With 0.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.45 million shares. During the session, the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $131.34 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $129.67. The 52-week range on NTES shows that it touched its highest point at $130.70 and its lowest point at $75.85 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $139.72. With its current market cap of 83.51 billion, NTES has annualized dividend of $3.26 while the current yield stands at 2.48%. NTES paid its most recent dividend on 1748563200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1748563200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.67.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NTES was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.19%, but this was up by 26.97% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 25.78% while six-month performance rose 45.35%. The stock gained 39.87% in the past year, while it has gained 47.23% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NTES yields 6.96 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.80. For the next quarter, that number is 2.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 17.28% for this year and 4.05% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.79% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.50%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 644.49 million NTES shares are outstanding with a float of 635.59 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-15, short shares totaled 2.7 million, which was 43.0 higher than short shares on 1744675200. In addition to Mr. Lei Ding as the firm’s Founder, CEO & Director, Ms. Ying Li serves as its Head of Financial Reporting.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.12527001 of NTES’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, NTES reported revenue of $28828545000.0 and operating income of $10441159000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $10227366000.0 and diluted EPS was $16.05.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NTES since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 10 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With NTES analysts setting a high price target of 161.03612 and a low target of 114.017395, the average target price over the next 12 months is 140.73708. Based on these targets, NTES could surge 22.61% to reach the target high and fall by -13.19% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 7.15% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $50.50891 being high and $48.20322 being low. For NTES, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $49.35607.
