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Alibaba (BABA) stock price, revenue, and financials

Alibaba market cap is $656.3 b, and annual revenue was ¥509.71 b in FY 2020

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-7.80 (-3.23%)

$656.3 B

BABA Mkt cap, 01-Mar-2021

¥153.8 B

Alibaba Revenue Q1, 2021

Alibaba Gross profit (Q1, 2021)69.2 B

Alibaba Gross profit margin (Q1, 2021), %45%

Alibaba Net income (Q1, 2021)46.4 B

Alibaba EBITDA (Q1, 2021)51 B

Alibaba EBIT (Q1, 2021)34.7 B

Alibaba Cash, 30-Jun-2020309.3 B

Alibaba EV392.1 B

Alibaba Revenue

Alibaba revenue was ¥509.71 b in FY, 2020 which is a 35.3% year over year increase from the previous period.

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Alibaba Revenue Breakdown

Business Segment

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Alibaba revenue breakdown by business segment: 85.6% from Core Commerce, 7.9% from Cloud Computing, 5.3% from Digital Media and Entertainment and 1.3% from Other

Annual

CNY	FY, 2017	FY, 2018	FY, 2019	FY, 2020
Revenue	158.3b	250.3b	376.8b	509.7b
Revenue growth, %	56%	58%	51%	35%
Cost of goods sold	59.5b	107.0b	206.9b	282.4b
Gross profit	98.8b	143.2b	169.9b	227.3b
Gross profit Margin, %	62%	57%	45%	45%
Sales and marketing expense	16.3b	27.2b	39.8b	50.7b
R&D expense	17.1b	22.8b	37.4b	43.1b
General and administrative expense	12.2b	16.2b	24.9b	28.2b
Operating expense total	50.7b	73.9b	112.8b	122.0b
Depreciation and amortization	5.1b	7.1b	10.7b	13.4b
EBITDA	74.5b	105.8b	121.9b	157.6b
EBITDA margin, %	47%	42%	32%	31%
EBIT	48.1b	69.3b	57.1b	91.4b
EBIT margin, %	30%	28%	15%	18%
Interest expense	2.7b	3.6b	5.2b	5.2b
Pre tax profit	60.0b	100.4b	96.2b	166.6b
Income tax expense	13.8b	18.2b	16.6b	20.6b
Net Income	43.7b	64.1b	87.9b	140.4b
EPS	17.0	24.5	33.4	7.0

Quarterly

CNY	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018	Q1, 2019	Q2, 2019	Q3, 2019	Q1, 2020	Q2, 2020	Q3, 2020	Q1, 2021
Revenue	50.2b	55.1b	83.0b	80.9b	85.1b	117.3b	114.9b	119.0b	161.5b	153.8b
Cost of goods sold	17.5b	22.0b	35.1b	43.7b	46.8b	60.8b	60.0b	65.5b	84.3b	84.5b
Gross profit	32.7b	33.1b	48.0b	37.2b	38.4b	56.5b	54.9b	53.5b	77.1b	69.2b
Gross profit Margin, %	65%	60%	58%	46%	45%	48%	48%	45%	48%	45%
Sales and marketing expense	4.9b	6.3b	8.5b	8.9b	9.1b	12.1b	10.7b	12.0b	15.8b	13.7b
R&D expense	4.7b	5.1b	6.3b	11.5b	8.4b	8.9b	10.5b	10.9b	11.1b	11.1b
General and administrative expense	3.7b	3.4b	4.6b	6.6b	4.8b	5.9b	6.3b	6.6b	7.4b	6.8b
Operating expense total	17.0b	16.5b	22.0b	31.8b	24.9b	29.7b	30.6b	29.5b	34.3b	31.6b
Depreciation and amortization	2.0b	1.7b	2.1b	2.1b	2.6b	2.8b	3.1b	3.0b	3.3b	3.0b
EBITDA	25.1b	25.0m	36.2b	29.4b	26.7b	40.7b	39.2b	37.1b	55.9b	51.0b
EBITDA margin, %	50%	0%	44%	36%	31%	35%	34%	31%	35%	33%
EBIT	17.5b	16.6b	26.0b	8.0b	13.5b	26.8b	24.4b	20.4b	39.6b	34.7b
EBIT margin, %	35%	30%	31%	10%	16%	23%	21%	17%	25%	23%
Interest expense	800.0m	747.0m	844.0m	1.2b	1.3b	1.3b	1.3b	1.4b	1.3b	1.1b
Pre tax profit	20.1b	21.0b	48.4b	14.0b	17.3b	37.4b	25.3b	85.5b	56.4b	57.2b
Income tax expense	4.7b	2.7b	6.7b	5.7b	277.0m	5.6b	6.7b	2.8b	8.4b	11.1b
Net Income	14.7b	17.7b	24.1b	8.7b	20.1b	33.1b	21.4b	72.5b	50.1b	46.4b
EPS	5.7	6.8	9.2	3.3	7.6	12.6	1.0	3.4	2.4	2.2

