JD.com
JD.com's revenue rose 13.0% to CN¥1.3 trillion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 0.2%, down from 3.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was CN¥11.2 billion, down 78.8%. It paid out CN¥31.8 billion in dividends and buybacks, 285% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2019 to 2025, earnings per share grew 7.8% a year and net income 11.7% a year, with the share count about the same.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 185.3 | 220.0 | 190.1 | 234.0 | 213.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 13.9 | 22.4 | 15.4 | 39.3 | 49.7 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −171.5 | −197.6 | −174.7 | −194.7 | −163.5 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −16.5x | −7.3x | −5.1x | −4.1x | −13.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 3.4x | 9.4x | 9.0x | 13.4x | 1.0x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.0x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 0.9x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −5.9% | −2.0% | 0.6% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 258.3 | 362.3 | 462.0 | 576.9 | 745.8 | 951.6 | 1,046.2 | 1,084.7 | 1,158.8 | 1,309.1 |
| Revenue growth | 42.7% | 40.3% | 27.5% | 24.9% | 29.3% | 27.6% | 9.9% | 3.7% | 6.8% | 13.0% |
| Gross profit | 35.4 | 50.8 | 66.0 | 84.4 | 109.1 | 129.1 | 147.1 | 159.7 | 183.9 | 210.0 |
| Research and development | — | 6.7 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 22.2 |
| Operating income | −1.3 | −0.8 | −2.6 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 19.7 | 26.0 | 38.7 | 2.8 |
| Net income | −3.8 | −0.0 | −2.8 | 11.9 | 49.3 | −4.5 | 9.7 | 23.3 | 44.7 | 23.1 |
| Diluted EPS (CNY) | −1.36 | −0.05 | −0.87 | 4.11 | 15.84 | −1.15 | 3.21 | 7.61 | 13.43 | 6.45 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 2,805 | 2,912 | 2,878 | 2,967 | 3,109 | 3,107 | 3,181 | 3,170 | 3,076 | 2,978 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 8.2 | 26.9 | 20.9 | 24.8 | 42.5 | 42.3 | 57.8 | 59.5 | 58.1 | 19.0 |
| Capital expenditure | 1.4 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 7.8 |
| Free cash flow | 6.9 | 23.6 | 13.5 | 22.2 | 39.2 | 36.7 | 52.3 | 55.5 | 52.7 | 11.2 |
| Dividends paid | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 10.4 |
| Share buybacks | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 25.9 | 21.4 |
| Acquisitions | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| Stock-based compensation | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 22.1 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 61.6 | 146.7 | 185.3 | 220.0 | 190.1 | 234.0 | 213.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 8.7 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 22.4 | 15.4 | 39.3 | 49.7 |
| Total assets | 160.4 | 184.1 | 209.2 | 259.7 | 422.3 | 496.5 | 595.2 | 629.0 | 698.2 | 695.2 |
| Total liabilities | 119.2 | 131.7 | 132.3 | 159.1 | 200.7 | 249.7 | 321.1 | 332.6 | 384.9 | 401.4 |
| Shareholders' equity | 33.9 | 52.0 | 59.8 | 81.9 | 187.5 | 208.9 | 213.4 | 231.9 | 239.3 | 225.0 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.6% | 14.6% | 13.6% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 15.9% | 16.0% |
| Operating margin | −0.5% | −0.2% | −0.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 0.2% |
| Net margin | −1.5% | −0.0% | −0.6% | 2.1% | 6.6% | −0.5% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 1.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.7% | 6.5% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 3.9% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 0.8% |
| Return on capital | — | −1.8% | −7.9% | 27.0% | 23.8% | 4.5% | 18.4% | 19.4% | 28.1% | 2.0% |
| Return on equity | −11.8% | −0.0% | −5.0% | 16.8% | 36.6% | −2.2% | 4.6% | 10.4% | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | −3.1% | −0.0% | −1.4% | 5.1% | 14.5% | −1.0% | 1.8% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 3.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −6.2x | −8.2x | −11.2x | −3.7x | −7.3x | −16.5x | −7.3x | −5.1x | −4.1x | −13.1x |