
What smart money is saying about Meituan
3 funds in our archive have pitched Meituan — most recently Guinness Greater China Fund in December 2025.
Meituan operates an e-commerce platform for various services. It operates through Food Delivery; In-store, Hotel & Travel; and New Initiatives and Others segments. The Food delivery segment provides consumers place orders of food prepared by merchants. The In-store, Hotel & Travel segment offers consumers purchase local consumer services provided by merchants in numerous in-store categories or make reservations for hotels and attractions. The New Initiatives and Others segment sales goods from B2B food distribution services and Meituan grocery; and various businesses, such as Meituan Instashopping, community e-commerce, bike-sharing and electric mopeds, and micro-credit services. The company was formerly known as Meituan Dianping and changed its name to Meituan in October 2020. Meituan was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Fund coverage · 3 theses
- Guinness Greater China FundDecember 2025
Meituan is China’s leading food delivery platform with diversified services and potential earnings recovery and customer growth once subsidy competition eases.
Read the full thesis - Guinness Greater ChinaJune 2025
Meituan is China's largest food delivery platform, leveraging a strong network of merchants, customers, and drivers to withstand competitive pressures from JD.com and remain a favorable investment despite potential margin pressures.
Read the full thesis - Harding LoevnerDecember 2024
Meituan is a leading Chinese super-app that has improved its financial performance in 2024 by consolidating its food delivery and local services, launching a premium membership to attract cost-conscious users, and focusing on optimizing its core businesses amidst economic challenges.
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