Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2026)
Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 5.62% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 8.37 percentage points from 13.99% a year earlier but up 5.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Alibaba Group Holding (BABAF) Return on Sales [ROS] (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Alibaba Group Holding was 2.89%, down 11.13 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Mar 31, 2026, it was 4.76%, down 9.38 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -7.74 percentage points (years ended Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
- In prior years, Alibaba Group Holding's Return on Sales [ROS] was 14.14% in the year ended Mar 31, 2025 (+2.10 pp), 12.04% in the year ended Mar 31, 2024 (+0.45 pp), 11.59% in the year ended Mar 31, 2023 (+3.43 pp) and 8.16% in the year ended Mar 31, 2022 (-4.34 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of -0.35% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026 to a high of 18.79% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.23 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022, with a gain of 12.28 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021, with a drop of 19.26 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was -0.35% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 3.68% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 2.15% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.64% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.35% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.74% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.17% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.13% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.80% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.65% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.94% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.32% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.13% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.13% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.48% |
Alibaba Group Holding Return on Sales [ROS] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=BABAF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();