# Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

- Sector: Consumer Discretionary · Industry: Internet Retail
- SEC CIK: 0001577552 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001577552))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/baba
- Data as of: price 2026-09-28; newest filing used 2026-08-20; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**B** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed |  |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed |  |  |
| Earnings growing recently | failed |  |  |
| Earns well on its assets | passed |  |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed |  |  |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 3 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed |  |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed |  |  |
| Strong operating margin | failed |  |  |
| Good return on equity | failed |  |  |
| Debt under control | passed |  |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed |  |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, converted from CNY at today's spot rate (every period alike).

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $155.7B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $10.9B |
| Net margin | 7.0% |
| Operating margin | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.9% |
| Debt to equity | 0.07 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $4.28 |
| Share price | $108.81 |
| Market value | $261.6B |
| Price / earnings | 25.4x |
| Price / sales | 1.7x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/baba)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/baba/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/baba/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/baba/earnings)

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