Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol BABA
  • Rev/Share 51.2376
  • Book/Share 56.0592
  • PB 1.9616
  • Debt/Equity 0.2459
  • CurrentRatio 1.5483
  • ROIC 0.0782

 

  • MktCap 1965682202621.768
  • FreeCF/Share 6.5209
  • PFCF 15.5019
  • PE 15.2256
  • Debt/Assets 0.1376
  • DivYield 0.0174
  • ROE 0.1333

 

  • Rating A-
  • Score 4
  • Recommendation Buy
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 3
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 3

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Upgrade BABA Bernstein Market Perform Outperform -- -- Feb. 25, 2025
Upgrade BABA Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Overweight $100 $180 Feb. 24, 2025
Upgrade BABA Macquarie Neutral Outperform -- $145 Oct. 7, 2024

News

Alibaba Cloud's Rapid Rise: Is AI Setting Up More Upside Ahead?
BABA
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

BABA's cloud unit gains momentum as AI adoption accelerates across industries and fuels broader enterprise demand.

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Alibaba Talks To Bamboo Works On RedNote Partnership
BABA
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Embedded links in recommendation notes on the popular lifestyle platform will take buyers directly to items for sale in Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao marketplaces

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Alibaba: AI Tiger Roars, Market Snores
BABA
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Despite recent EPS/revenue misses, Alibaba's adjusted core growth (10% YoY revenue, 36% adj. EBITDA) and strategic AI investments, like MiniMax, signal a strong turnaround and long-term potential. Alibaba's Cloud Intelligence Group revenue accelerated to 18% YoY, with AI products showing triple-digit growth, indicating its past cloud growth concerns are now likely resolved. Strategic stakes in AI "tigers" like MiniMax (eyeing IPO) and a portfolio of 99 startups (3 unicorns, 4 IPOs) significantly broaden Alibaba's valuable asset base.

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Alibaba Call Options Surge, New Hopes of a Trade Deal?
BABA
Published: June 19, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral

Every investor in today's market has had to deal with the ongoing uncertainty that trade tariffs have brought on for the S&P 500 index and other specific stocks. Specifically, the retail sector has been handed the harshest environment for businesses to operate in, with uncertainty about whether previous inventory management measures will suffice for the months to come as cost and price uncertainty rise.

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Alibaba: Significantly Mispriced, This Cloud And AI Powerhouse Is A Buy
BABA
Published: June 18, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba is undervalued, trading at a forward P/E 22% below the sector median, despite delivering 55% returns and strong cloud/international growth. Cloud division revenue grew 18% in Q4 2025, outpacing Amazon and nearly matching Microsoft, with $53B earmarked for AI/cloud investment. International commerce is a key growth driver, with 22% revenue growth, while domestic e-commerce remains dominant but slower-growing.

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BABA Down 8% in a Month: Will Partnership With Apple Aid Recovery?
BABA
Published: June 17, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Alibaba faces regulatory headwinds despite Apple AI progress. Mixed Q4 results suggest holding existing positions or waiting for better entry points in fiscal 2026.

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Alibaba, PDD Stocks Climb As China's Retail Sector Gains Despite US Tariffs
BABA, PDD
Published: June 16, 2025 by: Benzinga
Sentiment: Positive

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA and PDD Holdings, Inc. PDD saw their shares rise on Monday after China reported a stronger-than-expected jump in retail sales.

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Alibaba's Dip Is a Gift—Here's the Price That Matters
BABA
Published: June 12, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral

Any investor who has been exposed to Chinese stocks has likely noticed a decline in sleep quality over the past few months. These names have become so volatile lately because of the same driving factor across the S&P 500 and the overall technology sector today.

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Here is What to Know Beyond Why Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is a Trending Stock
BABA
Published: June 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Alibaba (BABA). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

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Brokers Suggest Investing in Alibaba (BABA): Read This Before Placing a Bet
BABA
Published: June 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?

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Alibaba vs. Baidu: Which Chinese Internet Stock is a Better Bet?
BABA, BIDU
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

BABA's diversified growth, AI traction, and strong financials give it the edge over BIDU in China's tech rebound.

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Alibaba: A Tech And AI Giant Severely Mispriced As A Retailer
BABA
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba's AI revenue grew triple-digits for 7 straight quarters, yet trades at just 11.6x P/E. Revenue growth jumped to 18% in Q4 from 13% in Q3, with 300M+ Qwen AI model downloads worldwide. With 33.5% market share, Alibaba dominates China's cloud market, now expanding AI into manufacturing, agriculture, and SMEs.

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4 Stocks From the Tech Industry of China to Keep an Eye On in 2H25
BABA, NTES, TCEHY, TSM
Published: June 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Given China's technological strength and resilience and with AI, EVs and AR leading the way, one can watch stocks like NTES, TSM, BABA and TCEHY.

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Alibaba: Strong Cloud And AI Progress Despite Poor Sentiment
BABA
Published: June 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Alibaba's recent earnings have dampened sentiment on Wall Street as the company missed both EPS and revenue estimates. However, there are several bright spots in the recent earnings numbers that can significantly improve the earnings trajectory of the company. The cloud business is showing a higher revenue growth trend with 18% YoY growth and 69% YoY improvement in EBITA.

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Where Will Alibaba Stock Be in 10 Years?
BABA
Published: June 02, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Neutral

Alibaba (BABA 1.06%), the largest e-commerce and cloud company in China, went public at $68 per share on Sept. 18, 2014. It raised $25 billion, making it the largest IPO in history at the time, and it held that record until Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion IPO in 2019.

