Labubu popularity concerns hit Pop Mart stock hard
Pop Mart shares on Monday suffered their biggest intraday drop since April as fears mounted that Labubu’s success was running out of steam. The Hong Kong-listed shares of the Beijing-based toy company fell as much as 8.96% in early trading before closing down 6.4%. The declines took the stock’s losses to about 10% since Monday last week, though it remains up more than 180% year-to-date. Data from Chinese resale platform Dewu showed a cotton-candy-colored Labubu keychain had dropped 30% to 160 RMB ($22) over two months. JPMorgan downgraded its rating to neutral and cut its target price 25% to 300 Hong Kong dollars ($39).