Qudian is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, variable interest entities (VIEs) and subsidiaries of the VIEs, Co. is principally engaged in the operation of online platforms to provide small consumer credit products in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The operations of Co. are organized into two segments, consisting of installment credit services and e-commerce sales services. Installment credit services represent online installment credit business, including cash installment credit services, merchandise installment credit services and transaction services. Co.'s e-commerce sales include the sales of goods to end customers through internet platforms. We show 1 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our QD shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute QD market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing QD market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing QD's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of QD versus a peer is one thing; comparing
QD market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like QD can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching QD by allowing them to research the QD market cap history. |
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