How to buy Leju stock

Leju Holdings Limited is a real estate services business based in the US. Leju shares (LEJU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Leju employs 2,312 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$715.9 million.

How to buy shares in Leju

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Leju. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: LEJU. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Leju reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Leju, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Leju. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Leju share price

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Leju shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$1.21 - USD$3.98
50-day moving average	USD$2.8052
200-day moving average	USD$2.4523
Wall St. target price	USD$4
PE ratio	23.8846
Dividend yield	USD$0.2 (6.45%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.13

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Leju financials

Revenue TTM	USD$715.9 million
Operating margin TTM	3.22%
Gross profit TTM	USD$624.3 million
Return on assets TTM	2.47%
Return on equity TTM	6.66%
Profit margin	2.47%
Book value	$2.029
Market capitalisation	USD$423.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Leju shares

There are currently 265,334 Leju shares held short by investors – that's known as Leju's "short interest". This figure is 17.4% down from 321,118 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Leju shares can be evaluated.

Leju's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Leju's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Leju shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Leju shares traded daily (recently around 115866.37554585). Leju's SIR currently stands at 2.29. In other words for every 100,000 Leju shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2290 shares are currently held short.

However Leju's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Leju shares, or, against the total number of tradable Leju shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Leju's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Leju shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Leju shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Leju.

Find out more about how you can short Leju stock.

Leju share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Leju's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.21 up to $3.98. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Leju's is 1.0544. This would suggest that Leju's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Leju overview

Leju Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides online to offline (O2O) real estate services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers real estate e-commerce, online advertising, and online listing services through its online platform, which comprises websites covering 386 cities and various mobile applications. It also operates various real estate and home furnishing Websites of SINA Corporation (SINA); and official accounts on Weixin, a social communication platform and Weibo, a microblog. In addition, the company provides selling discount coupons; and facilitating online property viewing, physical property visits, marketing events, and pre-sale customer support, as well as home furnishing business transactions on its platform for new residential properties. Further, it sells advertising primarily on the SINA new residential properties and home furnishing websites; and acts as an advertising agent for the SINA home page and non-real estate Websites with respect to advertising sold to real estate developers and home furnishing suppliers. Additionally, the company offers fee-based online property listing services to real estate agents; and services to individual property sellers. Leju Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Leju is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.67% of Leju shares are held by insiders and 2.054% by institutions.

• How many people work for Leju?

  Latest data suggests 2,312 work at Leju.

• When does the fiscal year end for Leju?

  Leju's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Leju based?

  Leju's address is: Building G, Beijing, China, 100016

• What is Leju's ISIN number?

  Leju's international securities identification number is: US50187J1088

• What is Leju's CUSIP number?

  Leju's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 50187J108