NYSE:BABA - Alibaba Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

$179.11 -2.28 (-1.26 %)

(As of 04/20/2018 04:00 PM ET)

Previous Close$179.11

Today's Range$177.53 - $181.39

52-Week Range$112.30 - $206.20

Volume14.47 million shs

Average Volume19.85 million shs

Market Capitalization$467.87 billion

P/E Ratio71.36

Dividend YieldN/A

Beta2.52

About Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Core Commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao Marketplace, a mobile commerce destination; Tmall, a third-party platform for brands and retailers; Rural Taobao program that enables rural residents and businesses to sell agricultural products to urban consumers; Juhuasuan, a sales and marketing platform for flash sales; Alibaba.com, an online wholesale marketplace; Alitrip, an online travel booking platform; 1688.com, an online wholesale marketplace; and AliExpress, a consumer marketplace. The company also provides pay-for-performance and display marketing services through its Alimama marketing technology platform; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time bidding online marketing exchange in China. In addition, it offers cloud computing services, including elastic computing, database, storage and content delivery network, large scale computing, security, and management and application services, as well as big data analytics and a machine learning platform through its Alibaba Cloud Computing platform; Web hosting and domain name registration services; and payment and escrow services, as well as develops and operates mobile Web browsers. The company provides its solutions primarily for businesses. Alibaba Group Holding Limited has strategic collaborations with Driscoll's and Thai Union/Chicken of the Sea to launch their food products to China; and a collaboration agreement with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry Business services, not elsewhere classified

Sub-IndustryN/A

SectorRetail/Wholesale

SymbolNYSE:BABA

CUSIPN/A

Webwww.alibabagroup.com

Phone852-2215-5100

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.29%

Current Ratio1.97%

Quick Ratio1.97%

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio71.36

Forward P/E Ratio44.89

P/E Growth1.1

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$22.99 billion

Price / Sales19.95

Cash Flow$3.3224 per share

Price / Cash53.91

Book Value$18.56 per share

Price / Book9.65

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$2.51

Net Income$6.35 billion

Net Margins29.57%

Return on Equity17.61%

Return on Assets10.97%

Miscellaneous

Employees50,097

Outstanding Shares2,561,150,000

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Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Alibaba Group's stock symbol?

Alibaba Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BABA."

How will Alibaba Group's stock buyback program work?

Alibaba Group declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, September 25th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

How were Alibaba Group's earnings last quarter?

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.42 by $0.08. The specialty retailer earned $12.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.36 billion. Alibaba Group had a return on equity of 17.61% and a net margin of 29.57%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.30 EPS. View Alibaba Group's Earnings History.

When is Alibaba Group's next earnings date?

Alibaba Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May, 4th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alibaba Group.

What price target have analysts set for BABA?

30 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Alibaba Group's shares. Their predictions range from $137.00 to $260.00. On average, they anticipate Alibaba Group's stock price to reach $214.1379 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Alibaba Group.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Alibaba Group stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Alibaba Group stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Alibaba's stock has outperformed the industry it belongs to on a 12-month basis. The company's Ele.me acquisition will increase its presence in the food delivery market. Further, the recent investment in Lazada will expand its presence in Asia. The company's solid growth in the company’s core e-commerce business, strong growth in metrics, New Retail strategy, expanding cloud business and international strength help it to generate significant revenues. Other drivers include strong mobile strength and its continued efforts to develop new products. However, macro headwinds, continued investments and increasing competition from Tencent Holdings and Baidu remain the overhangs." (4/9/2018)
2. Stifel Nicolaus analysts commented, "We remain Buy rated and raise our price target to $230. Key Points Expecting Strong Top-line Momentum: We forecast F3Q:18 revenue of ¥81.5B (53.0% y/y growth) which is above the Street’s ¥79.5B estimate (49.3% y/y), as we expect continued top- line momentum driven by investments in marketing, personalization, loyalty programs, product assortment, and a record Singles’ Day, which generated over $25B in GMV (+39% y/y). We note our revenue forecast for F3Q:18 includes an expected contribution of ~¥4.2B from the consolidation of Cainiao, which may not be reflected across all Street estimates. For the cloud business, we forecast 97% y/y revenue growth to ¥3.5B, reflecting both new customer growth and increasing spend share as higher-value added services become a larger percentage of the mix." (1/28/2018)

Are investors shorting Alibaba Group?

