LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. [NASDAQ: LX] price plunged by -5.65 percent to reach at -$0.7. The company report on June 1, 2021 that LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. Reports First Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results. Get the hottest stocks to trade every day before the market opens 100% free. Click her
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What happened
Shares of the Chinese consumer finance company
LexinFintech Holdings Ltd-ADR (NASDAQ:LX) had jumped 20% at 10:30 a.m. EST, after the company reported earnings results for the first quarter of this year.
So what
LexinFintech reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53 in American depositary shares (ADS), equity shares of a foreign company held by an American bank and available for U.S. investors to purchase. That beat analysts earnings estimates of $0.28 ADS soundly. Total revenue of roughly $449 million reportedly missed estimates by more than $30 million. Earnings also are up from a loss of $0.58 ADS in the first quarter of 2020.