Key Considerations for JD.com Investors

By Tamara Parker • Sunday, June 23 15:13 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about JD.com over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Retail stock at a price of $28.1? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

JD.com has moved -19.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.2%
JD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -33.9% away from its mean target price of $42.51 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.18
JD.com has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.9 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.64 and its forward P/E ratio is 7.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.19 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.59
JD.com is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.06 and an average P/B of 3.18
JD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 15.4% and gross profit margins of 0.1%
The company has a free cash flow of $33.92 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
JD.com, Inc. operates as a supply chain-based technology and service provider 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 and integrated service platform; leasing of storage facilities and related management services; 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; and technology-driven supply chain solutions and logistics services. 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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