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Alibaba (BABA)

Market Price (9/13/2025): $155.11 | Market Cap: $360.0 Bil
Sector: Consumer Discretionary | Industry: Broadline Retail

Alibaba (BABA)

Market Price (9/13/2025): $155.11
Market Cap: $360.0 Bil
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Broadline Retail

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 41%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 36%, FCF Yield is 42%		 Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -0.2%, Dist 3Y High is -0.2%		 
1 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -51%		  
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 151 Bil, FCF LTM is 151 Bil		  
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 50%		  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 41%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 36%, FCF Yield is 42%
1 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -51%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 151 Bil, FCF LTM is 151 Bil
3 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 50%
4 Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -0.2%, Dist 3Y High is -0.2%

Market Valuation

 9/13/25202420232022
Share Price CYE$155.11$83.39$74.61$83.67
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)360.0193.7187.8217.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)232.1248.1205.6195.6
Total Cash ($ Bil)416.4428.1571.0524.5
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)175.7441.8393.4413.2
Valuation Ratios    
P/S TTM0.40.20.20.3
P/EBIT TTM2.01.21.62.2
P/E TTM2.51.52.43.2
Sector Ratios    
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.80.90.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.46.97.05.5
P/E TTM (Sector)9.78.18.97.3
 9/13/252024
Share Price CYE$155.11$83.39
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)360.0193.7
Total Debt ($ Bil)232.1248.1
Total Cash ($ Bil)416.4428.1
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)175.7441.8
Valuation Ratios  
P/S TTM0.40.2
P/EBIT TTM2.01.2
P/E TTM2.51.5
Sector Ratios  
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.46.9
P/E TTM (Sector)9.78.1

Market Cap Chart

Business Description

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through four segments: Core Commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. The company operates Taobao Marketplace, a social commerce platform; Tmall, a third-party online and mobile commerce platform for brands and retailers; Alimama, a monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; and Tmall Global and Kaola, which are import e-commerce platforms. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
BABA Return10%-49%-26%-11%12%86%-33%
Peers Return90%25%-44%25%25%29%167%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%101%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: GOOGL, AMZN, EBAY, ETSY, CPNG. See BABA Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

Interactive Breakdown

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Financials

BABAGOOGLAMZNEBAYETSYCPNGMedian
NameAlibaba Alphabet Amazon.c.eBay Etsy Coupang  
Mkt Price155.06240.80228.1590.8058.9432.41122.93
Mkt Cap359.92,919.02,426.842.46.158.9209.4
Rev LTM1,000,763371,399670,03810,3122,83832,263201,831
Op Inc LTM146,075121,37076,1902,30339872439,246
FCF LTM150,54566,72813,4812,1286357777,804
FCF 3Y Avg177,55266,20321,6771,9486601,11911,812
CFO LTM150,545133,708121,1372,5866901,90961,862
CFO 3Y Avg177,552112,63696,9772,4237052,02549,700

Growth & Margins

BABAGOOGLAMZNEBAYETSYCPNGMedian
NameAlibaba Alphabet Amazon.c.eBay Etsy Coupang  
Rev Chg LTM5.3%13.1%10.9%1.5%2.4%18.7%8.1%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg5.5%10.2%11.3%0.2%5.6%17.6%7.9%
Rev Chg Q1.8%13.8%13.3%1.1%3.8%16.4%8.6%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM0.4%3.2%3.0%0.3%0.9%3.9%2.0%
Op Mgn LTM14.6%32.7%11.4%22.3%14.0%2.2%14.3%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg13.5%29.4%7.9%21.6%13.4%1.7%13.5%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.2%0.0%0.3%-0.2%0.1%0.5%0.1%
CFO/Rev LTM15.0%36.0%18.1%25.1%24.3%5.9%21.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg18.9%34.1%15.8%24.0%25.5%7.6%21.4%
FCF/Rev LTM15.0%18.0%2.0%20.6%22.4%2.4%16.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg18.9%20.3%3.5%19.3%23.9%4.3%19.1%

Valuation

BABAGOOGLAMZNEBAYETSYCPNGMedian
NameAlibaba Alphabet Amazon.c.eBay Etsy Coupang  
Mkt Cap359.92,919.02,426.842.46.158.9209.4
P/S0.47.93.64.12.11.82.9
P/EBIT2.020.828.516.114.562.318.5
P/E2.525.334.420.837.1161.329.8
P/CFO2.421.820.016.48.830.818.2
Total Yield40.7%4.3%2.9%6.1%2.7%0.6%3.6%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.3%0.0%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg84.8%3.5%1.1%6.9%9.5%3.0%5.2%
D/E0.60.00.10.20.50.10.1
Net D/E-0.5-0.00.00.10.3-0.0-0.0

