Yuanbao (NASDAQ:YB) Stock Price Down 3.8% – Time to Sell?

Yuanbao Inc. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:YB) dropped 3.8% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $13.50 and last traded at $13.31. 1,136 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 97% from the average session volume of 42,359 shares. The stock had previously closed at $13.84.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YB has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Yuanbao from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Yuanbao from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.80.

Yuanbao Stock Down 1.9%

The company’s 50-day moving average price is $14.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.05. The firm has a market cap of $602.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.22 and a beta of 0.43.

Yuanbao Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 2nd were issued a dividend of $1.26 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 2nd. This represents a yield of 839.0%. Yuanbao’s payout ratio is currently 29.95%.

Institutional Trading of Yuanbao

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Royal Bank of Canada purchased a new stake in Yuanbao in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $72,000. Ramsey Quantitative Systems purchased a new position in Yuanbao in the 2nd quarter valued at about $160,000. Federated Hermes Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Yuanbao during the 2nd quarter worth about $370,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. purchased a new stake in Yuanbao in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $454,000. Finally, Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Yuanbao by 68.7% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 41,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $851,000 after purchasing an additional 17,105 shares during the last quarter.

About Yuanbao

Our mission is to protect health and well-being through technology. We are a leading technology-driven online insurance distributor in China. We take pride in pioneering the seamless integration of insurance with cutting-edge technologies, and have constructed a highly efficient full consumer service cycle engine. Through this engine, we successfully distribute suitable and high-quality insurance products to over ten million insurance consumers. According to Frost & Sullivan, we were the largest independent insurance distributor in China’s personal life and accident & health (A&H) insurance market in terms of first year premiums in 2023.