Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Beginning Cash Balance (2017 - 2026)
Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) posted Beginning Cash Balance of $33.83 billion for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2018, up 73.8% from $19.47 billion a year earlier and up 48.0% from the prior quarter.
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Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Beginning Cash Balance (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Mar 31, 2018, Alibaba Group Holding's Beginning Cash Balance came in at $22.92 billion, up 47.7% from the prior year.
- Annual Beginning Cash Balance shows a four-year compound annual growth rate of 46.5% (years ended Mar 2014 to Mar 2018).
- In prior years, Alibaba Group Holding's Beginning Cash Balance was $15.52 billion in the year ended Mar 31, 2017 (-7.5%), $16.78 billion in the year ended Mar 31, 2016 (+214.7%), $5.33 billion in the year ended Mar 31, 2015 (+7.1%) and $4.98 billion in the year ended Mar 31, 2014.
- The figure for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2018 stands as the highest quarterly Beginning Cash Balance in data going back to the quarter ended Sep 30, 2013.
- On a year-over-year basis, Beginning Cash Balance has increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 27.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Beginning Cash Balance in the past five years was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2015, with growth of 228.5%; the weakest was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2016, with a decline of 24.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Beginning Cash Balance for the three prior quarters was $22.86 billion (quarter ended Dec 31, 2017), $21.82 billion (quarter ended Sep 30, 2017) and $21.2 billion (quarter ended Jun 30, 2017).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 25.58 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 27.32 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 27.07 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 31.55 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.42 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 39.40 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 39.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 40.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 41.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 39.58 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 36.61 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.65 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 34.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 35.79 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 31.96 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 33.94 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 56.17 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 55.94 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 55.32 Bn |
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Alibaba Group Holding Beginning Cash Balance API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=beginning-cash-balance&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "beginning-cash-balance", "ticker": "BABAF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=beginning-cash-balance&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();