Annual

CNY	FY, 2017	FY, 2018	FY, 2019	FY, 2020
Cash	143.7b	199.3b	190.0b	330.5b
Accounts Receivable	4.4b	7.3b	13.8b	19.8b
Prepaid Expenses	3.4b	4.3b	7.0b	7.5b
Inventories		4.5b	8.5b	14.9b
Current Assets	182.5b	256.9b	270.3b	462.9b
PP&E	20.2b	66.5b	92.0b	103.4b
Goodwill	125.4b	162.1b	264.9b	276.8b
Total Assets	506.8b	717.1b	965.1b	1.3t
Short-term debt	14.9b	6.0b	7.4b	5.2b
Current Liabilities	93.6b	135.8b	207.7b	241.9b
Long-term debt	76.8b	119.5b	35.4b	39.7b
Total Debt	91.7b	125.6b	42.8b	44.8b
Total Liabilities	182.7b	277.7b	349.7b	433.3b
Common Stock	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m
Additional Paid-in Capital	164.6b	186.8b	231.8b	343.7b
Retained Earnings	108.6b	172.4b	257.9b	406.3b
Total Equity	321.1b	436.4b	608.6b	870.5b
Debt to Equity Ratio	0.3 x	0.3 x	0.1 x	0.1 x
Debt to Assets Ratio	0.2 x	0.2 x	0 x	0 x
Financial Leverage	1.6 x	1.6 x	1.6 x	1.5 x

Quarterly

CNY	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018	Q1, 2019	Q2, 2019	Q3, 2019	Q1, 2020	Q2, 2020	Q3, 2020	Q1, 2021
Cash	145.1b	148.7b	212.2b	167.9b	164.4b	189.2b	210.5b	234.2b	350.6b	309.3b
Current Assets	186.4b	204.6b	268.3b	237.0b	237.9b	261.7b	290.6b	335.7b	459.4b	491.3b
PP&E	43.9b	49.6b	65.0b	78.7b	87.0b	90.8b	94.2b	100.9b	101.5b	111.5b
Goodwill	129.5b	130.2b	162.7b	207.4b	203.7b	244.3b	266.9b	276.6b	277.0b	276.9b
Total Assets	543.7b	578.8b	711.4b	796.7b	824.8b	917.9b	1.0t	1.2t	1.3t	1.4t
Short-term debt	7.7b	7.7b	6.4b	13.7b	9.0b	22.8b	7.6b	8.1b	4.2b	4.5b
Current Liabilities	107.0b	119.5b	136.4b	164.2b	168.1b	208.8b	210.7b	243.9b	262.5b	248.1b
Long-term debt	31.8b	31.0b	34.4b	124.4b	129.2b	113.2b	38.2b	81.0b	38.8b	40.5b
Total Debt	39.4b	38.7b	40.8b	138.1b	138.2b	136.1b	45.8b	89.1b	43.0b	45.0b
Total Liabilities	199.3b	210.8b	281.5b	320.9b	323.4b	349.9b	373.8b	431.8b	452.4b	440.7b
Common Stock	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m	1.0m
Additional Paid-in Capital	170.7b	175.2b	179.7b	203.4b	212.7b	225.3b	238.0b	246.1b	337.0b	349.7b
Retained Earnings	123.3b	140.9b	164.9b	189.1b	207.8b	232.9b	279.2b	351.4b	403.2b	453.5b
Total Equity	343.6b	367.1b	427.0b	472.6b	495.3b	560.9b	638.0b	720.2b	859.3b	920.7b
Debt to Equity Ratio	0.1 x	0.1 x	0.1 x	0.3 x	0.3 x	0.2 x	0.1 x	0.1 x	0.1 x	0 x
Debt to Assets Ratio	0.1 x	0.1 x	0.1 x	0.2 x	0.2 x	0.1 x	0 x	0.1 x	0 x	0 x
Financial Leverage	1.6 x	1.6 x	1.7 x	1.7 x	1.7 x	1.6 x	1.6 x	1.6 x	1.5 x	1.5 x

