China's JD.com Is the New Amazon in the E-Commerce Jungle

This article was originally published by TheStreet on August 19, 2014

By Sarfaraz A. Khan

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- JD.com (JD_) , one of the biggest players in China's e-commerce market, posted its second-quarter results last week --its net loss increased by more than 20 times from the same period last year. Yet, its shares climbed by 2% when the markets opened on Monday.

Why? Because JD.com's business model makes it very familiar to anyone who knows Amazon (AMZN_) . JD.com sells a vast variety of products to consumers, often at lower prices than conventional brick and mortar stores. Hence JD.com's shares trade like those of Amazon, purely on growth. As long as JD.com manages to grow its revenues at a robust pace, its shares will likely continue going higher.

JD.com's shares have climbed 44% since its IPO in late-May, currently hovering around $30. For the third quarter, the company has forecast growth of between 55% and 61% from last year.

JD.com, Alibaba's Biggest Rival, Is Good But Not That Good

This article was originally published by Seeking Alpha on June 10, 2014

By Sarfaraz A. Khan. Research Asst. Ali Ilahi
 

JD.com, Alibaba’s biggest rival, recently was listed on Nasdaq. The company’s business model is closer to that of Amazon than Alibaba. Its strength lies in its fulfillment infrastructure and mobile. However, JD.com has its fair share of weaknesses.
 

China's biggest online direct sales company and the second largest e-commerce company after Alibaba, Jingdong, commonly known as JD.com, recently debuted on Nasdaq in a $1.78 billion IPO.
 

This was the third largest IPO in the U.S for the year and also the biggest IPO for any Chinese company trading on Nasdaq.