On Friday, Vipshop stock reached an important technical milestone, seeing its Relative Strength (RS) Rating jump into the 90-plus percentile with an improvement to 92, up from 89 the day before.
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Is Vipshop Stock A Buy?
Vipshop stock retook its 200-day moving average, but is not currently offering a proper buying opportunity. See if the stock goes on to form a promising consolidation that could kick off a new climb.
While the Chinese online retailer's top line growth fell last quarter from -2% to -8%, earnings-per-share grew -11%, up from -26% in the previous report.
Vipshop stock holds the No. 3 rank among its peers in the Retail-Internet industry group. Pinduoduo and JD.com are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group. For more industry news, check out "Retail Industry News And Stocks To Watch."