Alibaba Group saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 119,424,941 shares, an increase of 2.6% from the March 15th total of 122,613,632 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 18,454,603 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.5 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company's stock are sold short.

Who are some of Alibaba Group's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Alibaba Group include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Booking (BKNG), Accenture (ACN), PayPal (PYPL), eBay (EBAY), NetEase (NTES), FIS (FIS), Ctrip (CTRP), Fleetcor (FLT), Global Payments (GPN), TSYS (TSS), MercadoLibre (MELI), Cielo (CIOXY), Worldpay (WP), First Data (FDC), CoStar Group (CSGP) and MSCI (MSCI).

Who are Alibaba Group's key executives?

Alibaba Group's management team includes the folowing people:

Mr. Yun Ma, Founder & Exec. Chairman (Age 54)
Mr. Yong Zhang, CEO & Director (Age 46)
Mr. Chung Tsai, Exec. Vice Chairman (Age 54)
Mr. J. Michael Evans, Pres & Director (Age 60)
Mr. Jianhang Jin, Pres (Age 48)

Has Alibaba Group been receiving favorable news coverage?

News articles about BABA stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alibaba Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

How do I buy shares of Alibaba Group?

Shares of BABA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Alibaba Group's stock price today?

One share of BABA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $179.11.

How big of a company is Alibaba Group?

Alibaba Group has a market capitalization of $467.87 billion and generates $22.99 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $6.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.51 on an earnings per share basis. Alibaba Group employs 50,097 workers across the globe.

How can I contact Alibaba Group?

Alibaba Group's mailing address is 26/F TOWER ONE TIMES SQUARE 1 MATHESON ST. CAUSEWAY BAY, Hong Kong K3, . The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 852-2215-5100.

MarketBeat Community Rating for Alibaba Group (BABA)

Community Ranking:		4.0 out of 5 ( )
Outperform Votes:		1,685 (Vote Outperform)
Underperform Votes:		439 (Vote Underperform)
Total Votes:		2,124

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Alibaba Group and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe BABA will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe BABA will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Price Target and Consensus Rating

(How are Consensus Ratings Calculated?)

30 Wall Street analysts have issued ratings and price targets for Alibaba Group in the last 12 months. Their average twelve-month price target is $214.1379, suggesting that the stock has a possible upside of 19.56%. The high price target for BABA is $260.00 and the low price target for BABA is $137.00. There are currently 1 sell rating, 28 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus rating of "Buy."

	Today	30 Days Ago	90 Days Ago	180 Days Ago
Consensus Rating:	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy
Consensus Rating Score:	2.97	2.97	2.94	2.94
Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating(s) 0 Hold Rating(s) 28 Buy Rating(s) 1 Strong Buy Rating(s)	1 Sell Rating(s) 0 Hold Rating(s) 29 Buy Rating(s) 1 Strong Buy Rating(s)	1 Sell Rating(s) 1 Hold Rating(s) 31 Buy Rating(s) 1 Strong Buy Rating(s)	1 Sell Rating(s) 1 Hold Rating(s) 30 Buy Rating(s) 1 Strong Buy Rating(s)
Consensus Price Target:	$214.1379	$211.90	$186.8529	$178.0909
Price Target Upside:	19.56% upside	12.47% upside	1.10% downside	0.09% upside

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Consensus Price Target History

Price Target History for Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Analyst Ratings History

