The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data.
Revenue jumped 131% to 86.81 billion yuan ($12 billion) in the period, also comfortably beating expectations.
He is still the company’s biggest shareholder, with a stake of 25% stake, and ranks as China’s second richest man with a fortune of nearly $52 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Temu, PDD’s international app, was launched in 2022, and as of last November it had acquired nearly 17% of the US online discount store market, according to Earnest Analytics.
Last month, South Korean regulators investigated Temu on suspicion of false advertising and unfair ppractices, according to the Yonhap news agency.
Persons:
Nomura, PDD, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo, Alibaba’s Taobao, Morgan Stanley, ”, Lei Chen, Chen
Organizations:
Hong Kong CNN — PDD Holdings, Revenue, Nasdaq, Bloomberg, Data
Locations:
Hong Kong, Shanghai, “, PDD’s, Alibaba, Hangzhou, Beijing, China, European