Why JD.com’s Sales Guidance Disappointed Investors
The stock of China (FXI) e-commerce giant JD.com (JD) fell 8.4% on Monday after the tech giant reported its weakest quarterly revenue growth since its initial public offering in 2014. JD.com, which is backed by Walmart (WMT), Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google, and China’s Tencent, reported better-than-expected earnings in its third quarter of 2018, which ended in September, but missed revenue estimates. The upbeat earnings came after the company posted robust sales growth in its tech services unit, which was almost double the growth rate of its general product sales.