BABA vs Peers Stock Comparison

Alibaba Group Holding Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

BABA

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

AxisBABA
Valuation 70 #51 of 167
Growth 17 #127 of 153
Profitability 53 #72 of 153
Financial Health 59 #74 of 179
Shareholder Returns 30 #66 of 94
Overall 46
  • BABA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBABASPY
1 month -8.7% -0.8%
3 months -12.8% +3.5%
6 months -24.3% +7.0%
Year to date -31.6% +12.2%
1 year -42.6% +13.0%
3 years +21.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.6% +23.1%
5 years -40.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -9.9% +11.0%
10 years -2.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -0.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBABASPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.11 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.06 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -44.3% -1.8%
52-week high $179.97 $779.14
52-week low $94.81 $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.

MultipleBABA
P/E now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -15.35median 0.41

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 monthsBABA
Revenue $150.46B
Gross profit $57.45B
Operating income $4.39B
Net income $10.08B
Free cash flow $33.19B
R&D $10.68B
EPS (diluted) $4.38
Cash & equivalents $21.06B
Total debt $83.76B
Shares (diluted) 2.40B
Enterprise value $45.10B

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
MetricBABA
P/E 22.1x
P/FCF 7.0x
P/Operating cash flow 20.6x
P/S 1.5x
P/B 1.4x
P/Tangible book 1.5x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT 48.0x
EV/Revenue 1.4x
EV/FCF 6.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -15.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBABA
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -77.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -35.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -50.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -47.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -45.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -8.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBABA
Gross margin 38.2%
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin 2.9%
Pretax margin 9.7%
Net margin 7.0%
FCF margin 22.1%
Operating cash flow margin 7.5%
Return on equity 6.2%
Return on assets 3.6%
Return on invested capital 2.4%
Return on capital employed 2.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBABA
Debt / assets 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 43.6%
Equity / assets 56.4%
Interest coverage 3.2x
Current ratio 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x
Altman Z-score 2.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBABA
Dividend yield 1.0%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

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.

ConsensusBABA
Forward P/E 14.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +80.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $174.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBABA
Held by institutions 10.1%
Institutions holding 1,218
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.4%
Institutions buying 555
Institutions selling 421
Buyers to sellers 1.32

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