Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026)
Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.77% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 10.44 percentage points from 13.21% a year earlier and down 1.61 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Mar 31, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 3.65%, down 6.76 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of -4.69 percentage points (years ended Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 10.41% in the year ended Mar 31, 2025 (+2.21 pp), 8.20% in the year ended Mar 31, 2024 (+1.05 pp), 7.15% in the year ended Mar 31, 2023 (+1.71 pp) and 5.43% in the year ended Mar 31, 2022 (-2.91 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to the quarter ended Dec 31, 2014.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.95 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a gain of 5.73 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 (a drop of 10.44 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 4.38% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 7.05% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 9.98% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.15% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.52% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.65% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.41% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.21% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.15% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.17% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.38% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.19% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.28% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.95% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.67% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.78% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.39% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.45% |
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Alibaba Group Holding Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();