Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026)
Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.33% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 8.96 percentage points from 11.30% a year earlier and down 1.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Mar 31, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 4.00%, down 7.27 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] carries a five-year change of -4.43 percentage points (years ended Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
- Going back by year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 11.27% in the year ended Mar 31, 2025 (+2.45 pp), 8.82% in the year ended Mar 31, 2024 (+0.97 pp), 7.85% in the year ended Mar 31, 2023 (+1.98 pp) and 5.86% in the year ended Mar 31, 2022 (-2.57 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 represents the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to the quarter ended Dec 31, 2014.
- Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.03 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years came in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a gain of 4.82 percentage points), and the weakest in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 (a drop of 8.96 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BABAF's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at 3.83% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 6.14% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 8.63% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025) in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.39% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.28% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.76% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.47% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.22% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.12% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.29% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.80% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.43% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.11% |
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();