Somewhat Positive News Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect JD.Com (JD) Stock Price

Headlines about JD.Com (NASDAQ:JD) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. JD.Com earned a news impact score of 0.08 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the information services provider an impact score of 46.7225172033459 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

These are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern’s scoring:

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A number of equities analysts have recently commented on JD shares. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of JD.Com in a research report on Friday, March 2nd. ValuEngine lowered shares of JD.Com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 9th. JPMorgan Chase reduced their target price on shares of JD.Com from $50.00 to $48.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 5th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of JD.Com from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $50.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 14th. Finally, Vetr lowered shares of JD.Com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $48.78 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, January 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $50.35.

JD.Com traded up $0.57, hitting $36.28, during trading on Monday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. 9,484,264 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 13,351,558. The firm has a market cap of $42.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,628.00, a PEG ratio of 5.61 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. JD.Com has a 1 year low of $34.88 and a 1 year high of $50.68.

JD.Com (NASDAQ:JD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 8th. The information services provider reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.73. The company had revenue of $100.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $98.92 billion. JD.Com had a net margin of 0.31% and a return on equity of 3.62%. JD.Com’s revenue was up 33.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.03 earnings per share. analysts anticipate that JD.Com will post 0.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About JD.Com

JD.com, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an e-commerce company in the People's Republic of China. The company operates in two segments, JD Mall and New Businesses. It sells mobile handsets, consumer electronics products, and auto parts and accessories; home appliances; and general merchandise products directly to customers through its Website jd.com and mobile applications.