Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE:VIPS) Shares Bought by Yunqi Capital Ltd

Yunqi Capital Ltd raised its stake in Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE:VIPS) by 10.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,349,000 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 132,700 shares during the quarter. Vipshop makes up approximately 16.8% of Yunqi Capital Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Yunqi Capital Ltd’s holdings in Vipshop were worth $23,958,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VIPS. Lindbrook Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Vipshop by 56.4% in the fourth quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 1,963 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 708 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vipshop by 8.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 11,460 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $183,000 after buying an additional 905 shares in the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise increased its position in shares of Vipshop by 0.3% in the third quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 345,988 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,539,000 after buying an additional 988 shares in the last quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vipshop by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC now owns 38,052 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $676,000 after buying an additional 1,296 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vipshop by 65.6% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,692 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $66,000 after buying an additional 1,462 shares in the last quarter. 48.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on VIPS. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Vipshop from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $29.00 price target on shares of Vipshop in a research report on Thursday, February 29th. StockNews.com upgraded Vipshop from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, HSBC dropped their price target on Vipshop from $22.90 to $19.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $21.13.

Vipshop Trading Up 1.3 %

NYSE VIPS traded up $0.20 on Tuesday, reaching $15.80. 3,848,946 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,538,849. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $17.01 and its 200 day moving average price is $16.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.78 and a beta of 0.41. Vipshop Holdings Limited has a fifty-two week low of $13.80 and a fifty-two week high of $20.19.

Vipshop (NYSE:VIPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 28th. The technology company reported $5.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $5.15. The company had revenue of $34.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.18 billion. Vipshop had a return on equity of 23.19% and a net margin of 7.20%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.47 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Vipshop Holdings Limited will post 2.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Vipshop Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th were paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 14th. Vipshop’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.20%.

Vipshop Profile

Vipshop Holdings Limited operates online platforms in the People's Republic of China. It operates in Vip.com, Shan Shan Outlets, and Others segments. The company offers womenswear, menswear, sportswear, shoes and bags, accessories, baby and children products, skincare and cosmetics, home goods and other lifestyle products, and supermarket products.