Growth Metrics

Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) over the last 13 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 2.17%.

  • Alibaba Group Holding's Operating Margin fell 127400.0% to 2.17% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 10.83%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 4500.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 14.14% for FY2025, which is 21000.0% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Alibaba Group Holding reported Operating Margin of 2.17% as of Q3 2025, which was down 127400.0% from 14.13% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Alibaba Group Holding's Operating Margin ranged from a high of 18.15% in Q2 2023 and a low of 4.09% during Q1 2021
  • For the 5-year period, Alibaba Group Holding's Operating Margin averaged around 10.33%, with its median value being 12.13% (2022).
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Alibaba Group Holding's Operating Margin plummeted by -192500bps in 2021, and later skyrocketed by 122800bps in 2022.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Alibaba Group Holding's Operating Margin stood at 2.91% in 2021, then soared by 385bps to 14.14% in 2022, then plummeted by -39bps to 8.65% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 70bps to 14.71% in 2024, then plummeted by -85bps to 2.17% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 2.17% in Q3 2025, 14.13% for Q2 2025, and 12.04% during Q1 2025.