Growth Metrics

Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) Return on Sales: 2014-2025

Historic Return on Sales for Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) over the last 13 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.12%.

  • Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales fell 1200.0% to 0.12% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.18%, marking a year-over-year increase of 300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2025, which is 400.0% up from last year.
  • Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales amounted to 0.12% in Q3 2025, which was down 1200.0% from 0.24% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales' 5-year high stood at 0.27% during Q2 2021, with a 5-year trough of 0.09% in Q1 2022.
  • Over the past 5 years, Alibaba Group Holding's median Return on Sales value was 0.16% (recorded in 2021), while the average stood at 0.13%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales plummeted by -2900bps in 2021, and later skyrocketed by 2600bps in 2023.
  • Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.16% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 37bps to 0.22% in 2022, then plummeted by -61bps to 0.09% in 2023, then soared by 173bps to 0.23% in 2024, then tumbled by -49bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales was 0.12% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.24% in Q2 2025 and 0.11% in Q1 2025.