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Futu Holdings Limited

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 25% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (264/wk), no spike
$FUTU·$15B·Financial - Capital Markets·Financial Services
$122.14-1.7%YTD-36.1%1Y-34.7%
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2026-08-22: 49 posts264+23%
Price updated 5h ago·X counts updated 9d ago
FUFUTU
$FUTUFutu Holdings Limited
$122.14-1.71%264 posts+23%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FUTU, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Chinese online broker at record trading volume — the tape has lagged the P&L.

Futu Holdings runs Moomoo, one of the largest online brokerages for Chinese and Southeast Asian retail investors. The stock is down 36% YTD and 33% TTM at $124, but the underlying trading-volume and margin metrics say the business has kept accelerating.

  • The revenue and EPS shape is huge: quarterly revenue (in HKD) ran 5.31B / 6.40B / 6.44B / 5.86B, gross margin at 88%, quarterly EPS printed HKD 18.48 / 23.20 / 24.32 / 6.08 — analysts model HKD 23.2B and HKD 71.4 EPS for the full year, so the equity is trading at what would be a very low multiple in a US-mid-cap for this level of growth and margin.
  • The trading-volume metric is a leading indicator: Q2 posted record trading volume with ~51% margins, and the Alibaba AI Cloud +45% comp is the setup that says Chinese fintech is being repriced as a rising-tide sector — TIGR's expected Q2 blowout is the next data point that supports the framing.
  • The regulatory overhang is a live risk: a Rosen Law investor-notice/investigation deadline creates class-action tape risk, and a Chinese-brokerage regulatory move (customer-onboarding rules, cross-border data) is the biggest single external risk to the equity.

A Nov 17 Q3 print that carries record trading volumes and adds a specific new-market customer disclosure extends the coil into a real bounce; a class-action settlement disclosure, a Chinese-broker regulatory rule change, or a Southeast Asia competitor pricing-move is what invalidates the setup.

Agrees with X sentimentX's bullish read tracks the mechanics — the record Q2 volume and the BABA-AI-Cloud rising-tide framing are real; the 'don't-buy' promotional list noise is legitimate but not fundamental.

What to watch: The Nov 17 Q3 print — trading volumes, margin, and any regulatory-posture commentary. A Chinese-broker regulation move or a Southeast Asia competitor pricing move is what invalidates the coil.

On the calendar: 2026-11-17 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Futu Holdings is being framed as back to pre-May-regulatory-bombshell levels after a strong Q2 with record trading volume and a 51% margin. Posters treat TIGR's record revenue print, up 31.4% year-over-year, as validation that this is just getting started for FUTU. One skeptical poster puts FUTU on a don't-buy list, but the dominant read is that Chinese fintech is catching attention again and momentum is building.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates Futu (Moomoo) digital brokerage serving Chinese retail investors in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and the US.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Financial - Capital Markets sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FUTU.

Financial - Capital Markets · Financial Services

IPO and M&A activity — the primary revenue driver for capital markets firms — is recovering as equity market strength rebuilds corporate confidence and sponsor exit windows open. Retail trading volume (HOOD's record signups) confirms the infrastructure layer captures incremental activity.

What this means for $FUTU

Partial — net interest margin and credit quality are the primary earnings drivers; Futu Holdings Limited is a global provider of digital brokerage services for sec.

Top industry ETF

$IAIiShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF
+5.0%YTD
+13.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
10.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
18.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
62.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
26.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
87.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 20, 2026$3.33$2.98+11.7%
Q1 2026May 28, 2026$0.77$2.89-73.5%
Q4 2025Mar 12, 2026$3.07$2.88+6.6%
Q3 2025Nov 18, 2025$2.93$3.06-4.2%
Next earningsTue, Nov 17·consensus EPS $3.27

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$5.9B+24.7%87.2%60.3%$6.08—
Q4 FY25$6.4B+45.3%88.7%64.4%$24.32—
Q3 FY25$6.4B+86.3%87.6%61.0%$23.20—
Q2 FY25$5.3B+69.7%87.4%63.0%$18.48$0

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$23.2B$22.6B – $23.8B$71.39$65.72 – $78.098
FY27$24.8B$23.9B – $26.0B$91.15$84.99 – $99.859
FY28$28.2B$23.9B – $32.5B$105.32$93.07 – $133.7910

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.36%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+19.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-10.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 90.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.385-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 1 other (1 award) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
+ 6 other (5 6-Ks · 1 20-F) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

IX or FUTU: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?zacks.com·4d agoMoomoo Partners with LPGA to Launch Futu Ladies World Championship in 2027globenewswire.com·5d agoMoomoo Canada Crowns Winner of Inaugural Canada's Top Trader Competition in Partnership with Nasdaqglobenewswire.com·6d agoFUTU DEADLINE TODAY: ROSEN, GLOBAL INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Futu Holdings Limited Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important August 25 Deadline in Securities Class Action - FUTUnewsfilecorp.com·6d agoINVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Investors with Losses on their Investment in Futu Holdings Ltd. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadlines – FUTUglobenewswire.com·6d ago

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