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) Return on invested capital

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 2.99%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (3.66%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.66% (fiscal 2026) to 17.8% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Internet Retail industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.54%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 3.66% (7.32)
FY2025 11.0% (0.98)
FY2024 12.0% 2.93
FY2023 9.03% 0.82
FY2022 8.21% 0.26
FY2021 7.95% (1.37)
FY2020 9.32% 2.60
FY2019 6.72% (5.80)
FY2018 12.5% 0.94
FY2017 11.6% 1.87

Against its own ten years

Low 3.66% High 17.8%
Ten-year median 9.52%
Current reading's percentile 8

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SE Sea Limited Sponsored ADR compare 51.6%
EBAY eBay Inc. compare 17.2%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. compare 9.70%
DASH DoorDash, Inc. compare 7.82%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.99%
JD JD.com, Inc. compare 1.18%
CPNG Coupang, Inc. compare 0.00%
MELI MercadoLibre, Inc. compare 0.00%
PDD PDD Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
Internet Retail industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.54%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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