BABA vs DOCN vs ORCL Stock Comparison

Alibaba Group Holding, DigitalOcean Holdings and Oracle Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
$100.26 -8.7% 1M -42.6% 1Y
Market cap
$232.56B
P/E
22.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$150.46B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
2 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.06 -8.0% 1M -55.5% 1Y
Market cap
$387.42B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Oracle leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Oracle 6, DigitalOcean Holdings 3, Alibaba Group Holding 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBABADOCNORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $232.56B $11.12B $387.42B ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.1x 47.3x 20.6x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.3x 73.2x 14.7x BABA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.1% +21.4% +21.6% ORCL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.0% 23.3% 26.2% ORCL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.4% 8.2% 11.0% ORCL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.5x 2.6x DOCN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.6% +152.4% -55.5% DOCN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.9%/yr +0.8%/yr +5.6%/yr ORCL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.4% 85.7% 57.0% BABA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 60/100 53/100 DOCN

Percentile Scorecard

BABADOCNORCL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBABADOCNORCL
Valuation 70 #51 of 167 41 #23 of 38 56 #45 of 102
Growth 17 #127 of 153 83 #7 of 36 63 #37 of 98
Profitability 53 #72 of 153 85 #6 of 34 84 #16 of 95
Financial Health 59 #74 of 179 57 #17 of 38 39 #67 of 109
Shareholder Returns 30 #66 of 94 35 #14 of 21 21 #51 of 64
Overall 46 60 53
  • BABA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • DOCN ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ORCL ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBABADOCNORCLSPY
1 month -8.7%-28.7%-8.0% -0.8%
3 months -12.8%-17.1%+5.1% +3.5%
6 months -24.3%+0.6%-27.1% +7.0%
Year to date -31.6%+106.9%-35.3% +12.2%
1 year -42.6%+152.4%-55.5% +13.0%
3 years +21.1%+384.7%+24.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.6%+69.3%+7.7% +23.1%
5 years -40.8%+4.1%+31.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -9.9%+0.8%+5.6% +11.0%
10 years -2.5%—+229.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year -0.2%—+12.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBABADOCNORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.4%85.7%57.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0%73.7%56.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.112.722.24 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.061.78-0.97 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.9%-84.8%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -44.3%-45.1%-55.2% -1.8%
52-week high $179.97$181.29$281.40 $779.14
52-week low $94.81$37.94$115.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBABADOCNORCL
P/E now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 17.5x 44.3xmedian 29.6x 19.9xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x 10.3xmedian 4.2x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.5x 33.0xmedian 24.2x 13.8xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 12.1x 650.1xmedian 15.1x -13.3xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.7x 11.2xmedian 3.9x 5.7xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median -15.35median 0.41 0.34median 0.38 0.84median 0.85

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBABADOCNORCL
Revenue $150.46B $1.01B $71.78B
Gross profit $57.45B $578.58M –
Operating income $4.39B $149.67M $23.06B
Net income $10.08B $235.24M $18.92B
Free cash flow $33.19B $16.08M -$28.72B
R&D $10.68B $188.73M $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $4.38 $1.86 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $21.06B $767.03M $36.37B
Total debt $83.76B $921.05M $125.34B
Shares (diluted) 2.40B 126.55M 3.00B
Enterprise value $46.20B $9.12B $259.55B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBABADOCNORCL
P/E 22.1x 44.3x 19.9x
P/FCF 7.0x 650.1x -13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 20.6x 33.7x 8.1x
P/S 1.5x 10.3x 5.3x
P/B 1.4x 11.2x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 12.5x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA – 33.0x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 48.0x 70.9x 20.4x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 10.5x 6.5x
EV/FCF 6.3x 659.7x -16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.6x 34.2x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -15.35 0.34 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBABADOCNORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1% 21.4% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 15.9% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.2% 15.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 14.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -77.5% 14.8% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -35.9% 80.3% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -50.0% 86.0% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.6% 147.5% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -47.9% 47.9% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 129.0% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -45.8% 2.9% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.8% 12.3% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -8.5% -84.5% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.6% -48.0% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBABADOCNORCL
Gross margin 38.2% 57.2% –
EBITDA margin – 31.8% 47.3%
Operating margin 2.9% 14.8% 32.1%
Pretax margin 9.7% 17.3% 30.3%
Net margin 7.0% 23.3% 26.2%
FCF margin 22.1% 1.6% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 7.5% 30.7% 65.4%
Return on equity 6.2% 25.9% 34.3%
Return on assets 3.6% 8.3% 6.7%
Return on invested capital 2.4% 8.2% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 2.1% 7.2% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.3x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 9.4% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBABADOCNORCL
Debt / assets 7.5% 29.5% 41.3%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.0x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.5x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 0.6x 57.3x -4.4x
Liabilities / assets 43.6% 70.2% 77.8%
Equity / assets 56.4% 29.8% 22.2%
Interest coverage 3.2x 4.8x 4.5x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.1x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.6x 1.0x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 2.30 3.44 1.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBABADOCNORCL
Dividend yield 1.0% – 1.6%
Net buyback yield – -8.6% -5.3%
Shareholder yield 1.0% -8.6% -3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 15.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBABADOCNORCL
Forward P/E 14.3xFY2026 73.2xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.02FY2026 $1.36FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +80.9%FY2026 -35.8%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.8% +25.0% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $174.00BFY2026 $1.11BFY2026 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026 +23.5%FY2026 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.7% +52.7% +45.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBABADOCNORCL
Held by institutions 10.1% 91.0% 44.7%
Institutions holding 1,218 566 3,495
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.4% -0.9% +6.5%
Institutions buying 555 331 1,807
Institutions selling 421 187 1,308
Buyers to sellers 1.32 1.77 1.38

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BABADOCNORCL
BABA 1.00 0.15 0.22
DOCN 0.15 1.00 0.50
ORCL 0.22 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BABA, DOCN and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) $232.56B, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) $11.12B, Oracle (ORCL) $387.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, BABA, DOCN and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 22.1x, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 47.3x, Oracle (ORCL) 20.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) is cheapest (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 14.3x, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 73.2x, Oracle (ORCL) 14.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Oracle (ORCL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) +8.1%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +21.4%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Oracle (ORCL) has the highest net margin (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 7.0%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 23.3%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%). On return on invested capital, Oracle (ORCL) leads (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 2.4%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 8.2%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) returned the most: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -42.6%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +152.4%, Oracle (ORCL) -55.5%. Over five years, Oracle (ORCL) compounded fastest (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) -9.9%/yr, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) +0.8%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +5.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 0.00%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 0.00%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) and DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) has been the steadiest (Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 40.4%, DigitalOcean Holdings (DOCN) 85.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 57.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BABA, DOCN and ORCL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oracle (ORCL) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.