Alibaba Group Holding Limited

SZSC:9988 Stock Report

Market Cap: HK$1.5t

Alibaba Group Holding Valuation

Is 9988 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 9988 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 9988 (HK$84.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$168.66)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 9988 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 9988?

Key metric: As 9988 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 9988. This is calculated by dividing 9988's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 9988's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.7x
EarningsCN¥85.85b
Market CapCN¥1.43t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 9988's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 9988 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.5x
3308 Golden Eagle Retail Group
12.2x23.0%HK$11.4b
PRX Prosus
13.9x4.8%€90.3b
PDD PDD Holdings
10.6x16.8%US$161.8b
MELI MercadoLibre
69.4x28.0%US$97.9b
9988 Alibaba Group Holding
16.7x14.9%HK$197.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 9988 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the peer average (31.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 9988's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Multiline Retail Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
9988 16.7xIndustry Avg. 22.2xNo. of Companies14PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 9988 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.7x) compared to the Asian Multiline Retail industry average (22.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 9988's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

9988 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate 9988's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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