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; AliExpress, a consumer marketplace; and Hema, a proprietary grocery retail format. 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.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Business services, not elsewhere classified
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorRetail/Wholesale
SymbolNYSE:BABA
CUSIPN/A
Phone852-2215-5100
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.26
Current Ratio1.44
Quick Ratio1.44
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio39.06
Forward P/E Ratio38.67
P/E Growth1.17
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$39.90 billion
Price / Sales10.10
Cash Flow$5.2310 per share
Price / Cash30.09
Book Value$27.17 per share
Price / Book5.79
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.03
Net Income$10.22 billion
Net Margins20.57%
Return on Equity14.18%
Return on Assets8.61%
Miscellaneous
Employees66,421
Outstanding Shares2,561,150,000
Market Cap$421.92 billion
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 announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, September 25th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $6,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Alibaba Group's earnings last quarter?
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.08. The specialty retailer earned $12.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.25 billion. Alibaba Group had a return on equity of 14.18% and a net margin of 20.57%. View Alibaba Group's Earnings History.
When is Alibaba Group's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for BABA?
28 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Alibaba Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $305.00. On average, they anticipate Alibaba Group's share price to reach $231.3462 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 45.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alibaba Group.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Alibaba Group?
28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alibaba Group in the last year. There are currently 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." 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 continues to face growing competition from the domestic as well as foreign e-commerce companies despite of its well-performing e-commerce platform. Further, intensifying competition in the global cloud market does not bode well for its initiatives toward global expansion. Further, macro economic conditions in China are major concerns. Also, Alibaba’s increasing investments might hurt its profitability. Notably, the stock has underperformed the industry it belongs to over a year. However, the company remains confident on its core e-commerce business, with the support of its New Retail strategy and FashionAI. Also, its expanding cloud business remains positive." (7/10/2018)
- 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 during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 102,296,843 shares, an increase of 2.4% from the August 15th total of 104,805,856 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 26,933,525 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 4.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Alibaba Group's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Alibaba Group's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Alibaba Group include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), Paypal (PYPL), Booking (BKNG), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), eBay (EBAY), Worldpay (WP), Pinduoduo (PDD), NetEase (NTES), First Data (FDC), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Global Payments (GPN), FleetCor Technologies (FLT) and Total System Services (TSS).
Who are Alibaba Group's key executives?
Alibaba Group's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Yun Ma, Founder and Exec. Chairman (Age 54)
- Mr. Daniel Yong Zhang, Chief Exec. Officer (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?
Media coverage about BABA stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alibaba Group earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Alibaba Group.
Who are Alibaba Group's major shareholders?
Alibaba Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (2.46%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.75%), Temasek Holdings Private Ltd (1.39%), FMR LLC (0.97%), Schroder Investment Management Group (0.88%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.66%).
Which major investors are selling Alibaba Group stock?
BABA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vontobel Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, Baillie Gifford & Co., Northern Cross LLC, Natixis, Myriad Asset Management Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Marshall Wace LLP.
Which major investors are buying Alibaba Group stock?
BABA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, BlackRock Inc., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Egerton Capital UK LLP and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec.
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 $158.89.
How big of a company is Alibaba Group?
Alibaba Group has a market capitalization of $421.92 billion and generates $39.90 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $10.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis. Alibaba Group employs 66,421 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.
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