earnings forecasts, having exceeded expectations in the last five quarterly reports. LX will report next on March 12, and the consensus is for EPS of 56 cents.Wall Street likes what it sees in LX. Writing on the stock after attending the company’s first Investor Day, Credit Suisse analyst Yiran Zhong said, “The positive outlook on loan volume growth is underpinned by record customer acquisition in 3Q19… [We like the] longer-term strategy to build an ecosystem that serves the consumption needs of its young customers, including through consumer finance, membership benefits and a point redemption system. We believe this helps Lexin tap into an expanded range of consumption scenarios, which in turn enhances its capacity to provide consumer finance services.”Zhong’s price target, of $18.05, implies an upside of 36% from current price levels, and supports his Outperform rating.Shares in LX are selling for $13.30, a low cost for a stock with a 50% upside potential. An analysis of the stock shows a set of strong data points, all pointing to overperformance in coming months. Financial bloggers are optimistic about the stock, with 100% of recent reviews taking a bullish stance against the sector average of 72%. (See LexinFintech stock analysis on TipRanks) Citigroup, Inc. (C)Third on our list is a staple of the markets, and a component of the S&P 500 index. Citigroup, with a market cap of $157 billion, is the third largest American bank, and is counted as one of the Big 4 along with JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Citi has over 200 million customer accounts, does business in over 160 countries around the world, and saw total revenues of $72.9 billion in fiscal 2018. In short, it’s a banking giant.Citigroup shares gained 53% in 2019, outpacing the broader markets by a wide margin. The stock also paid out a strong dividend, of 51 cents per share quarterly. The annualized payment, $2.04 per share, gives a yield of 2.74%, significantly higher than the S&P average. This is a stock that has a proven record of returns for investors, through multiple streams.That proven record, combined with an easy cost of entry, generates lots of love among the Wall Street analyst corps. 5-star analyst Chris Kotowski, from Oppenheimer, writes of this company, “Citi remains one of the cheapest banks in our universe of coverage, at 1.16x tangible book value and ~9.4x our 2020 EPS estimate. Our $124 price target assumes a 70% relative P/E multiple based on consensus estimates for the S&P 500 and our estimates for Citi. This is at the lower end of the 70–80% that we generally consider to be fair value for banks.”To this end, Kotowski gave the price target a boost. The new $124 price target implies an upside potential of 67% in the next 12 months, and fully justifies his Buy rating. (To watch Kotowski’s track record, click here)Citigroup is a stock that is primed for outperformance in 2020, too. The analyst consensus is a Strong Buy, based on 13 reviews, including 11 Buys and 2 Holds. Shares are priced low for a blue-chip steadfast, at $74.41, but the $93.71 average price target indicates room for a 26% upside potential. (See Citigroup stock analysis on TipRanks)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 24, 2020 / Lexinfintech Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:LX) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2019 Fourth Quarter Earnings call to be held on March 24, 2020 at ...

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LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LX), a leading online consumption and consumer finance platform for educated young professionals in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019 before the U.S. market opens on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

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LexinFintech Holdings (NASDAQ: LX), a leading fintech company in China, has seen its share price decline 47% from its January peak this year. The negative sentiments and lack of understanding toward China's fintech industry, as well as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, drove the company to trade below five times earnings. Lexinfintech is an online consumer lending platform targeting educated young professionals in China.

Shares of LexinFintech Holdings (NASDAQ:LX) surged more than 10% in pre-market trading after the company reported Q4 results.Quarterly Results Adjusted net income per ADS came in at RMB2.87 for the quarter.Revenue of $452,191,000 higher by 48.50% from the same period last year, which beat the estimate of $363,220,000.Guidance Earnings guidance hasn't been issued by the company for now.LexinFintech Holdings hasn't issued any revenue guidance for the time being.Conference Call Details Date: Mar 24, 2020View more earnings on LXTime: 01:05 PM ETWebcast URL: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/mu4uai74Recent Stock Performance 52-week high: $16.9352-week low: $7.92Price action over last quarter: down 37.15%Company Description LexinFintech Holdings Ltd is an online consumer finance platform. The company focuses on serving the credit needs of educated young adults in China by offering convenient and innovative loan products to meet their credit needs at different stages of life. It offers online direct sales with installment payment terms and offers installment purchase loans and personal installment loans mainly through its retail and online consumer finance platform www.fenqile.com, and its mobile application to young adults between the age of 18 and 36 in the People's Republic of China. The company also finances the loans with proceeds from partnering peer-to-peer lending platforms, commercial banks and other financial institutions.See more from Benzinga * IHS Markit: Q1 Earnings Insights * Recap: Cheetah Mobile Q4 Earnings * 18 Healthcare Stocks Moving In Monday's Pre-Market Session(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: LX), a leading online consumer finance platform for educated young adults in China, is pleased to announce that based on the Company's preliminary assessment of the current business and market conditions, the Company expects total loan originations for the fiscal year 2020 to be between RMB 170 billion and RMB 180 billion. This is Lexin's current and preliminary view, which is subject to changes and uncertainties.

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