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Pinduoduo (PDD) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

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Pinduoduo Inc.’s (PDD - Free Report) fourth-quarter 2020 results are likely to reflect strength across its e-commerce business.

For the fourth quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales is pegged at $2.93 billion, indicating growth of 88.7% from the prior-year quarter’s reported figure.

Further, the consensus mark for the bottom line stands at a loss per share of 11 cents per share. Notably, the company reported a loss of 20 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.

Pinduoduo surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters and missed the same once, the average surprise being 18.31%.

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Factors to Note

The boom in the online retail market, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, is expected to have remained a tailwind for the company in the quarter to be reported. Increasing online shopping is expected to have driven growth in its annual active buyer base in the fourth quarter.

Further, Pinduoduo’s strengthening efforts toward the integration of online traffic with offline retail experiences are likely to get reflected in the to-be-reported quarter’s results.

Furthermore, the company’s live-streaming service, which allows customers to verify products properly with the aid of product demonstrations and answer to the product-related queries and lets merchants share their personal experience and interact with users, is expected to have delivered an enhanced shopping experience.

This, in turn, is likely to have bolstered the customer base of the company in the quarter under review.

Apart from these, the growing traction of Duo Duo Maicai, which offers a complementary experience to customers, is expected to have contributed well.

Further, solid advertising demand from merchants on the company’s platform is anticipated tohave continued benefiting the company’s fourth-quarter performance.

However, the impacts of the uncertainties related to the coronavirus pandemic are likely to get reflected in the company’s fourth-quarter results.

Accelerating costs related to the coronavirus outbreak are anticipated to have negatively impacted the margin expansion of the company in the to-be-reported quarter. Moreover, increasing payment processing fees, higher costs for cloud services and expenses associated with online marketing services are expected to have remained concerning.

What Our Model Says

Our proven model doesn’t conclusively predict an earnings beat for Pinduoduo this time around. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

Pinduoduo has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).

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