JD.com stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
March 27th, 2020
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JD.com, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an e-commerce company in the People's Republic of China. The company operates in two segments, JD Mall and New Businesses.
Should I buy JD.com stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | No |
| New 52 week high | No |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is JD.com stock a buy?
Everyday, hundreds of stock ratings are published by financial analysts to indicate a particular stock's attractiveness.
Unfortunately, we couldn't find any rating for JD stock for the last 30 days.JD.com stock analysis
Daily outlook
After climbing for 4 sessions, Friday JD.com plunged a hair-raising -4.43%, closing at $40.15.
After climbing for 4 days, Friday JD.com plunged a hair-raising -4.43%, closing at $40.15. On March/17 JD price bounced up over the SMA of 100 days demonstrating to be a significant support for this stock.
Weekly outlook
After sliding a chilling -5.44% in a week last week, JD.com closed this week at $40.15 and climbed an astounding 6.61%.
JD shows a long term strength with several rising tops and rising bottoms. It left a new bottom at $32.70 last week. Previous top ($45.34) will play as a resistance in possible new gains. Late September 2019 JD price bounced up over the SMA of 40 weeks that acted as support stopping new slides. Since SMA20d and SMA40w crossed up late April 2019, JD price climbed $11.02 per share (37.83%).
JD.com stock price history
JD.com IPO was on May 22nd, 2014 at $21.75 per share1. Since then, JD stock surged a 84.60%, with an average of 16.90% per year. If you had invested right after JD's IPO a $1,000 in JD.com stock in 2014, it would worth $846.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
JD.com stock historical price chart
JD stock reached 52-week highs on Mar 5th at $45.34, and all-time highs 2018-01-29 with a price of 50.68.
JD.com stock price target
Nobody can reliably foresee how stock prices may evolve in the future. However, many stock price predictions are published every day by banks, financial institutions and independent analysts. You should not follow the analysts' JD stock price predictions in the hope that they will be met as they may be wrong and not met. For the last month we have not found any price prediction for JD.com stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
JD.com failed analysts when it published an Earnings per Share (EPS) of $-0.03 when the market consensus was $-0.11.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | - | n/a | 0.12 | n/a |
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | 2017-11-13 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 118.2% |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-03-02 | -0.04 | -0.1 | n/a |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-05-08 | -0.02 | 0.17 | n/a |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-08-16 | -0.02 | -0.23 | n/a |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-11-19 | 0.08 | 0.02 | -75.0% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-02-28 | -0.11 | -0.03 | n/a |
| 2019-Q1 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
In 2018, JD.com annual turnover boosted a super good 27.51% to $462,020.00 million dollars from $362,332.00 marked in 2017. By contrast, its profit margin (compared to sales) remained constant to -0.54%, that is $-2,491.63 million.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $11,290 M | - | $-8.13 M-0.1% | - |
| 2014 | $115,002 M | 918.62% | $-4,996.36 M-4.3% | 61,355.84% |
| 2015 | $181,042 M | 57.43% | $-9,107.94 M-5.0% | 82.29% |
| 2016 | $260,122 M | 43.68% | $-3,806.79 M-1.5% | -58.20% |
| 2017 | $362,332 M | 39.29% | $-152.26 M-0.0% | -96.00% |
| 2018 | $462,020 M | 27.51% | $-2,491.63 M-0.5% | 1,536.46% |
Quarterly financial results
JD.com reported $134,833.00 M in revenues for 2018-Q4, a 28.70% up compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter income marked $-4,804.73 M with a profit margin of -3.56%. Profit margin slipped a -6.43% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 2.86%. When comparing turnover to same quarter last year, JD.com sales marked an amazing gain and rocketed a 22.39%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | $11,070 M | - | $34.71 M0.3% | - |
| 2017-Q2 | $13,580 M | 22.67% | $-41.83 M-0.3% | -220.51% |
| 2017-Q3 | $12,587 M | -7.32% | $152.44 M1.2% | -464.43% |
| 2017-Q4 | $110,165 M | 775.26% | $-909.23 M-0.8% | -696.44% |
| 2018-Q1 | $100,128 M | -9.11% | $1,524.94 M1.5% | -267.72% |
| 2018-Q2 | $122,291 M | 22.13% | $-2,212.47 M-1.8% | -245.09% |
| 2018-Q3 | $104,768 M | -14.33% | $3,000.62 M2.9% | -235.62% |
| 2018-Q4 | $134,833 M | 28.70% | $-4,804.73 M-3.6% | -260.12% |
JD.com ownership
When you are planning to buy shares of a company, it's worth to check its ownership structure.Management staff in all public traded companies that hold equity is required to report every transaction to the SEC. For JD.com, 7.63% of all outstanding shares are owned by its staff.
In case of JD.com stock, 51.13% of its shares are held by institutions (mutual funds, pension funds, big banks and other large financial institutions). Bearish positions for JD stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
For a better context understanding, the next table shows ownership data compared to other related stocks:
| JD | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $58.6 B |
| Total shares | 1,460.0 M |
| Float shares | 821.2 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 51.1% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 7.6% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
JD.com summary
| Friday, March 27th, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $40.62 |
| Close | $40.15 |
| Day range | $39.92 - $41.32 |
| Previous close | $42.01 |
| Session gain | -4.43% |
| Average true range | $3.37 |
| 50d mov avg | $40.15 |
| 100d mov avg | $37.40 |
| 200d mov avg | $33.70 |
| Daily pattern | lt02a |
| Weekly pattern | lb03a |
JD.com performance
Performance as an absolute value is never valid if it's not benchmarked against competitors or related stocks in the industry. We selected as the bechmarking frame for JD.com stock.| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| JDJD.com | 11.75% | 44.32% | 33.17% |
JD.com competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as JD.com competitor. This doesn't mean JD.com does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest JD.com stock news
- InvestorPlaceThere’s Still a Lot to Like About JD.com StockAugust 2, 2019
- InvestorPlaceJD.com Has the Potential to Unseat Alibaba as ‘The Amazon of China’August 1, 2019
- InvestorPlaceThere Are Good Reasons to Jump Into JD.com StockJuly 23, 2019
- Seeking AlphaJD.com: Back On TrackJuly 9, 2019
- Seeking AlphaJD.Com's Stock Nears A Big Break OutJuly 5, 2019