Company data sheet · Temu (PDD)

Temu (PDD): five lost years, and the economy wasn't the reason.

Industry
Business Services
Headquarters
China
Ticker
PDD (Nasdaq)
Sources
SEC filings (2018–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for China
Data as of
October 18, 2026
  1. From profit to five straight losses. Temu (PDD) lost money every year from 2016 to 2020: CN¥25.2 billion in all. 2021 was its first profit in six years: CN¥7.8 billion.
  2. It outgrew its own economy many times over. Revenue rose from CN¥0.5 billion in 2016 to CN¥432 billion in 2025: 855.4 times as much. China's economy, counted the same way in money terms, grew about 83%. Whatever drove it, the economy around it does not account for growth of that size.
  3. It wasn't the cycle. The losses began in 2016, a year China economy grew 6.8%. When a company falls while its economy grows, look inside the company first.
  4. Ahead of almost everyone like it. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue grew 81154% in US dollars; the median among 58 large service companies grew 90%. It outgrew 98% of them.

Financial results

Fiscal yearRevenueNet income
2016CN¥0.5 billion−CN¥0.3 billion
2017CN¥1.7 billion−CN¥0.5 billion
2018CN¥13.1 billion−CN¥10.2 billion
2019CN¥30.1 billion−CN¥7 billion
2020CN¥59.5 billion−CN¥7.2 billion
2021CN¥93.9 billionCN¥7.8 billion
2022CN¥131 billionCN¥31.5 billion
2023CN¥248 billionCN¥60 billion
2024CN¥394 billionCN¥112 billion
2025CN¥432 billionCN¥97.8 billion

As reported in its annual filings, in CNY. Losses in red.

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