Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Assets [ROA] (2014 - 2026)
Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.57% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 4.39 percentage points from 7.96% a year earlier and down 1.74 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Assets [ROA] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Mar 31, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 5.64%, down 1.41 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -4.23 percentage points (years ended Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 7.04% in the year ended Mar 31, 2025 (+3.09 pp), 3.95% in the year ended Mar 31, 2024 (+0.30 pp), 3.65% in the year ended Mar 31, 2023 (+0.83 pp) and 2.83% in the year ended Mar 31, 2022 (-7.04 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 is the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since the quarter ended Jun 30, 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.67 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 4.46 percentage points in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023, against a drop of 6.62 percentage points in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 5.31% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 4.76% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 6.44% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.56% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.31% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.95% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.49% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.95% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.56% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.77% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.31% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.65% |
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Alibaba Group Holding Return on Assets [ROA] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();