Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)
Consumer Discretionary · Internet Content & Information · NYSE (sector: owner-approved classification (S&P GICS / MSCI))
A global technology conglomerate operating the world's largest online and mobile commerce ecosystem, complemented by robust cloud computing and digital media operations.
What Alibaba Group Holding Ltd does
Alibaba Group Holding is a multinational technology conglomerate that provides global retail and wholesale e-commerce platforms, cloud computing services, digital media and entertainment, and local consumer services. The company operates a vast ecosystem that connects consumers, merchants, and service providers across China and international markets.
Themes: e-commerce, cloud computing, digital media, consumer services, fintech, logistics automation
Fundamentals
- Price$108.61 as of 2026-10-20 close
- Market cap$263.0B market cap from Nasdaq, 2026-10-20
- 1-year return-37.4% 2025-10-20 close $173.47 → 2026-10-20 close $108.61
- P/En/a not reported by our data source
- Net margin+10.1% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+9.8% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROICn/a No figure: its 10-K tags no operating income.
- Debt / equityn/a No figure: we hold no 10-Q/10-K balance sheet for it.
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.1% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+5.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.90 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: pays a dividend.
How BABA compares in its sector
- net profit margintop 25% 315 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 282 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 294 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 327 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, BABA's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 33%, operating-cash-flow payout 44%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout33% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout44% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Alibaba Group Holding Ltd looks technically
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) is trading 15.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 136 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 11, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago. It is 40.5% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 15.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -15.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $113.80 | $113.80 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $128.86 | $128.86 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 12 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 12 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed five-part downward sequence — the pattern Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — which on that reading would now be due a pullback rather than more of the same; the labelling fails if price closes below 104.75. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible five-wave downward sequence, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 136 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 136 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 11, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 10.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 45.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($104.75 to $112.73) — its "stochastic" reading is 48 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 48.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 8 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $182.50 | $182.50 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 40.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -40.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 18.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +18.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 40.5% below its highest point of the past year | 40.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $319.32 (set on 2020-10-27) | $319.32 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($94.81 to $179.97), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 16% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $147.44 to $150.16. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 16.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 66.0% below its all-time high | -66.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.7% below a resistance level at $111.51 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-05-30, most recently on 2026-07-24. Since 2024-10-21 it has 3 such levels below the current price and 13 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $57.20 (set on 2015-09-29) | $57.20 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 89.9% above its all-time low | +89.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 0th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.04 between its high and its low — about 2.8% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.04 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $105.62 and $112.67 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $105.62 – $109.14 – $112.67 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.8% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 6.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (15.7% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 6.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.77× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.6% since the prior reading | +0.6% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has improved toward "buy" since the prior reading | 0.01 toward buy |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-20 1.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -1.4% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.0% above the previous close 7 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 105.7 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.0% |
| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap down opened on 2026-10-07 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 8 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock lost 4.1% while the market gained 1.0%) | -5.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 13.4 percentage points (the stock lost 9.7% while the market gained 3.6%) | -13.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 31.0 percentage points (the stock lost 22.5% while the market gained 8.5%) | -31.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 52.0 percentage points (the stock lost 37.4% while the market gained 14.6%) | -52.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 4.6% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-14 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -4.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 16% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $129.89 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 199 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -16.4% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
BABA last closed at $108.61 on 2026-10-20. Since 2024-10-21 it has turned at 3 prices below its last close and 13 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $111.51 | Resistance | 2.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-30 to 2026-07-24 |
| $104.04 | Support | 4.2% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-30 to 2026-10-08 |
| $117.25 | Resistance | 8.0% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-06-25 to 2026-04-07 |
| $121.22 | Resistance | 11.6% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-03-19 to 2026-09-22 |
| $87.32 | Support | 19.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-26 to 2025-01-06 |
| $82.17 | Support | 24.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-22 to 2024-12-20 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $104.75.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 4 trading days, since 2026-10-15.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-20.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Trading below the 50-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-20. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.32 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 40 analysts
- Mean price target$186.91 range $95.83 – $239.78; median $189.15
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-20. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BABA
- Consensus EPS estimateCNY 10.91 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-20
- Estimate change, 30 days-CNY 0.07216 (-0.7%) from CNY 10.98, on 2026-09-15, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward38% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Security breaches and attacks against systems could damage reputation and impact financial condition.","Regulatory environment and potential changes in laws affecting the business model."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
3 open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-16. The 5 days since 2026-10-16 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-160 buys · 4 sells ($14M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-163 buys ($26M) · 4 sells ($14M) — 2 buying, 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-163 buys ($26M) · 10 sells ($84M) — 2 buying, 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-30. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-16; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about BABA's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 28 matched disclosures for BABA from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Short interest (FINRA)
BABA had 36,914,727 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for BABA because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 36,914,727
- Prior settlement (shares) 41,044,240
- Reported change -10.06%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.17
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-30 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Amazon (AMZN)
- JD.com (JD)
- Tencent (TCEHY)
- Pinduoduo (PDD)
- Baidu (BIDU)
- Sea Limited (SE)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) do?
Alibaba Group Holding is a multinational technology conglomerate that provides global retail and wholesale e-commerce platforms, cloud computing services, digital media and entertainment, and local consumer services. The company operates a vast ecosystem that connects consumers, merchants, and service providers across China and international markets.
What sector is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) in?
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Internet Content & Information. It trades on NYSE.
Does BABA pay a dividend?
Yes — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) pays a dividend (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA) competitors?
Notable peers of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) include Amazon, JD.com, Tencent, Pinduoduo and Baidu. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in BABA?
Yes — we hold 28 matched STOCK Act disclosures for BABA from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) overbought or oversold right now?
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-20). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BABA come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-20.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.