Gross margin
39.8% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Share of revenue left after the direct cost of the products sold.
Alibaba is a Chinese internet company. It runs the online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall, the international merchant platform AliExpress and the cloud division Alibaba Cloud. It also offers logistics and delivery services. Traded here as a US depositary receipt. As of Oct 13, 2026
According to the company, Alibaba strategically focuses on AI + Cloud and consumption. Its business includes Alibaba China E-commerce Group, Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group and the AI + Cloud areas. Through Taobao Instant Commerce, consumers in China order meals, groceries and medicines for fast delivery, among other things. Internationally, AliExpress, Trendyol in Turkey and Lazada in Southeast Asia belong to the group. Cloud Intelligence Group offers customers worldwide cloud and model services at the IaaS, PaaS and MaaS levels.
Automatically summarized from SEC annual report (20-F, filed May 20, 2026) (website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission) · reviewed Oct 15, 2026
Calculated automatically by fixed rules – not investment advice, check for yourself. How we analyze
Our own calculation from the exchange’s daily candles, as of Oct 27, 2026. “All-time” applies since the start of this series, not to the whole market. Changes in percent; the TradingView chart shows prices. “Today” = change of the last trading day versus the previous day. Not investment advice.
Alibaba Group (ADR) · amounts in CNY
Information only – does not affect the other analysis methods, not investment advice. Source: SEC filings, As of May 20, 2026.
Four angles on the annual figures. Each check counts how many disclosed criteria are met – criteria without data do not count. The bars show where the company ranks on each figure among the stocks we cover and within its sector.
Fiscal year to Mar 31, 2026
39.8% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Share of revenue left after the direct cost of the products sold.
4.9% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Operating income divided by revenue: what the core business earns before interest and taxes.
10.1% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Profit after all costs, interest and taxes divided by revenue.
9.8% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Net income divided by equity at fiscal year end.
5.4% Fiscal year 2026 (total assets at year end)
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Net income divided by total assets at fiscal year end.
55.6% Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Equity as a share of total assets. Usually low for banks.
+5.6% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Average growth per year over 3 fiscal years.
+7.4% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Average growth per year over 5 fiscal years.
+26.0% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Average growth per year over 10 fiscal years.
+17.0% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Growth of earnings per share per year, adjusted for stock splits.
−4.3% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Growth of earnings per share per year, adjusted for stock splits.
+4.7% per year
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Growth of earnings per share per year, adjusted for stock splits.
5 of 9 Fiscal year 2026
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Nine yes/no tests on profit, cash flow, debt, liquidity and efficiency compared with the prior year.
0.11 at fiscal year end
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Long-term financial debt divided by equity.
1.28 at fiscal year end
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Current assets divided by current liabilities.
−12.5% in 5 years
No rank: too few peers or not computed yet.
Change in diluted share count. Negative = share buybacks, positive = new shares.
Last fiscal year compared with the one before. Returns and revenue per total assets use total assets at the start of the year; leverage = long-term financial debt divided by total assets at year end; new shares via the average diluted share count.
20-F filer (foreign company): amounts in the reporting currency, no price-based criteria.
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Computed automatically from SEC annual reports – not investment advice. Describes the reported figures; points are not a rating of the stock.
Summarized from the lights below. Describes the reported figures – not a recommendation to buy or sell.
No quarterly figures reported (companies filing a 20-F annual report usually report only once a year).
No quarterly figures reported (companies filing a 20-F annual report usually report only once a year).
No reported values for “Dividend per share” in this interval.
No quarterly figures reported (companies filing a 20-F annual report usually report only once a year).
Fiscal year 2026 (Apr 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2026): Revenue 1.0T CNY · Net income 103.6B CNY · Net margin 10.1%
Where the money of a fiscal year goes and how margins, returns, balance sheet, cash flow and share count developed over up to 10 years. Each chart has one sentence saying what the trend shows.
Of 100 CNY of revenue, 39.8 CNY gross profit, 4.9 CNY operating income and 10.1 CNY net income remained.
Net income is above operating income (e.g. a tax benefit, gains on investments or securities).
| Item | Amount | of revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.0T CNY | 100.0% |
| Gross profit | 407.5B CNY | 39.8% |
| Cost of revenue | 616.1B CNY | 60.2% |
| Operating income | 50.2B CNY | 4.9% |
| Research & development | 66.5B CNY | 6.5% |
| Other operating expenses | 290.9B CNY | 28.4% |
| Net income | 103.6B CNY | 10.1% |
Taxes, interest and other items are not available separately in the SEC data; they are combined as the difference.
The operating margin fell in 5 years from 12.5% to 4.9%.
Gross marginOperating marginNet marginReturn on equity fell in 5 years from 16.1% to 9.8%.
Return on equityReturn on assetsThe equity ratio stayed roughly the same in 5 years (55.6%).
EquityLong-term debt in CNY Long-term debt, depending on the filing, includes the current portion or leases.The current ratio fell in 5 years from 1.70 to 1.28.
Current ratioOperating cash flow fell in 5 years from 231.8B CNY to 76.2B CNY.