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
4/10/2018	KeyCorp	Lower Price Target	Overweight -> Overweight	$228.00 -> $219.00	Medium
4/5/2018	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$220.00	Medium
4/5/2018	Deutsche Bank	Set Price Target	Buy	$204.00	Low
2/5/2018	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$205.00 -> $230.00	Low
2/2/2018	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$240.00	Medium
2/2/2018	MKM Partners	Boost Price Target	Buy	$260.00	Medium
2/2/2018	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy -> Buy	$230.00 -> $260.00	High
2/1/2018	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	High
2/1/2018	Robert W. Baird	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$220.00	Medium
1/29/2018	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Overweight -> Buy	$220.00 -> $250.00	Low
1/29/2018	SunTrust Banks	Boost Price Target	Buy -> Buy	$210.00 -> $240.00	Low
1/24/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$220.00	Low
1/16/2018	Jefferies Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy -> Buy	$240.00	High
1/9/2018	Nomura	Reiterated Rating	Buy -> Buy	$221.00 -> $219.00	Low
12/6/2017	Susquehanna Bancshares	Initiated Coverage	Positive -> Positive	$220.00	Low
11/3/2017	Needham & Company LLC	Boost Price Target	Buy -> Buy	$190.00 -> $215.00	N/A
10/16/2017	Macquarie	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$245.00	N/A
10/16/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$185.00	N/A
10/3/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Outperform -> Outperform	$220.00	Medium
9/26/2017	Wells Fargo	Initiated Coverage	Outperform -> Outperform	$225.00	Medium
9/22/2017	Cantor Fitzgerald	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$213.00	Low
9/6/2017	JPMorgan Chase	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00	Medium
8/22/2017	Atlantic Securities	Upgrade	Neutral -> Overweight	$130.00 -> $215.00	Medium
8/20/2017	Goldman Sachs	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$200.00 -> $208.00	Low
8/18/2017	UBS	Boost Price Target	Buy -> Buy	$175.00 -> $200.00	Low
7/22/2017	Instinet	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
6/19/2017	Pacific Crest	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$137.00	Low
6/12/2017	Benchmark	Boost Price Target	Buy -> Buy	$140.00 -> $175.00	Low
5/23/2017	CIBC	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$130.00 -> $140.00	Low
4/20/2017	Standpoint Research	Downgrade	Buy -> Reduce		Low
3/21/2017	New Street Research	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$95.00 -> $122.00	Medium
1/25/2017	Wedbush	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$90.00 -> $100.00	N/A
1/25/2017	Brean Capital	Boost Price Target		$120.00	N/A
1/24/2017	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$125.00	N/A
10/27/2016	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Buy	$112.00 -> $133.00	N/A
9/28/2016	Daiwa Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Buy	$110.00 -> $125.00	N/A
8/9/2016	T.H. Capital	Boost Price Target	Buy	$84.00 -> $97.00	N/A

(Data available from 4/20/2016 forward)

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Earnings History and Estimates Chart

Earnings by Quarter for Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Earnings Estimates

2018 EPS Consensus Estimate: $2.21
2019 EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.45
2020 EPS Consensus Estimate: $7.54

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q3 2018	2	$1.45	$1.57	$1.51
Q4 2018	3	$0.55	$0.97	$0.70
Q1 2019	1	$1.18	$1.18	$1.18
Q2 2019	1	$1.21	$1.21	$1.21
Q3 2019	1	$2.02	$2.02	$2.02
Q4 2019	1	$1.04	$1.04	$1.04
Q1 2020	1	$1.65	$1.65	$1.65
Q2 2020	1	$1.70	$1.70	$1.70
Q3 2020	1	$2.72	$2.72	$2.72
Q4 2020	1	$1.47	$1.47	$1.47

