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Futu Holdings (NasdaqGM:FUTU) shares have seen a steady climb this year, with the stock up over 100% year-to-date. Many investors are now reviewing its recent performance and growth numbers for insights into what might come next.

See our latest analysis for Futu Holdings.

Futu Holdings has enjoyed sustained momentum, with a 105.8% year-to-date share price return. This reflects renewed investor confidence and optimism around its growth story. Over the past year, its total shareholder return reached 79.4%, underscoring long-term performance beyond just recent gains.

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With shares surging so impressively, the central question becomes whether Futu Holdings is still undervalued at current levels, or if the market is already accounting for the company’s future growth potential and leaving little room for upside.

Compared to Futu Holdings’ last close price of $163.53, the most widely followed narrative estimates a fair value of $207.27. The picture that emerges is of a company with catalysts that some see as transformative, and a valuation that challenges the market’s current view.

The rapid growth in funded accounts, especially from international markets such as Singapore, the U.S., Malaysia, and Japan, signals ongoing global expansion and diversification of Futu’s user base. This positions the company to capture rising middle-class wealth and digital financial adoption in Asia, supporting long-term revenue and AUM growth.

Read the complete narrative.

What is driving that bold upside call? This narrative is built on expectations of relentless customer growth, a resilient business model, and margin strength usually reserved for industry leaders. The surprising mix of ambitious projections and global expansion creates a valuation thesis you will not want to miss.

Result: Fair Value of $207.27 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what’s behind the forecasts.

However, risks remain, as heightened competition in key Asian markets and regulatory hurdles could quickly turn investor optimism into caution for Futu Holdings.

Find out about the key risks to this Futu Holdings narrative.

While many focus on analyst price targets, compare Futu Holdings’ current price-to-earnings ratio of 22.4x against the industry average of 25.4x and a peer average of 22.2x. However, the fair ratio for Futu is estimated at 21.4x, suggesting that shares could be slightly expensive. This is an important detail for those weighing potential returns or risks.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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Few car buyers have heard of Nexperia. But this Dutch company makes chips that are essential for making cars — and now, it’s at the center of a trade dispute that could shutter global auto plants and send already-record-level car prices even higher.

The dispute is just one part of wider trade tensions between the United States and China. The Nexperia saga began in earnest this past December when the US Commerce Department put Nexperia’s parent company, China-based Wingtech Technologies, on a list of companies facing trade restrictions.

Then, this October, China’s Ministry of Commerce banned Nexperia China and its subcontractors from exporting specific finished components and sub-assemblies manufactured in China. The Dutch government took control of Nexperia following this move.

The tensions have prompted concerns of possible auto plant shutdowns, since the chips Nexperia makes are critical to the assembly of the cars and trucks in which they’re installed. The fear is that the trade dispute could halt Nexperia’s production of the chips, and it would be difficult to replace them.

When and if auto plants might be forced to halt operations is not clear. But a similar chip shortage following the pandemic caused temporary plant shutdowns and the supply of new autos to drop significantly for more than a year. That shortage in turn helped drive up the price of both new and used cars.

Vehicles have become more dependent on computer chips, transistors and diodes on everything from adjusting driver’s seats to feeding the proper amount of fuel into engines and providing braking power. Vehicles can’t be completed if those critical components are unavailable.

While Nexperia is little known outside the industry, its site says the company has more than 6,000 products qualified for use in automobiles, and shipments of 110 billion of its products annually. It has 12,500 employees across Europe, Asia and the United States. It said it’s working on business continuity plans and is “confident that a solution will be found.”

But automaker trade groups are less confident and have sounded the alarm of possible auto plant shutdowns.

“If the shipment of automotive chips doesn’t resume – quickly – it’s going to disrupt auto production in the U.S. and many other countries and have a spillover effect in other industries,” John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobbying group for most major automakers, said in a statement. “It’s that significant. We’re urging a quick resolution, so U.S. and global automaking remains on track.”

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association said it would take months to get new supplies of the components its members have been getting from Nexperia, while the supply of its chips is expected to last only weeks.

“Automakers have taken steps over the last years to diversify supply chains but risk cannot be mitigated down to zero. This is a cross-industry issue affecting a large number of suppliers and virtually all of our members,” Sigrid de Vries, director general of the European associations, said in a statement.

“We suddenly find ourselves in this alarming situation,” she added. We really need quick and pragmatic solutions from all countries involved.”

Nexperia make about 40% of the automotive chips in the segment of the market that includes transistors and diodes, according to Ian Riches, vice president of the global automotive practice for research firm TechInsights.

Automakers are already being forced to deal with increased costs due to tariffs being imposed by the Trump administration. While many are absorbing the costs so far, Kelley Blue Book came out with an estimate last week that the average US new car price just topped $50,000 for the first time.