Why Are People Talking About Investing in NTES?

By Scott Lee • Tuesday, January 30 09:51 • Permanent Link

NetEase sank -2.0% this morning, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

NetEase has logged a 12.1% 52 week change, compared to 20.9% for the S&P 500
NTES has an average analyst rating of buy and is -28.82% away from its mean target price of $136.69 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.79, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 16.8. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 35.0
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $7.3 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.52 in contrast to the Technology sector's average P/B ratio is 7.92
The current ratio is currently 2.3, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
NTES has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 18.7% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $3.71 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 18.9%
NetEase's revenues have an average growth rate of 11.4% with operating expenses growing at 13.5%. The company's current operating margins stand at 20.3%

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