On Tuesday, Citi reaffirmed its Buy rating on Vipshop Holdings (NYSE:VIPS) stock with a steady price target of $17.00. The firm's analysis followed Vipshop's second-quarter earnings report, which showed a modest outperformance.
Vipshop's total net revenue decreased by 4% year-over-year to 26.9 billion yuan, which was at the lower end of the company's guidance range of 26.5-27.9 billion yuan and slightly above the estimated 26.6 billion yuan by both the firm and the consensus.
Vipshop's active customer count fell by 3% year-over-year to 44.3 million, while the total number of orders dropped by 7.5% year-over-year to 197.8 million. The company's Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) remained unchanged from the previous year at 50.6 billion yuan.
The non-GAAP net income saw a 10% decline year-over-year to 2.2 billion yuan, which was marginally higher than the firm's and consensus estimates of 2.15 billion yuan and 2.16 billion yuan, respectively.
The slight increase in net income was attributed to a higher Gross Profit Margin (GpM) and lower-than-anticipated Sales & Marketing (S&M) and General & Administrative (G&A) expenses. However, this was partially negated by increased costs in fulfillment and Research & Development (R&D).
Looking ahead, Vipshop provided guidance for third-quarter 2024 revenue in the range of 20.5-21.6 billion yuan, which represents a decrease of 10% to 5% year-over-year.
The mid-point of this guidance falls 5% and 8% below the firm's and consensus revenue estimates of 22.2 billion yuan and 22.8 billion yuan, respectively. This guidance was characterized by the firm as conservative.
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