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    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)

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    CONSUMER CYCLICAL • INTERNET RETAIL • NYSE

    $111.12
    -0.05 (-0.04%)

    Market Cap: $276.46B

    Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    69%(27/39)
    Avg Surprise
    +5.71%

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Sep 30, 2026
    EPS Consensus$10.91
    Range$8.59 - $14.19
    18 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    2
    0
    7d
    2
    4
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$9.81+11.2%
    60d ago$9.82+11.0%
    30d ago$10.98-0.7%
    7d ago$10.86+0.4%
    Current$10.91
    Revenue Consensus
    $269.9B
    Range$265.1B - $273.6B
    21 analysts
    Period ending Dec 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$14.77
    Range$10.48 - $16.94
    15 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    2
    0
    7d
    1
    4
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$13.55+9.0%
    60d ago$13.71+7.7%
    30d ago$14.87-0.7%
    7d ago$14.66+0.7%
    Current$14.77
    Revenue Consensus
    $310.5B
    Range$292.3B - $319.7B
    16 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Mar 27EST
    		-$8.05---
    Dec 26EST
    		-$14.77---
    Sep 26EST
    		-$10.91---
    Jun 26
    Reported Aug 20
    		$1.01$1.78-43.26%Miss-93.2%
    Mar 26
    Reported May 13
    		$0.62N/A-89.20%Miss-60.5%
    Dec 25
    Reported Mar 19
    		$7.09$10.94-35.19%Miss-66.9%
    Sep 25
    Reported Nov 25
    		$4.36$5.78-24.57%Miss-71.0%
    Jun 25
    Reported Aug 29
    		$14.75$15.47-4.65%Miss-10.3%
    Mar 25
    Reported May 15
    		$1.57$1.28+22.66%Beat-84.5%
    Dec 24
    Reported Feb 20
    		$21.39$19.38+10.37%Beat+12.8%
    Sep 24
    Reported Nov 15
    		$15.06$14.77+1.96%Beat-3.6%
    Jun 24
    Reported Aug 15
    		$16.44$14.94+10.04%Beat-5.4%
    Mar 24
    Reported May 14
    		$10.14$10.24-0.98%Miss-5.3%
    Dec 23
    Reported Feb 7
    		$18.97$19.00-0.16%Miss-1.5%
    Sep 23
    Reported Nov 16
    		$15.63$15.11+3.44%Beat+21.0%
    Jun 23
    Reported Aug 10
    		$17.37$14.46+20.12%Beat+48.7%
    Mar 23
    Reported May 18
    		$10.71$9.51+12.62%Beat+34.7%
    Dec 22
    Reported Feb 23
    		$19.26$16.45+17.08%Beat+14.2%
    Sep 22
    Reported Nov 17
    		$12.92$11.60+11.38%Beat+15.4%
    Jun 22
    Reported Aug 4
    		$11.68$10.39+12.42%Beat-29.6%
    Mar 22
    Reported May 26
    		$7.95$7.12+11.66%Beat-23.0%
    Dec 21
    Reported Feb 24
    		$16.87$16.05+5.11%Beat-23.4%
    Sep 21
    Reported Nov 18
    		$11.20$12.44-9.97%Miss-37.7%
    Jun 21
    Reported Aug 3
    		$16.60$14.28+16.25%Beat+12.0%
    Mar 21
    Reported May 13
    		$10.32$11.35-9.07%Miss+12.2%
    Dec 20
    Reported Feb 2
    		$22.03$20.70+6.43%Beat+21.1%
    Sep 20
    Reported Nov 5
    		$17.97$13.91+29.19%Beat+37.2%
    Jun 20
    Reported Aug 20
    		$14.82$13.56+9.29%Beat+18.1%
    Mar 20
    Reported May 22
    		$9.20$6.07+51.57%Beat+7.4%
    Dec 19
    Reported Feb 13
    		$18.19$15.70+15.86%Beat+49.2%
    Sep 19
    Reported Nov 1
    		$13.10$10.68+22.66%Beat+36.5%
    Jun 19
    Reported Aug 15
    		$12.55$10.48+19.75%Beat+56.1%
    Mar 19
    Reported May 15
    		$8.57$6.50+31.85%Beat+49.6%
    Dec 18
    Reported Jan 30
    		$12.19$11.51+5.91%Beat+14.9%
    Sep 18
    Reported Nov 2
    		$9.60$7.64+25.65%Beat+12.0%
    Jun 18
    Reported Aug 23
    		$8.04$8.18-1.71%Miss+1.1%
    Mar 18
    Reported May 4
    		$5.73$5.54+3.43%Beat+31.7%
    Dec 17
    Reported Feb 1
    		$10.61$10.70-0.84%Miss+17.6%
    Sep 17
    Reported Nov 2
    		$8.57$6.84+25.29%Beat-
    Jun 17
    Reported Aug 17
    		$7.95$6.25+27.20%Beat-
    Mar 17
    Reported May 18
    		$4.35$4.52-3.76%Miss-
    Dec 16
    Reported Jan 24
    		$9.02$7.71+16.99%Beat-

    Dividends

    Dividend Metrics

    Forward Yield0.94%
    Forward Annual Dividend$1.05
    Payout Ratio24.03%
    FrequencyAnnual
    Pay MonthsJul

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio8.50EV/EBITDA18.25x
    Price/FCF-23.85xFCF Yield-4.19%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin7.04%Operating Margin7.30%
    ROE6.36%ROIC3.90%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.25xInterest Coverage7.42x
    Current Ratio1.36xQuick Ratio1.36x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta0.46Avg Volume8.73M
    52-Week High$180.8452-Week Low$91.99