Alibaba Group (NYSE BABA) Earnings History by Quarter

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
5/16/2018		$0.93					N/A
5/4/2018		$0.71					N/A
2/1/2018	Before Market	$1.42	$1.34	$12.3649 billion	$12.7610 billion	View	Listen
11/2/2017	Q2 2018	$0.84	$1.02	$7.7802 billion	$8.2850 billion	View	N/A
8/17/2017	6/30/2017	$0.73	$0.94	$7.1607 billion	$7.4030 billion	View	N/A
5/18/2017	3/31/2017	$0.64	$0.63	$5.2553 billion	$5.6050 billion	View	N/A
1/24/2017	Q317	$1.13	$1.09	$7.32 billion	$7.70 billion	View	N/A
11/2/2016	Q217	$0.69	$0.63	$5.03 billion	$5.14 billion	View	N/A
8/11/2016	Q1 2017	$0.38	$0.52	$4.6098 billion	$4.8380 billion	View	N/A
5/5/2016	Q4 2016	$0.38	$0.20	$3.5864 billion	$3.7510 billion	View	N/A
1/28/2016	Q3 2016	$0.70	$0.73	$5.0804 billion	$5.3330 billion	View	N/A
10/27/2015	Q216	$0.32	$0.38	$21.36 billion	$3.4880 billion	View	Listen
8/12/2015	Q116	$0.58	$0.34	$3.43 billion	$3.27 billion	View	Listen
5/7/2015	Q415	$0.28	$0.20	$2.78 billion	$2.81 billion	View	Listen
1/29/2015	Q315	$0.62	$0.55	$4.45 billion	$4.22 billion	View	Listen
11/4/2014	Q215	$0.37	$0.25	$2.54 billion	$2.7420 billion	View	N/A

(Earnings results data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Dividend History by Quarter

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Alibaba Group (NYSE BABA) Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership History

Insider Ownership Percentage: 12.50%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 37.72%

Insider Trading History for Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)

Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)

Alibaba Group (NYSE BABA) Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction	Details

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Alibaba Group (NYSE BABA) News Headlines

