Alibaba Group Holding Limited

BABA Consumer Cyclical Internet Retail

Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $148.4 billion, up 8.09% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+14.7%
EPS
−74.1%
Free cash flow
+17.2%
Total debt
+21.2%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

105.49 5.13 +5.11%
Market cap
$249.7B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
18.4×
Dividend yield
1.05%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.77
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
49/100

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) Free cash flow margin

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.52%, up 12.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−4.90%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.90% (fiscal 2026) to 45.5% (fiscal 2016) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Internet Retail industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 −4.90% (12.93)
FY2025 8.03% (7.91)
FY2024 15.9% (3.17)
FY2023 19.1% 8.63
FY2022 10.5% (15.87)
FY2021 26.4% (2.66)
FY2020 29.0% 2.12
FY2019 26.9% (11.20)
FY2018 38.1% (1.58)
FY2017 39.7% (5.80)

Against its own ten years

Low −4.90% High 45.5%
Ten-year median 26.6%
Current reading's percentile 8

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
MELI MercadoLibre, Inc. compare 35.3%
PDD PDD Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 24.7%
EBAY eBay Inc. compare 19.5%
SE Sea Limited Sponsored ADR compare 18.8%
DASH DoorDash, Inc. compare 12.9%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited 7.52%
JD JD.com, Inc. compare 3.89%
CPNG Coupang, Inc. compare −1.13%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. compare −5.31%
Internet Retail industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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