LoanDepot Inc (NYSE: LDI) is -40.20% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.14 and a high of $3.22 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LDI stock was last observed hovering at around $1.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.08%.
Currently trading at $1.22, the stock is -13.44% and -22.10% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.11 million and changing 7.02% at the moment leaves the stock -40.61% off its SMA200. LDI registered -52.90% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -55.31%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.5662 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $2.05415.
The stock witnessed a -25.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -39.30%, and is -3.17% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.26% over the week and 8.29% over the month.
LoanDepot Inc (LDI) has around 4900 employees, a market worth around $400.50M and $1.01B in sales. Fwd P/E is 6.42. Profit margin for the company is -9.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.02% and -62.17% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-4.93%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 82.12% this year
89.0 institutions hold shares in LoanDepot Inc (LDI), with institutional investors hold 42.42% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 99.09M, and float is at 73.66M with Short Float at 3.59%. Institutions hold 34.42% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CANNELL CAPITAL LLC with over 5.49 million shares valued at $9.06 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.0127 of the LDI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 4.69 million shares valued at $7.74 million to account for 2.5848 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BRANDYWINE GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 2.98 million shares representing 1.6332 and valued at over $4.91 million, while KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.5574 of the shares totaling 2.84 million with a market value of $4.69 million.
LoanDepot Inc (LDI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hsieh Anthony Li, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Hsieh Anthony Li sold 436,248 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $1.50 per share for a total of $0.65 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6.09 million shares.
LoanDepot Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 16 ’24 that LEPORE DAWN G (Director) sold a total of 11,161 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 16 ’24 and was made at $2.11 per share for $23550.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.19 million shares of the LDI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 16 ’24, Hsieh Anthony Li (Director) disposed off 444,618 shares at an average price of $2.11 for $0.94 million. The insider now directly holds 2,479,960 shares of LoanDepot Inc (LDI).
