What Should Investors Know About JD.com (JD) Stock?

By Kim Brooks • Wednesday, December 20 16:17 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was JD.com. Shares of the Retail company plunged -4.2%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $26.43 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

JD.com has moved -52.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.9%
JD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -41.0% away from its mean target price of $44.8 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.11
JD.com has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.29 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.18 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
JD.com is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
JD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 40.4% and gross profit margins of 0.1%
The company has a free cash flow of $24.01 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
JD.com, Inc. provides supply chain-based technologies and services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers computers, communication, and consumer electronics products, as well as home appliances; and general merchandise products comprising food, beverage and fresh produce, baby and maternity products, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care items, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, industrial products, books, automobile accessories, apparel and footwear, bags, and jewelry. It also provides online marketplace services for third-party merchants; marketing services; and omni-channel solutions to customers and offline retailers, as well as online healthcare services. In addition, the company develops, owns, and manages its logistics facilities and other real estate properties to support third parties; offers asset management services for logistics property investors and the sale of development properties; and engages in online retail business. Further, it provides integrated data, technology, business, and user management industry solutions to support the digitization of enterprises and institutions. The company was formerly known as 360buy Jingdong Inc. and changed its name to JD.com, Inc. in January 2014. JD.com, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

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