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Alibaba Group Holding Past Earnings Performance
Past criteria checks 4/6
Alibaba Group Holding's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -12%, while the Multiline Retail industry saw earnings growing at 16.1% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 18% per year. Alibaba Group Holding's return on equity is 8.1%, and it has net margins of 10.8%.
Key information
-11.96%
Earnings growth rate
-11.99%
EPS growth rate
Multiline Retail Industry Growth
6.49%
Revenue growth rate
18.04%
Return on equity
8.09%
Net Margin
10.78%
Last Earnings Update
31 Dec 2023
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Alibaba Group Holding makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
SWX:BABA Revenue, expenses and earnings (CNY Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
31 Dec 23
927,494
99,987
152,044
52,051
30 Sep 23
914,902
132,369
147,955
52,084
30 Jun 23
897,288
84,102
146,012
53,016
31 Mar 23
868,687
72,509
145,679
56,744
31 Dec 22
864,539
32,752
142,531
53,808
30 Sep 22
859,363
13,629
146,747
55,992
30 Jun 22
852,877
39,557
151,528
56,139
31 Mar 22
853,062
61,959
151,721
55,465
31 Dec 21
836,405
72,721
151,765
57,823
30 Sep 21
814,909
124,456
140,629
55,725
30 Jun 21
769,278
147,858
132,230
59,673
31 Mar 21
717,289
150,308
118,515
57,236
31 Dec 20
644,208
158,949
103,906
54,521
30 Sep 20
584,580
131,831
93,086
51,991
30 Jun 20
548,538
175,602
82,341
43,684
31 Mar 20
509,711
149,263
78,870
43,080
31 Dec 19
488,895
171,931
74,402
41,152
30 Sep 19
444,717
152,674
69,144
38,976
30 Jun 19
410,848
100,167
64,442
36,403
31 Mar 19
376,844
87,600
62,990
37,435
31 Dec 18
345,278
69,331
59,600
35,462
30 Sep 18
311,028
60,352
54,757
32,850
30 Jun 18
281,002
57,987
50,577
29,568
31 Mar 18
250,266
63,985
43,540
22,754
31 Dec 17
226,913
67,071
39,074
20,586
30 Sep 17
197,133
60,853
33,737
18,717
30 Jun 17
176,303
50,808
30,725
17,768
31 Mar 17
158,273
43,675
28,553
17,060
31 Dec 16
143,878
38,393
26,021
16,115
30 Sep 16
125,173
33,036
24,385
15,444
30 Jun 16
113,052
48,167
22,384
14,535
31 Mar 16
101,143
71,460
20,512
13,788
31 Dec 15
94,384
68,988
20,326
13,257
30 Sep 15
86,020
62,426
19,625
12,591
30 Jun 15
80,678
42,648
18,642
11,947
31 Mar 15
76,204
24,149
16,313
10,658
31 Dec 14
70,810
26,799
13,097
8,816
30 Sep 14
63,376
29,069
10,331
7,440
30 Jun 14
57,497
31,036
8,072
6,027
31 Mar 14
52,504
23,076
7,494
5,093
31 Dec 13
49,147
21,730
6,768
4,747
Quality Earnings: BABA has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: BABA's current net profit margins (10.8%) are higher than last year (3.8%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: BABA's earnings have declined by 12% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: BABA's earnings growth over the past year (205.3%) exceeds its 5-year average (-12% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: BABA earnings growth over the past year (205.3%) exceeded the Multiline Retail industry 9.2%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: BABA's Return on Equity (8.1%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2024/04/04 17:14
End of Day Share Price
2024/02/01 00:00
Earnings
2023/12/31
Annual Earnings
2023/03/31
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Analyst Sources
Alibaba Group Holding Limited is covered by 85 analysts. 54 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.