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$109.39
    SMA 20$110.09
    SMA 50$115.02
    SMA 200$128.41
    EMA 10$110.02
    EMA 20$110.28
    EMA 50$112.76
    EMA 200$123.40

    MACD

    Line: -0.81Signal: -1.45Hist: 0.64

    ADX

    ADX: 12.0+DI: 27.3-DI: 24.2

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up32.0
    Aroon Down80.0
    PSAR$105.21

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$115.81
    Lower Band$104.38
    %B Position1039%(Upper)
    Band Width0.59

    RSI (14-Day)

    Neutral
    50.6

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K81.5
    Stoch %D77.4
    Williams %R-20.2
    ROC (10d)3.4%
    Momentum3.67
    CCI (20d)3.2
    MFI (14d)40.5

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$3.13(2.8%)
    StdDev (20d)2.86
    Hist Vol38.1%(Moderate)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$110.20
    OBV9.0M
    AD Line-4.3B
    CMF (20d)-0.039

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)8.8M
    Vol Ratio0.9x
    VWMA (20d)$110.54

    Pivot Points

    R3$115.45
    R2$114.09
    R1$112.63
    Pivot Point$111.27
    S1$109.81
    S2$108.45
    S3$106.99

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI-6.75
    Ultimate Osc56.9
    KST-42.97

    Financial Data

    QuarterJun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sep 2024Jun 2024Mar 2024Dec 2023Sep 2023
    Total Revenue$268.19B$243.38B$284.84B$247.79B$247.65B$236.45B$280.15B$236.50B$243.24B$221.87B$260.35B$224.79B
    Cost of Revenue$166.29B$159.39B$169.53B$150.78B$136.43B$145.63B$162.52B$144.03B$146.11B$148.10B$156.21B$139.66B
    Gross Profit$101.90B$83.99B$115.31B$97.01B$111.22B$90.83B$117.63B$92.47B$97.13B$73.78B$104.13B$85.13B
    Operating Expenses$82.63B$244.23B$95.15B$91.65B$76.23B$62.36B$76.42B$57.23B$61.14B$59.01B$81.62B$51.54B
    R&D$22.47B$18.96B$15.48B$17.09B$15.00B$14.93B$14.66B$14.18B$13.37B$14.09B$13.49B$14.22B
    SG&A$12.54B$63.36B$8.36B$7.38B$7.40B$10.33B$10.85B$9.78B$13.28B$14.02B$11.26B$9.41B
    Operating Income$19.28B$-848,000,000$20.16B$5.37B$34.99B$28.46B$41.20B$35.25B$35.99B$14.77B$22.51B$33.58B
    Interest Income$9.00B$33.82B$16.22B$20.09B$17.38B$7.52B$11.15B$18.61B$0$0$0$5.14B
    Interest Expense$2.35B$2.24B$2.56B$2.52B$2.48B$2.50B$2.48B$2.43B$3.67B$7.88B$5.63B$1.85B
    Income Before Tax$23.18B$31.36B$24.09B$26.16B$51.25B$18.83B$57.58B$50.93B$34.09B$6.64B$15.71B$32.49B
    Income Tax Expense$12.76B$1.04B$8.46B$5.55B$8.87B$6.85B$11.15B$7.38B$10.06B$5.72B$4.99B$5.80B
    Net Income$10.58B$25.54B$16.38B$21.02B$40.65B$12.56B$49.13B$44.03B$24.39B$3.37B$14.55B$27.85B
    EBITDA$31.77B$1.88B$37.95B$35.47B$60.38B$30.94B$66.26B$60.79B$42.68B$26.65B$44.27B$48.98B
    EBIT$19.28B$-135,465,000$26.43B$26.44B$52.71B$20.97B$56.94B$52.38B$34.77B$17.73B$22.95B$40.11B
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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    BABA Valuation and Fair Value

    P/E
    8.5x
    Forward P/E
    17.9x
    EV/EBITDA
    18.3x
    P/FCF
    -23.9x
    PEG
    0.5x
    P/B
    1.7x
    See GNG's fair value

    BABA Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

    Gross margin
    38.1%
    Operating margin
    7.3%
    Net margin
    7.0%
    ROIC
    3.9%
    ROE
    6.4%
    FCF margin
    -51.5%
    FCF yield
    -4.2%

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    Sector: Consumer Cyclical

    BABA Analyst Ratings

    Consensus
    Buy
    Analysts
    41
    Strong Buy
    8
    Buy
    31
    Hold
    1
    Sell
    0
    Strong Sell
    1

    BABA Bull Case vs Bear Case

    Bull case

    • 95.1% of BABA's analyst ratings are Buy or Strong Buy.

    Bear case

    • BABA beat EPS estimates in 37.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.

    BABA Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

    Beat rate
    3 of 8 quarters (37.5%)
    Average surprise
    -20.2%
    EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    $10.91
    Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    2 up, 4 down

    BABA Dividend

    Forward yield
    0.9%
    Payout ratio
    24.0%
    Pay months
    Jul

    Frequently Asked Questions About BABA

    What is BABA's current dividend yield?

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) has a forward dividend yield of 0.94%.

    Does BABA pay dividends?

    Yes, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd pays dividends with a forward dividend yield of 0.94%.

    What is BABA's P/E ratio?

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.50.

    What is BABA's market cap?

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) has a market capitalization of $276.46B with a current stock price of $111.12.

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