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About: Vipshop is a Leading Chinese online discount retailer offering branded products at attractive discounts ranging from 10%-90% off their original price through daily flash sales. It operates warehousing, retailing, product procurements, software development, and information technology support in-house while outsourcing to third-party logistics providers for distribution and shipments. Branded products on Vipshop's platform are sourced mostly through a consignment model with over 29,000 global partners as of Dec. 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2024, Eric Ya Shen, chairman and CEO, has 63.1% voting rights and a 30.9% stake while Arthur Xiaobo Hong, vice chairman and COO, has a 17.6% stake. Leading Chinese social media firm and strategic shareholder Tencent also holds an 11.8% interest.
Employees: 14,638
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
38% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 40 | Existing positions closed: 29
10% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q3] → 11 (+1) [Q4]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 260 [Q3] → 268 (+8) [Q4]
2.5% more ownership
Funds ownership: 299.46% [Q3] → 301.95% (+2.5%) [Q4]
11% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $28.5M | Put options by funds: $32.1M
12% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.28B [Q3] → $3.78B (-$506M) [Q4]
29% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 82 | Existing positions reduced: 115
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
Citigroup Alicia Yap 48% 1-year accuracy 14 / 29 met price target | 44%upside $18 | Neutral Downgraded | 1 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Jiong Shao 44% 1-year accuracy 15 / 34 met price target | 61%upside $20 | Overweight Maintained | 25 Feb 2025 |
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