What happened iQIYI (NASDAQ: IQ) shareholders outperformed a rising market last month. Shares rose 16% in February compared to a 2.6% gain in the S&P 500, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The boost kept the volatile stock in positive territory, but shares are still trailing the market since last March. Image source: Getty Images. So what The Chinese streaming video platform reported fourth-quarter results last month that showed a few challenges to its growth model. While global streaming giants like Netflix saw strong growth, iQIYI reported its second straight quarter of declining sales as subscriber numbers fell. Now what Management is predicting a third consecutive quarterly subscriber drop to start fiscal 2021 due to challenging conditions in the Chinese market. The business could rebound in the following quarters, especially as content production scales back up. CEO Yu Gong told investors the scarcity of new content played a big role in depressing user engagement in late 2020. That trend should improve, Gong said, as vaccine distribution widens through the rest of the year. 10 stocks we like better than iQiyiWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and iQiyi wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of February 24, 2021 Demitri Kalogeropoulos owns shares of Netflix. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Netflix. The Motley Fool recommends iQiyi. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source