CEX stock price rose over 25% last week, and analysts maintain a positive outlook.

On May 19, Forbes published an article “Should You Buy COIN Stock At $260?”, and analysts still have a positive view on the stock despite the recent rise in the CEX’s stock price to about $260, a weekly gain of more than 25%. The CEX replaced Discover Financial Services (which is currently being acquired by Capital One) as the first cryptocurrency trading platform stock to be included in the S&P 500 index. CEX Global’s revenue has grown by an average of 16.4% over the last 3 years (compared to 6.2% for the S&P 500 over the same period). Over the past 12 months, its revenue has increased by 111.2%, from $3.1 billion to $6.6 billion (the S&P 500 grew by 5.3% over the same period). CEX Global’s profit margins are much higher than most of the companies covered by Trefis. CEX Global had revenue of $2.3 billion in the trailing four quarters and an operating margin of 33.1% (compared to 13.1% on the S&P 500); CEX Global’s operating cash flow (OCF) for the period was $2 billion, with an OCF margin of 28.2% (compared to 15.7% on the S&P 500). CEX Global’s debt stood at $4.3 billion at the end of the most recent quarter, while its market capitalization was $68 billion (as of May 16, 2025). This means that its debt-to-equity ratio is as high as 6.4% (compared to 21.5% for the S&P 500).