How to buy NetEase stock | 87.57

NetEase, Inc is an internet content & information business based in the US. NetEase shares (NTES) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. NetEase employs 20,797 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of USD$61.4 billion.

How to buy shares in NetEase

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for NetEase. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NTES. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until NetEase reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$87.57, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of NetEase, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of NetEase. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted NetEase's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, NetEase's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$87.57, which is 74.62% down on its pre-crash value of USD$344.99 and 203.59% down on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$265.855.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of NetEase shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$905.36 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$265.34.

NetEase share price

Use our graph to track the performance of NTES stocks over time.

NetEase shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$87.57
52-week range	USD$86.1 - USD$517.65
50-day moving average	USD$92.6171
200-day moving average	USD$85.4509
Wall St. target price	USD$106.01
PE ratio	25.1965
Dividend yield	USD$1.19 (1.36%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$6.669

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Is it a good time to buy NetEase stock?

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NetEase price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $87.57 from 2020-10-22

1 week (2020-10-22)	87.57
1 month (2020-09-29)	-2.86%
3 months (2020-07-29)	-80.64%
6 months (2020-04-29)	-75.22%

1 year (2019-10-29)	-69.09%
2 years (2018-10-29)	-55.57%
3 years (2017-10-27)	-69.11%
5 years (2015-10-29)	-37.82%

Is NetEase under- or over-valued?

Valuing NetEase stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of NetEase's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

NetEase's P/E ratio

NetEase's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, NetEase shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

NetEase's PEG ratio

NetEase's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 68.15. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into NetEase's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

NetEase financials

Gross profit TTM	USD$31.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.9%
Return on equity TTM	20.46%
Profit margin	36.38%
Book value	$51.333
Market capitalisation	USD$61.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting NetEase shares

There are currently 2.0 million NetEase shares held short by investors – that's known as NetEase's "short interest". This figure is 1.6% up from 1.9 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting NetEase shares can be evaluated.

NetEase's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

NetEase's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of NetEase shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of NetEase shares traded daily (recently around 507884.15584416). NetEase's SIR currently stands at 3.85. In other words for every 100,000 NetEase shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3850 shares are currently held short.

However NetEase's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of NetEase shares, or, against the total number of tradable NetEase shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case NetEase's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 NetEase shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable NetEase shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against NetEase.

Find out more about how you can short NetEase stock.

NetEase's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like NetEase.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

NetEase's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 17.05

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and NetEase's overall score of 17.05 (as at 03/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 16th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like NetEase is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

NetEase's environmental score

Environmental score: 0.86/100

NetEase's environmental score of 0.86 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that NetEase is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

NetEase's social score

Social score: 7.49/100

NetEase's social score of 7.49 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that NetEase is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

NetEase's governance score

Governance score: 7.42/100

NetEase's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that NetEase is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

NetEase's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. NetEase scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that NetEase has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

NetEase, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-03-01.

Total ESG score	17.05
Total ESG percentile	15.54
Environmental score	0.86
Environmental score percentile	1
Social score	7.49
Social score percentile	1
Governance score	7.42
Governance score percentile	1
Level of controversy	2

NetEase share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 8.14% of net profits

Recently NetEase has paid out, on average, around 8.14% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.36% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), NetEase shareholders could enjoy a 1.36% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In NetEase's case, that would currently equate to about $1.19 per share.

While NetEase's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that NetEase is investing more in its future growth.

NetEase's most recent dividend payout was on 18 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 27 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have NetEase's shares ever split?

NetEase's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 2 October 2020. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your NetEase shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for NetEase shares which in turn could have impacted NetEase's share price.

NetEase share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, NetEase's shares have ranged in value from as little as $86.1 up to $517.65. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while NetEase's is 0.6834. This would suggest that NetEase's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

NetEase overview

NetEase, Inc., an Internet technology company, provides online services focusing on content, community, communication, and commerce in the Peoples' Republic of China and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Online Games Services, Youdao, and Innovative Businesses and Others. It develops and operates PC-client and mobile games, as well as offers games licensed from other game developers. The company's products and services include Youdao Dictionary, an online knowledge tool; Youdao Cloudnote, a notetaking tool; smart devices, such as Youdao Smart Pen, Youdao Dictionary Pen, and Youdao Pocket Translator; online courses; interactive learning apps; and enterprise services, such as Youdao Smart Cloud, a cloud-based platform that helps third-party app developers, smart device brands, and manufacturers to access its advanced optical character recognition capability and neural machine translation engine. Its products and services also include NetEase Cloud Music, a music streaming platform; Yanxuan, an e-commerce platform, which sells private label products, including consumer electronics, food, apparel, homeware, kitchenware, and other general merchandise; NetEase Media, an Internet media service; NetEase Mail, an email service; CC Live streaming, a live streaming platform with a focus on game broadcasting; and NetEase Pay, a payment platform. The company was formerly known as NetEase.com, Inc. and changed its name to NetEase, Inc. in March 2012. NetEase, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of NetEase is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.549% of NetEase shares are held by insiders and 51.657% by institutions.

• How many people work for NetEase?

  Latest data suggests 20,797 work at NetEase.

• When does the fiscal year end for NetEase?

  NetEase's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is NetEase based?

  NetEase's address is: NetEase Building, Hangzhou, China, 310052

• What is NetEase's ISIN number?

  NetEase's international securities identification number is: US64110W1027

• What is NetEase's CUSIP number?

  NetEase's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 64110W102