Annual

CNY	FY, 2017	FY, 2018	FY, 2019	FY, 2020
Net Income	41.2b	61.4b	80.2b	140.4b
Depreciation and Amortization	5.3b	8.8b	15.0b	21.9b
Cash From Operating Activities	80.3b	125.8b	151.0b	180.6b
Purchases of PP&E	(12.2b)	(29.8b)	(49.6b)	45.4b
Cash From Investing Activities	(78.4b)	(83.8b)	(151.1b)	(108.1b)
Long-term Borrowings	(67.3b)	(39.3b)	(16.3b)	(15.9b)
Dividends Paid	(163.0m)	(112.0m)	(226.0m)	(278.0m)
Cash From Financing Activities	32.9b	20.4b	(7.4b)	70.9b
Net Change in Cash	36.9b	56.3b	(4.2b)	147.5b
Interest Paid	2.5b	2.9b	5.0b	2.9b
Income Taxes Paid	9.7b	10.1b	15.7b	10.1b

Quarterly

CNY	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018	Q3, 2018	Q1, 2019	Q2, 2019	Q3, 2019	Q1, 2020	Q2, 2020	Q3, 2020	Q1, 2021
Cash From Operating Activities	25.3b	55.8b	111.0b	36.1b	67.5b	132.4b	34.6b	47.3b	178.4b	50.1b
Cash From Investing Activities	(13.9b)	(39.6b)	(64.1b)	(71.7b)	(103.3b)	(134.3b)	(21.1b)	(21.4b)	(75.1b)	(67.7b)
Cash From Financing Activities	(8.9b)	(9.3b)	25.0b	4.3b	804.0m	(8.1b)	4.5b	2.1b	67.9b	(4.6b)
Net Change in Cash	1.4b	5.0b	668.5b	(28.5b)	(30.5b)	(5.6b)	19.3b	30.4b	173.0b	(22.6b)

CNY	FY, 2017
Revenue/Employee	3.7m
Debt/Equity	0.3 x
Debt/Assets	0.2 x
Financial Leverage	1.6 x

Alibaba's Singles' Day Sales was reported to be $38b in Nov, 2019.

	FY, 2015	Q1, 2016	Q2, 2016	Nov, 2015	Q3, 2016	FY, 2016	Q1, 2017	Q2, 2017	Nov, 2016	Q3, 2017	FY, 2017	Q1, 2018	Q2, 2018	Nov, 2017	Q3, 2018	FY, 2018	Q1, 2019	Q2, 2019	Nov, 2019	Q3, 2019	FY, 2019	Q1, 2020	Q2, 2020	Q3, 2020	FY, 2020	Q1, 2021
Active Buyers	350 m	367 m	386 m		407 m	423 m	434 m	439 m		443 m	454 m	466 m	488 m		515 m	552 m	576 m	601 m		636 m	654 m	674 m	693 m	711 m	726 m	742 m
Revenue per Active Buyer	¥171	¥171	¥174		¥184	¥189	¥202	¥215		¥241	¥251
Mobile Monthly Active Users	289 m	307 m	346 m		393 m	410 m	427 m	450 m		493 m	507 m	529 m	549 m		580 m	617 m	634 m	666 m		699 m	721 m	755 m	785 m	824 m	846 m	874 m
Revenue per Mobile MAU	¥62	¥76	¥87		¥108	¥123	¥140	¥151		¥166	¥179
Paying Customers (Alibaba Cloud)	254 k	263 k	313 k		383 k	513 k	577 k	651 k		765 k	874 k					1 m
Singles' Day Sales				$14.30 b					$17.70 b					$25.30 b					$38 b
Singles' Day Mobile Gross Merchandise Volume				$9.80 b					$14.60 b
Singles' Day Payment Transactions Processed by Alipay				710 m					1 b					1.48 b
Singles' Day Payment Transactions per Second at Peak Processed by Alipay				85.90 k					120 k					256 k
Singles' Day Orders per Second at Peak Processed by Alibaba Cloud				140 k					175 k					325 k
Singles' Day Orders Processed by Cainiao Network				467 m					657 m					812 m

Source: SEC Filings FY 2016, SEC Filings FY 2015, Company Filings FY 2017

Job Roles

	FY, 2018
Operations	19 %
Sales and Marketing	7.5 %
Product Research and Development	18.5 %
Female (Management), percent	16.5 %
Male (Management), percent	33.5 %
Other	5 %