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Is Trending Stock Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) a Buy Now?
BABA
Published: May 30, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Alibaba (BABA) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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Trade Tracker: Joe Terranova sells Alibaba and Sarat Sethi sells Charter Communications
BABA, CHTR
Published: May 28, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Joe Terranova and Sarat Sethi join CNBC's "Halftime Report" to detail their latest portfolio moves.

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Alibaba: Convertible Bond Fuels AI-Powered E-Commerce Revolution
BABA
Published: May 28, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba's $250mn convertible bond investment in Meitu is a strategic move to enhance its e-commerce ecosystem with advanced AI-powered tools. The partnership includes Meitu's commitment to purchase RMB 560mn in AliCloud services, reinforcing Alibaba's cloud and AI leadership in China. Integrating Meitu's technology will improve merchant efficiency, user experience, and live-streaming competitiveness, differentiating Alibaba from rivals like PDD, JD, and Amazon.

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Is Michael Burry Right Betting Against the Market Again?
BABA, JD, NVDA, PDD
Published: May 28, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Neutral

Most new investors are familiar with one story, which was made famous by the book “The Big Short” and eventually became a blockbuster movie. One of the main characters in this story is investor Michael Burry, a contrarian investor who bet the whole ranch on one single view that the entire market was going to crash like never before.

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Baidu vs. Alibaba: Which Chinese AI Stock Is the Better Investment Now?
BABA, BIDU
Published: May 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Should you bet on BIDU's autonomous driving or BABA's AI-powered cloud? Find out which stock stands tall.

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Alibaba Vs. PDD Holdings: There's Only One Winner In The Tariff Standoff
BABA, PDD
Published: May 27, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

PDD Holdings Inc.'s significant Q1 earnings miss - marked by the steep plunge in Temu-driven transaction services revenue growth - serves as a clear warning of looming tariff implications. This follows a streak of earnings disappointments reported by its core domestic and international commerce rivals, including Alibaba, from earlier this month. The ongoing tariff uncertainties are likely to amplify the strategic and structural differences between BABA and PDD, revealing how each company responds to shifting global and domestic headwinds.

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Alibaba vs. JD.com: Which Chinese E-Commerce Stock Has More Upside?
BABA, JD
Published: May 27, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

BABA's AI, cloud and global retail push drive upside, while JD.com faces profit pressure despite strong revenues and user growth.

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Billionaire Ray Dalio Dumped Some SPY and Bought These Stocks
BABA, GLD
Published: May 27, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Ray Dalio, the brilliant billionaire investor over at Bridgewater Associates, made some notable moves in the first quarter that were quite remarkable.

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Alibaba: Short-Term Noise, Long-Term Structure Unchanged
BABA
Published: May 26, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba's Q4 FY25 revenue growth missed expectations, but the core e-commerce and cloud segments show resilience and strong long-term potential. AI-driven ad solutions and a focus on high-value users are boosting e-commerce efficiency, though rising costs and subsidies pressure margins. Cloud growth outpaced global peers, but margin compression and capex concerns linger; AI and SaaS initiatives lay the groundwork for future upside.

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Alibaba's new 'instant commerce' portal passes 40 million daily orders
BABA
Published: May 26, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday that its Taobao Instant Commerce portal, which delivers items within 60 minutes, has surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launching.

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Alibaba Q4: Intrinsic Value Amid Potential Long-Term Geo-Harmony (Upgrade)
BABA
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Alibaba Group Holding Limited delivered solid 7% revenue and 36% EBITA growth despite geopolitics; its cloud segment's surging AI demand signals massive long-term potential—but watch U.S.-China relations closely. Alibaba's fundamental undervaluation (~12x earnings) could unlock substantial upside if China shifts toward diplomatic harmony with the West—aligning its intrinsic value with global tech giants. Alibaba's long-term thesis hinges significantly on China embracing open, capitalist-friendly diplomacy; alignment here would dramatically amplify returns from today's valuation.

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Use This Tool to Find Hot China Stocks
BABA
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Zacks Thematic Screens lets you dive into 30 dynamic investment themes shaping the future. Investors can utilize them to find exposure to many popular themes.

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Alibaba: Value Story Fades As Buybacks And Cash Flow Tumble (Rating Downgrade)
BABA
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Alibaba's Q4 FY 2025 revenue and profits grew 7% and 36% YoY, but both missed analyst expectations. All business segments except Cainiao Logistics showed YoY revenue growth; cloud business highlighted triple-digit AI product revenue growth for the seventh straight quarter. Operating cash flow rose 18% YoY, while free cash flow dropped sharply due to a 138% YoY increase in CAPEX for AI and cloud expansion.

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Are Retail-Wholesale Stocks Lagging Alibaba (BABA) This Year?
BABA
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Here is how Alibaba (BABA) and Wingstop (WING) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

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Apple faces U.S. backlash over Alibaba China AI deal
AAPL, BABA
Published: May 19, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa joins 'Money Movers' with the latest details on U.S. scrutiny of Apple's relationship with Alibaba.

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About Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

  • IPO Date 2014-09-19
  • Website https://www.alibabagroup.com
  • Industry Specialty Retail
  • CEO Mr. Yongming Wu
  • Employees 124320

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao and Tmall, which are digital retail platforms; Alimama, a proprietary 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; Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and fresh goods; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, and IoT services; and hardware, software license, software installation, and application development and maintenance services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Quark, a platform for information search, storage, and consumption; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; Tmall Genie smart speaker; and Qwen, an artificial intelligence chatbot. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.