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9988.HK

Alibaba Group

Consumer Discretionary · Internet & Direct Marketing Retail · HKEX

$118.80

Data: 2026-05-09

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$2.7T

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

24.96

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

18.13

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+1.7%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

0.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

8.2%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

N/A

Recommendation

N/A

Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock

About Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through the Alibaba China E-Commerce Group, Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, Cloud Intelligence Group, and All Others segments.

Country: Hong Kong Industry: Internet Retail

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

13.8% PASS

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

8.1% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

1.7% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

1.1% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$46.15

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

-157.4%

Trading above fair value — no margin of safety

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

90.5th

Ranks in the top 10% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

88.5

Valuation Score

55.0

Quality Score

33.0

Combined

64.4

Trading at $139, 201% above fair value of $46. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 49% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

0.763

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0517

Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position

Calmar Ratio

0.780

Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk

Annual Return

28.1%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-36.0%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

N/A

52W High

$N/A

52W Low

$N/A

Avg Volume

N/A

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

N/A

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

0.7%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$5.57

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

25.91

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

N/A

Quick Ratio

N/A

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

N/A

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

1.0%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

N/A

Negative — the business is spending more than it generates

Revenue (TTM)

N/A

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

N/A

Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs

Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date	Insider	Title	Shares	Value
2026-04-01	Tsai (Chung Joseph)	Chairman of the Board	3,333	—
2026-04-01	Wu (Wei)	Director (Non-Executive)	40,808	—
2026-04-01	Wu (Yongming)	Chief Executive Officer	13,333	—
2026-04-01	Evans (John Michael)	President	748,000	—
2026-03-26	Tsai (Chung Joseph)	Chairman of the Board	1,500,744	—
2026-01-01	Tsai (Chung Joseph)	Chairman of the Board	3,334	—
2026-01-01	Wu (Yongming)	Chief Executive Officer	13,334	—
2025-12-18	Lee (Irene Yun-Lien)	Director (Independent)	5,000	$92,408
2025-12-12	Tsai (Chung Joseph)	Chairman of the Board	407,912	—
2025-10-01	Wu (Yongming)	Chief Executive Officer	13,333	—

Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at

Insider Intelligence

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-09

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