Vipshop stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
March 31st, 2020
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Vipshop Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online discount retailer for various brands in the People's Republic of China.
Should I buy Vipshop stock?
Make a decision about when to buy or sell stocks is one of the hardest parts of being a trader or investor. Having a trading plan helps to make decisions easier, quicker and with less hesitations. At Stocks2.com, we like to use very simple but trusted and powerful trend following trading strategies. Simple things usually work the best.None of our preferred buy setups matches with Vipshop stock situation right now, therefore this is not a suitable entry point.
| 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 Vipshop stock a buy?
Everyday, hundreds of stock ratings are posted by financial analysts to indicate a particular stock's attractiveness.
Unfortunately, we couldn't detect any rating for VIPS stock for the last month.Vipshop stock analysis
Daily outlook
After boosting an exceptional 5.67% yesterday, Vipshop closed today at $15.58 and skyrocketed a dazzling 4.01%.
After boosting an exceptional 5.67% yesterday, Vipshop closed today at $15.58 and skyrocketed a dazzling 4.01%. In the last 12 days when VIPS stock price broke up the SMA100d line, it gained $2.33 (17.58%).
Weekly outlook
Vipshop ended this week at $15.58 and climbed a dazzling 10.26%. Early March VIPS plunged a bloodcurdling -15.86% in just one week.
Vipshop stock is drawing an uptrend with rising tops and bottoms. Now trading in between its last bottom and last top, VIPS might consolidate in a flat-base, waiting to break out over or down under . By mid August 2019 VIPS price bounced up over the SMA of 40 weeks that acted as support stopping new slides. Since SMA10d and SMA20w crossed up by mid September 2019, VIPS price climbed $5.90 per share (60.95%).
Vipshop stock price history
Vipshop stock went public on March 23rd, 2012 with a price of $0.601. Since then, VIPS stock surged a 2,496.70%, with an average of 312.10% per year. If you had invested right after VIPS's IPO a $1,000 in Vipshop stock in 2012, it would worth $24,967.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
Vipshop stock historical price chart
VIPS stock reached 52-week highs on Mar/9 at $17.85, and all-time highs 2015-04-27 with a price of 30.72.
Vipshop stock price target
How much a stock will be priced tomorrow or next week is quite unpredictable However, banks and other financial institutions analysts, with the help of lots of data and algorithms do their best to predict the stock prices movement. You should not follow the analysts' VIPS stock price predictions in the hope that they will be met as they may be wrong and not met. For the last 30 days we have not detected any price forecast for Vipshop stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
, Vipshop reported its latest financial data, posting a fine climb for the Earnings per Share (EPS) ratio. Experts were expecting $0.16 per share, but Vipshop posted $0.17.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | - | n/a | 4.41 | n/a |
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 3.33 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | 2017-11-20 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.0% |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-02-12 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 26.7% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-05-14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.0% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-08-13 | 0.11 | 0.08 | -27.3% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-11-14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.0% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-02-20 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 6.3% |
| 2019-Q1 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
Compared to 2017, last anual turnover report draw an outstanding gain of 15.93% to $84,523.90 M dollars. When comparing 2018 vs 2017, in contrast, profit margin (that is, the net income divided by revenues) remained constant a -0.16% to 2.52%.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $1,700 M | - | $52 M3.1% | - |
| 2014 | $3,772 M | 121.89% | $137 M3.6% | 162.04% |
| 2015 | $40,203 M | 965.79% | $1,590 M4.0% | 1,058.61% |
| 2016 | $56,591 M | 40.76% | $2,037 M3.6% | 28.13% |
| 2017 | $72,912 M | 28.84% | $1,950 M2.7% | -4.28% |
| 2018 | $84,524 M | 15.93% | $2,129 M2.5% | 9.19% |
Quarterly financial results
Vipshop posted $26,083.40 million in sales for 2018-Q4, a 46.28% up compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter income marked $688.67 million with a profit margin of 2.64%. Profit margin stepped up a 1.36% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 1.28%. When comparing sales to same quarter last year, Vipshop sales marked an exceptional growth and climbed a 603.07%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | $2,320 M | - | $80 M3.5% | - |
| 2017-Q2 | $2,550 M | 9.91% | $56 M2.2% | -29.79% |
| 2017-Q3 | $2,301 M | -9.75% | $51 M2.2% | -9.80% |
| 2017-Q4 | $3,710 M | 61.20% | $104 M2.8% | 103.72% |
| 2018-Q1 | $19,871 M | 435.61% | $530 M2.7% | 411.79% |
| 2018-Q2 | $20,738 M | 4.37% | $682 M3.3% | 28.68% |
| 2018-Q3 | $17,832 M | -14.02% | $229 M1.3% | -66.44% |
| 2018-Q4 | $26,083 M | 46.28% | $689 M2.6% | 201.06% |
Vipshop ownership
When you are planning to invest in shares of a stock, it's always 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 Vipshop, 8.45% of all outstanding shares are owned by its staff.
In case of Vipshop stock, 58.89% of its shares are held by institutions (mutual funds, pension funds, big banks and other large financial institutions). Bearish positions for VIPS stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to Vipshop:
| VIPS | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $10.4 B |
| Total shares | 670.5 M |
| Float shares | 427.8 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 58.9% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 8.5% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
Vipshop summary
| Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $15.15 |
| Close | $15.58 |
| Day range | $15.07 - $15.62 |
| Previous close | $14.98 |
| Session gain | 4.01% |
| Average true range | $1.20 |
| 50d mov avg | $14.06 |
| 100d mov avg | $13.80 |
| 200d mov avg | $11.22 |
| Daily pattern | lb11a |
| Weekly pattern | lt06a |
Vipshop performance
Stocks performance is always measured in comparision to the market or competitors and related stocks in the same industry. For Vipshop, the comparison is made against .| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIPSVipshop | 4.49% | 69.90% | 80.12% |
Vipshop competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as Vipshop competitor. This doesn't mean Vipshop does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest Vipshop stock news
- InvestorPlaceWhy Vipshop Holdings Stock Is Tanking TodayAugust 14, 2018
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- Seeking AlphaVipshop Holdings: Trade War Headwinds And Margin CompressionJuly 3, 2018
- Seeking AlphaVipshop: Was The Selloff An Overreaction Or Was It Justified?June 1, 2018