JD.com (NasdaqGS:JD) has been grinding lower over the past month, and that slide is catching value hunters attention. The stock is now trading well below many estimates of fair value, inviting a closer look.
See our latest analysis for JD.com.
Zooming out, the recent pullback continues a weaker trend, with a 90 day share price return of negative 12.56% and a 1 year total shareholder return of negative 18.77%, suggesting sentiment is still cautious despite JD.com’s underlying performance.
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With JD.com still growing earnings double digits and trading at a steep discount to analyst targets and estimated intrinsic value, the key question now is whether this weakness is a buying opportunity or the market correctly pricing in slower future growth.
Based on the most followed narrative, JD.com’s fair value of $45.26 sits well above the last close at $29.44, framing a sizable upside gap.
Ongoing investments in logistics, automation, and supply chain optimization (including adoption of AI and unmanned logistics) continue to reduce procurement costs, improve fulfillment efficiencies, and expand margins in the core retail segment, supporting further gross margin and operating margin expansion over the long term.
Curious how tempered revenue growth, slim margins, and a richer future earnings multiple still add up to that upside case, and what long term cash flows the narrative is baking in?
Result: Fair Value of $45.26 (UNDERVALUED)
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However, intensifying competition and rising logistics costs could squeeze margins and slow earnings, challenging assumptions behind JD.com’s current undervaluation narrative.
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