Why PDD Holdings Inc. (PDD) Crashed Last Week

We recently published a list of These 10 Stocks Just Rocked The Market. In this article, we are going to take a look at where PDD Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PDD) stands against other stocks that just rocked the market.

PDD Holdings dropped its share prices by 19 percent last week as investor sentiment was weighed down by its dismal earnings performance in the first quarter of the year.

In its financial statement, PDD Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PDD) said net income attributable to shareholders declined by 47 percent to 14.74 billion yuan from the 27.99 billion yuan registered in the same period last year.

Total revenues, on the other hand, increased by 10 percent to 95.67 billion yuan from 86.8 billion yuan in the same comparable period.

Why PDD Holdings Inc. (PDD) Crashed Last Week

A close-up of a customer using the company’s e-commerce platform whilst shopping online.

“As communicated previously, a slowdown in growth rate is expected as our business scales and challenges emerge. This trend has been further accelerated by the changes in the external environment in the first quarter,” said PDD Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PDD) Vice President for Finance Jun Liu.

“Our financial results may continue to reflect the impact of sustained investments in the ecosystem as we support merchants and consumers through uncertain times,” she added.

PDD Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PDD) owns and operates the e-commerce platform Temu.

Overall, PDD ranks 4th on our list of stocks that just rocked the market. While we acknowledge the potential of PDD, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than PDD and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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