LexinFintech: Staying Bullish After Good Q1 Performance

Summary

  • LexinFintech achieved an earnings beat for Q1 2023 as a result of strong loan origination volume growth and good cost management efforts.
  • LX is expected to achieve loan origination volume and earnings growth on both a QoQ and a YoY basis in the second quarter.
  • I keep my Buy rating for LexinFintech unchanged, after evaluating LX's Q1 performance and Q2 prospects.
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I continue to assign a Buy rating to LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.'s (NASDAQ:LX) stock. In my prior article for LX written on March 15, 2023, I reviewed LexinFintech's financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2022.

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