Returns

BABAGOOGLAMZNEBAYETSYCPNGMedian
NameAlibaba Alphabet Amazon.c.eBay Etsy Coupang  
1M Rtn22.2%19.3%1.6%-9.6%-15.9%13.8%7.7%
3M Rtn37.4%38.0%7.6%17.7%5.3%15.3%16.5%
6M Rtn11.7%45.8%15.3%40.1%29.1%44.0%34.6%
12M Rtn84.4%56.4%22.0%46.0%13.9%36.8%41.4%
3Y Rtn82.5%132.4%79.9%125.1%-44.9%83.9%83.2%
1M Excs Rtn20.4%17.5%-0.2%-11.4%-17.7%12.0%5.9%
3M Excs Rtn24.0%28.3%-1.9%8.7%-9.5%5.6%7.1%
6M Excs Rtn-5.3%29.0%-1.6%23.7%13.5%26.9%18.6%
12M Excs Rtn68.3%42.9%7.3%33.3%-7.7%21.1%27.2%
3Y Excs Rtn14.7%56.1%10.8%50.3%-110.5%26.0%20.4%

Financials

$ Mil | FY: 3/312026Q12025Q42025Q32025Q22025Q12024Q42024Q32024Q22024Q12023Q42023Q32023Q2
Period End6/30/20253/31/202512/31/20249/30/20246/30/20243/31/202412/31/20239/30/20236/30/20233/31/202312/31/20229/30/2022
Filing Date8/29/20256/26/20252/20/202511/18/20248/15/20245/23/20242/7/202411/16/20238/10/20237/21/20232/23/202311/17/2022
Key Financials Quarterly            
Total Revenue247,652236,454280,154236,503243,236221,874260,348224,790234,156208,200247,756207,176
Ebitda53,51921,80259,00152,54638,03819,80937,55142,54246,33319,04257,53930,810
Operating Income34,98828,46547,37635,24635,98914,76531,00133,58444,52115,24037,74525,137
Net Income40,64912,55949,12744,03324,3903,36514,55527,84734,24223,64446,913-20,433
EPS18.565.3621.0418.5610.081.365.7610.8813.449.1218.00-7.76
Key Financials TTM            
Total Revenue TTM1,000,763996,347981,767961,961950,248941,168927,494914,902897,288868,687864,539859,363
Ebitda TTM186,868171,387169,394147,944137,940146,235145,468165,456153,724140,563121,68397,493
Operating Income TTM146,075147,076133,376117,001115,339123,871124,346131,090122,643103,065104,54299,006
Net Income TTM146,368130,109120,91586,34370,15780,009100,288132,64684,36672,78333,02313,919
Growth Rates Quarterly            
Total Revenue Growth1.8%6.6%7.6%5.2%3.9%6.6%5.1%8.5%13.9%2.0%2.1%3.2%
EBITDA Growth40.7%10.1%57.1%23.5%-17.9%4.0%-34.7%38.1%39.7%11654.3%72.5%57.4%
Operating Income Growth-2.8%92.8%52.8%4.9%-19.2%-3.1%-17.9%33.6%78.5%-8.8%17.2%67.5%
Net Income Growth66.7%273.2%237.5%58.1%-28.8%-85.8%-69.0%236.3%51.1%246.7%68.7%-472.3%
Margins Quarterly            
EBITDA Margin21.6%9.2%21.1%22.2%15.6%8.9%14.4%18.9%19.8%9.1%23.2%14.9%
Operating Income Margin14.1%12.0%16.9%14.9%14.8%6.7%11.9%14.9%19.0%7.3%15.2%12.1%
Net Income Margin16.4%5.3%17.5%18.6%10.0%1.5%5.6%12.4%14.6%11.4%18.9%-9.9%
Cash & Debt            
Total Cash416,415428,093453,278388,788448,924571,029614,399574,360544,429524,470519,213487,110
Total Debt232,098248,110231,528202,260207,937205,614165,926166,744165,543195,569159,825161,440
Net Debt / (Cash)-184,317-179,983-221,750-186,528-240,987-365,415-448,473-407,616-378,886-328,901-359,388-325,670
Cash Flows Quarterly            
FCF from Operations20,67227,52070,91531,43833,63623,34064,71649,23145,30631,40187,37047,112
Cash Flows TTM            
FCF from Operations TTM150,545163,509159,329153,130170,923182,593190,654213,308211,189199,752161,311154,307
Returns to Shareholders Quarterly            
Dividends000000000000
Share Repurchases-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Quarterly            
ROIC79.2%48.4%141.9%87.3%95.1%----157.5%6147.6%164.5%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) TTM            
ROIC TTM80.5%76.7%96.2%63.2%80.4%----258.1%3164.0%25.0%

Price Behavior

BABA Betas & Captures as of 8/31/2025

 1M2M3M6M1Y3Y
Beta0.850.260.510.810.720.87
Up Beta3.072.722.620.850.700.87
Down Beta0.600.441.391.020.971.02
Up Capture89%-5%9%50%72%51%
Bmk +ve Days10223571142415
Stock +ve Days9213261125367
Down Capture-107%-297%-192%66%46%94%
Bmk -ve Days11192754106334
Stock -ve Days12203064123383

[1] Upside and downside betas calculated using positive and negative benchmark daily returns respectively

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity35,564,358
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520250.1%
Average Daily Volume17,793,265
Days-to-Cover Short Interest2
Basic Shares Quantity2,321,250,000
Short % of Basic Shares1.5%

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