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Date	Headline
	Slowly But Surely, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Will Feel the Burden of Being a Powerhouse investorplace.com - April 20 at 3:58 PM
	Alibaba buys Chinese chipmaker to aid IoT biz, help drive local chip sector www.cnbc.com - April 20 at 3:47 PM
	Data-Security Concerns Threaten Trust in Tech Companies finance.yahoo.com - April 20 at 3:47 PM
	Barclays Increases Alibaba Group (BABA) Price Target to $175.00 www.americanbankingnews.com - April 20 at 3:36 PM
	JPMorgan Chase Initiates Coverage on Alibaba Group (BABA) www.americanbankingnews.com - April 20 at 3:36 PM
	BRIEF-Oath Hires Former Alibaba Group Executive As President & COO www.reuters.com - April 20 at 10:30 AM
	BRIEF-Alibaba Health Information Technology Updates On Agency Agreement finance.yahoo.com - April 20 at 10:30 AM
	Alibaba Group (BABA) Downgraded to Buy at Vetr www.americanbankingnews.com - April 19 at 6:54 PM
	Alibaba Signs Up to Help Out Thailand www.wsj.com - April 19 at 10:28 AM
	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Is Breaking Out Beyond China investorplace.com - April 18 at 1:45 PM
	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Seems Like High-Risk Mutual Fund investorplace.com - April 18 at 10:51 AM
	Verizon’s Oath has hired a COO from Alibaba, and its top media executive has left www.msn.com - April 18 at 10:27 AM
	Alibaba Expands Its Influence In Asia With An Offline Touch www.forbes.com - April 18 at 10:27 AM
	Cloud Foundry Now Available on Asia's Leading Cloud Provider Alibaba Cloud www.bizjournals.com - April 18 at 10:27 AM
	Oath Hires Former Alibaba Group Executive as President & COO finance.yahoo.com - April 18 at 10:27 AM
	Alibaba Faces A New Formidable Challenger seekingalpha.com - April 17 at 3:55 PM
	Trump Coughs on Amazon, and Facebook and Google Catch the Cold finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 10:30 AM
	Meituan steers onto collision course with Alibaba www.nasdaq.com - April 16 at 3:53 PM
	Here's the Real Reason to Love Alibaba www.msn.com - April 16 at 3:53 PM
	Alibaba is the latest Chinese internet giant to test self-driving cars www.msn.com - April 16 at 3:53 PM
	BidaskClub Lowers Alibaba Group (BABA) to Buy www.americanbankingnews.com - April 16 at 12:03 PM
	Alibaba's Film Unit Unveils Unhappy Sequel: More Red Ink www.forbes.com - April 16 at 10:16 AM
	Xiaomi Is Said to Tap Citic for CDR, Plans IPO Filing Next Month www.bloomberg.com - April 16 at 10:16 AM
	Amazon’s Cloud Business Sees Double-Digit Growth finance.yahoo.com - April 16 at 10:16 AM
	Warburg Pincus in talks to invest in Ant's $8 billion funding round: sources finance.yahoo.com - April 16 at 10:16 AM
	Here's the Real Reason to Love Alibaba finance.yahoo.com - April 16 at 10:16 AM
	$9.21 Billion in Sales Expected for Alibaba Group (BABA) This Quarter www.americanbankingnews.com - April 16 at 4:53 AM
	FY2018 Earnings Estimate for Alibaba Group Issued By SunTrust Banks (BABA) www.americanbankingnews.com - April 16 at 2:31 AM
	Market-Beating Advisor Triples Alibaba Group Stake www.barrons.com - April 15 at 8:02 AM
	Alibaba Group (BABA) Given New $180.00 Price Target at Barclays www.americanbankingnews.com - April 14 at 11:49 AM
	$0.95 Earnings Per Share Expected for Alibaba Group (BABA) This Quarter www.americanbankingnews.com - April 14 at 3:15 AM
	Russia's Prokhorov sells 49 percent stake in Brooklyn Nets to Alibaba's Tsai www.reuters.com - April 13 at 10:45 AM
	Alibaba exec buys stake in Brooklyn Nets, will take over in 2021 www.bizjournals.com - April 13 at 10:45 AM
	FY2023 Earnings Estimate for Alibaba Group Issued By SunTrust Banks (BABA) www.americanbankingnews.com - April 13 at 9:58 AM
	[$$] Both Sides Would Lose a U.S.-China Trade War finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:20 AM
	Is Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s (NYSE:BABA) PE Ratio A Signal To Sell For Investors? finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:20 AM
	Warburg Pincus in talks to invest in Ant's $8 bln funding round -sources finance.yahoo.com - April 12 at 11:20 AM
	FY2018 EPS Estimates for Alibaba Group (BABA) Cut by KeyCorp www.americanbankingnews.com - April 12 at 7:41 AM
	US-China trade war will kill jobs, Alibaba chairman says www.msn.com - April 11 at 3:46 PM
	Tesla to Debut Model Y in November 2019, Reports Say: LIVE MARKETS BLOG finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 3:46 PM
	This Is Now One of the Most Valuable AI Startups in the World, Thanks to Alibaba www.msn.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	Dubai's Alibabacoin says Alibaba has no monopoly on 'magic' name www.reuters.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	[$$] Ant Financial set for $150bn valuation in latest funding round finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	Consumer Price Index Falls For First Time in 10 Months: LIVE MARKETS BLOG finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	Should This Move Scare Off Early Carvana Investors? finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Just Sent a Warning to Trump finance.yahoo.com - April 11 at 11:02 AM
	Alibaba Group (BABA) Upgraded to Strong-Buy at BidaskClub www.americanbankingnews.com - April 10 at 10:31 PM
	Alibaba Aims for $9 Billion for Ant Financial www.investopedia.com - April 10 at 3:44 PM
	Alibaba Group (BABA) Raised to Strong-Buy at Vetr www.americanbankingnews.com - April 10 at 1:42 PM
	Alibaba-Backed Chinese AI Startup SenseTime Sets $600M Funding Record www.forbes.com - April 10 at 10:43 AM