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PDD PDD

Consumer Discretionary · Business Services
$78.61−0.85% dayFri Oct 30 close

In a deep dip: 43% below its 52-week high.

A quality company. No fair value estimate for now: the model’s result is too extreme to stand behind.

Deep dipReports Nov 17
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Fair value est.
n/a
Market Value
—
Off 52-wk high
−43%
Risk vs market
Below marketbeta 0.83

5 bullish · 4 bearish See why

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Key levels

Every level vs today’s $78.61

  1. 52-wk lowlowest close, 1 year$73.30−6.8%
  2. PriceFri Oct 30 close$78.61you are here
  3. 52-wk highhighest close, 1 year$138.13+75.7%

Fair value estimate

Estimate unreliable for PDD: the model gives 322% above the price, more than we can stand behind (usually peak-cycle cash flow, heavy debt, or cash flows that include customer or loan balances). We’d rather show nothing than a made-up number.

What the price implies To be worth today’s price, PDD’s free cash flow would need to shrink about 10% a year for five years; our estimate uses 15%.

Risk vs market

How risk vs market is measured

One year of daily returns (Oct 30 to Oct 30, 252 sessions). Beta = how much PDD moved for each 1% move in the S&P 500 (SPY); 1.0 moves with the market. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns. Past behavior, not a forecast.

Below market

Moves a bit less than the market, and its own price swings are 2.6× the S&P 500’s.

Beta vs S&P 500
0.83
Volatility
33% vs 13% SPY
Correlation SPY
0.32
Correlation QQQ
0.24

Bull vs bear

Rule-based from the data on this page, strongest first. Not advice.

Top bullish points 5 of 5

  1. GrowthSales compounded 49% a year from FY2022 to FY2025.

  2. ValuationP/E of 7.9× vs a 20.9× median for the 169 Consumer Discretionary companies we cover.

  3. ProfitabilityReturn on equity of 27% over the last 12 months.

  4. TechnicalA company that passes our quality screen, now 43% off its 52-week high (deep dip).

  5. QualityPasses all four of our quality checks: cash generation, returns on capital, growth and balance sheet.

Top bearish points 4 of 5

  1. GrowthSales growth slowed to 10% over the last 12 months, from 49% a year over the prior three fiscal years.

  2. ProfitabilityGross margin narrowed to 56.3% in FY2025 from 63.0% in FY2023 (SEC filings).

  3. ProfitabilityReturn on equity fell 8 points in two fiscal years, to 24% in FY2025.

  4. ProfitabilityOperating margin narrowed to 21.6% in FY2025 from 23.7% in FY2023 (SEC filings).

Who’s talking about it

Notable investors, executives, analysts and public figures on PDD in the last 48 hours. Headlines as published, each linked. Their words, not ours.

No notable mentions in the last 48 hours. Checked Nov 1, 9:09 PM ET.

Compare with peers

Closest in size in Business Services

All fundamentals

P/E 7.9 · ROE 27% · Sales +10%

Valuation

P/E
7.9×Consumer Discretionary median 20.9×
Price / FCF
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
FCF yield
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
EV / EBITDA
n/aD&A or debt not tagged in SEC data
Price / sales
1.79×
Price / book
1.87×
Market cap
$117Bprice × diluted shares
Enterprise value
n/anot reported in its SEC filings

Growth

Revenue, 12 months
$65.0B
Sales growth, 12 months
+9.7%vs the 12 months before
Sales growth, 3 yrs
+49.0%/yrfrom FY2022
Diluted EPS, 12 months
$16.50
EPS growth, last FY
−13.2%
Net income, 12 months
$14.7B
Net income growth
−13%12 months vs before

Profitability

Gross margin
56.3%
Operating margin
21.6%
Net margin
22.7%
FCF margin
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Return on equity
27%
Return on invested capital
n/aoperating income, debt, equity or cash not tagged

Balance sheet

Cash & short-term inv.
$63.6B
Total debt
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Net cash
n/acash or debt not tagged in SEC data
Debt / equity
n/adebt or equity not tagged in SEC data
Interest coverage
n/ainterest expense not tagged in SEC data

Cash flow & returns

Free cash flow, 12 months
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
FCF growth, 12 months
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Dividend yield
0%
Payout ratio
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Buybacks, 12 months
n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Share count, 1 year
n/ano quarterly diluted share count
Stock-based comp
$1.2B

Trailing 12 months to Dec 31, 2025; balance sheet at Dec 31, 2025. From PDD’s SEC filings, reported in CNY and converted to US dollars. Sparklines show up to six fiscal years. n/a means we don’t hold that number, with the reason. How each is computed.

Valuation details

FCF value $1,930

How

Market ValueNo thesis-changing filing in the window we track
—
Fair value estimaten/a — the model gives 322% above the price, more than we can stand behind (usually peak-cycle cash flow, heavy debt, or cash flows that include customer or loan balances)
n/a
FCF valuePrice at a 4% yield on trailing free cash flow ($110.8B)
$1,930price −96%

Setup & signals

No setup armed

All setups

No setup armed, so there’s no trigger or stop to track yet. We watch it daily for our three reversal signal rules while it sits in a dip.

Momentum & 52-week range

RSI 46 · 5 days −0.5%
$78.61now
52-wk low $73.30high $138.13
Off 52-wk high−43.1%
5 days−0.5%
vs 50-day avg−2.1%
vs 200-day avg−13.7%
RSI (14)46
Market cap$113B

The business

FCF $110.8B · Sales +8%
  • Free cash flow, 12 months$110.8B
  • Free-cash-flow yield98.2%
  • Free-cash-flow margin25%
  • Gross margin56%
  • Operating margin22%
  • Return on invested capital17%
  • Return on equity23%
  • Sales growth (latest quarter vs year-ago quarter)+8%
  • Net debt / EBITDA−1.0×

Next report

Nov 17

Calendar

  • DateTue Nov 17
  • Consensus EPS$2.60
  • Year-ago EPS$2.77
  • QuarterSep/2026

From Nasdaq’s earnings calendar. A report resets Market Value.

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