Operating cash flow in CNYThe share count fell in 5 years by 12.5% (mostly through share repurchases).
Average share countFrom annual reports filed with the SEC (10-K, 20-F, 40-F) as first reported, share count adjusted for splits; obvious filing errors (e.g. wrong unit, outliers against both neighbouring years) are hidden. Describes the reported figures – not investment advice.
How much the company returns to its shareholders – as dividends or by repurchasing its own shares – and whether free cash flow supports it.
Dividends paid, repurchases and new shares issued from the cash flow statement of annual reports filed with the SEC (as first reported). Describes the reported figures – not investment advice.
20-F filer or other currency: earnings per share and share count do not reliably match the price of the US listing (ADR) – so there is no price-based valuation here.
Each light follows a simple, disclosed rule. This symbol has no sector assignment – lights with a sector comparison stay gray or use only the basic rule.
+7.4% per year, last 5 years
What does this mean? Revenue: over 5 years it grew by 7.4% per year on average. Comparable values for a sector comparison are missing.
Light rule: Green: grows at least as fast as the sector median (without a sector comparison: grows) · Yellow: grows more slowly · Red: shrinks.
−7.2% per year, last 5 years
per share: −4.3% per year (5 years, split-adjusted)
What does this mean? Total net income: over 5 years it fell by 7.2% per year on average.
Light rule: Green: grows at least as fast as the sector median (without a sector comparison: grows) · Yellow: grows more slowly · Red: shrinks.
10.1% last fiscal year
What does this mean? Of every 100 CNY in revenue, 10.12 CNY remained as profit. Comparable values for a sector comparison are missing.
Light rule: Green: at least the sector median (without a sector comparison: profit) · Yellow: profit, but below the median · Red: loss.
0.11 latest balance sheet
What does this mean? For every 1 CNY of equity there is 0.11 CNY of financial debt. Without a sector comparison this is hard to put into context.
Light rule: Green: at most the sector median · Yellow: up to twice the median · Red: more than twice · Gray: without a sector comparison.
– Dividend / earnings per share
What does this mean? The loaded SEC filings of the last two fiscal years contain no dividend per share. Either the company pays none, or it reports it under a different tag.
Light rule: Green: up to 60% of earnings · Yellow: up to 100% · Red: more than earnings or a dividend despite a loss · Gray for real estate (REITs). The sector median is for comparison only.
10 of 10 fiscal years with a profit
What does this mean? In 10 of the last 10 fiscal years the bottom line showed a profit. There were no losses in this period.
Light rule: Green: profit in every year · Yellow: one loss year · Red: several loss years (at least 3 years needed).
| Year | End | Revenue | Net income | Margin | Earnings per share | Dividend per share | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.0T | 103.6B | 10.1% | 5.50 | – | – |
| 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | 996.3B | 130.1B | 13.1% | 6.70 | – | – |
| 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | 941.2B | 80.0B | 8.5% | 3.91 | – | – |
| 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | 868.7B | 72.8B | 8.4% | 3.43 | – | – |
| 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | 853.1B | 62.2B | 7.3% | 2.84 | – | – |
| 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | 717.3B | 150.6B | 21.0% | 6.84 | – | – |
| 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | 509.7B | 149.4B | 29.3% | 6.99 | – | – |
| 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | 376.8B | 87.9B | 23.3% | 4.17 | – | – |
| 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | 250.3B | 64.1B | 25.6% | 3.06 | – | – |
| 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | 158.3B | 43.7B | 27.6% | 2.12 | – | – |
* Q4 derived: fiscal year minus the 9-month value (EPS cannot be derived this way); may be distorted by restatements.
How we calculate: values as first reported to the SEC (later corrections are left out), a fixed order of reporting tags per figure, partial sums are never added up. Growth per year Growth per year (CAGR)The average annual growth rate over several years, as if the value had grown equally strongly every year. Individual good or bad years even out in it.Example: Revenue €100m → €161m in 5 years → (161 ÷ 100) to the power of 1/5 − 1 = 10% per year.More in the Academy: Lesson debt, dividends and growth over 5 years (otherwise 3 years). Per-share values adjusted for stock split Stock splitA company divides each share into several new ones; the value of the company stays the same. We convert per-share values from before the split to today’s scale.Example: Split 4 : 1, earnings per share before $11.89 → comparable today $2.97.More in the Academy: Lesson revenue, profit and margin 8:1 (between Jun 5, 2019 and Nov 13, 2019). Quarters are labeled by the calendar quarter in which they end.
| Period | Purchases | Sales | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | $25.7M2 people | $13.6M3 people | +$12.1M |
| 6 months | $25.7M2 people | $84.4M5 people | −$58.7M |
| 12 months | $25.7M2 people | $85.8M5 people | −$60.2M |
Source: mandatory filings with the SEC (Form 4), open-market purchases and sales only. General information, not investment advice.
ATR ATR (Average True Range)The average range per trading day over the last 14 days. It makes distances comparable, whether a stock costs 10 or 1,000.Example: ATR 2.50 at a price of 100: 0.4 ATR is 1.00, i.e. 1%.More in the Academy: Lesson ATR and moving averages as price values only when logged in.
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