9988 Stock Overview

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. More details

9988 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 36.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 14.85% per year

Risk Analysis

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (8.9%) are lower than last year (14.5%)

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Alibaba Group Holding
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$84.05
52 Week High	US$118.70
52 Week Low	US$79.90
Beta	0.29
1 Month Change	-2.61%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-3.11%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	9988	HK Multiline Retail	HK Market
7D	-2.5%	0.9%	-0.9%
1Y	n/a	-4.6%	19.2%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 9988 performed against the Hong Kong Multiline Retail industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 9988 performed against the Hong Kong Market.

Price Volatility

Is 9988's price volatile compared to industry and market?
9988 volatility
9988 Average Weekly Movement	6.5%
Multiline Retail Industry Average Movement	10.6%
Market Average Movement	8.9%
10% most volatile stocks in HK Market	18.7%
10% least volatile stocks in HK Market	4.1%

Stable Share Price: 9988 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Hong Kong market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 9988's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1999	197,991	Eddie Wu	www.alibabagroup.com

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.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Alibaba Group Holding's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
9988 fundamental statistics
Market cap	HK$1.54t
Earnings (TTM)	HK$91.56b
Revenue (TTM)	HK$1.03t

16.8x

P/E Ratio

1.5x

P/S Ratio

Is 9988 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
9988 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CN¥961.96b
Cost of Revenue	CN¥594.45b
Gross Profit	CN¥367.51b
Other Expenses	CN¥281.67b
Earnings	CN¥85.85b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	37.85
Gross Margin	38.20%
Net Profit Margin	8.92%
Debt/Equity Ratio	19.1%

How did 9988 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.1%

Current Dividend Yield

20%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/18 10:53
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is covered by 99 analysts. 50 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Sau Shing Chow	ABCI Securities Company Limited
Zixiao Yang	Arete Research Services LLP
Richard Kramer	Arete Research Services LLP

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