AIFU Inc. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:AIFU) Short Interest Up 162.0% in January

AIFU Inc. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:AIFU) saw a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,367 shares, a growth of 162.0% from the January 15th total of 5,483 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 92,715 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 92,715 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in AIFU stock. Acadian Asset Management LLC bought a new position in AIFU Inc. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:AIFU) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 868,208 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $182,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC owned approximately 1.50% of AIFU at the end of the most recent reporting period. Institutional investors own 26.72% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings cut AIFU from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, AIFU presently has an average rating of “Sell”.

AIFU Stock Performance

AIFU opened at $1.79 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $2.53 and its 200-day moving average price is $4.21. AIFU has a one year low of $1.50 and a one year high of $9.40. The stock has a market cap of $5.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 0.12 and a beta of 0.65.

AIFU (NASDAQ:AIFU) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 30th. The company reported ($854.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $20.76 million during the quarter.

About AIFU

AIX, Inc engages in the provision of agency services and insurance claims adjusting services. It operates through the Insurance Agency and Claims Adjusting segments. The Insurance Agency segment includes providing agency services for insurance products and life insurance products. The Claims Adjusting segment provides pre-underwriting survey services, claims adjusting services, disposal of residual value services, loading and unloading supervision services, and consulting services. The company was founded by Yin An Hu and Qiu Ping Lai in 1998 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.