{"id":68540,"date":"2018-03-06T19:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=68540"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T21:20:36","slug":"jd-com-posts-another-loss-stock-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/jd-com-posts-another-loss-stock-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"JD.com posts another loss, stock falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Charlene Zhang<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. (NYSC: JD) dropped 5 percent Monday after the release of continuing sluggish results on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The company reported a fourth quarter net loss of $139.7 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, down 27.9 percent compared to the same period year earlier. Technology-heavy investments in an artificial intelligence initiative with Stanford University and in big-data cloud-based solutions hiked expenses by 74.5 percent to $300 million.<\/p>\n<p>But revenue jumped to $16.9 billion, up 38.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Delivery technologies including drones, robots and automated warehouses will put JD Logistics at the forefront of &#8220;operational efficiency and technical sophistication,&#8221; said CEO Richard Liu in a conference call.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chief Finance Officer Sidney Huang said in the press release, &#8220;In 2018, we will continue to prioritize investments in technology, user experience and expanding the JD ecosystem to bring more value to our customers and business partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JD continued to expand its high-end fashion offering in 2017, including partnering with Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, buying a significant stake in global luxury fashion site Farfetch, and jointly investing in leading online fashion retailer Vipshop Holdings with Tencent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think sales and contributions from apparel will increase due to the return of some apparel customers, the tie-up with Vipshop and Meili, and the expansion in the luxury business,&#8221; Chelsey Tam, analyst at Morningstar Equity Research predicted in an email after the conference call.<\/p>\n<p>Huang said in the conference call that he expects the non-GAAP net margin to be between 1 percent and 2 percent in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will come from increasing scale in the core e-commerce and third-party business, operating leverage of new businesses like JD Logistics third-party business,&#8221; Tam added. <\/p>\n<p>JD reported its annual net revenue of $55.7 billion, up 40.3 percent year over year, and swung to net income of $18 million, or 1 cent per diluted share, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The stock closed at $43.80, down $2.41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. 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