What Alibaba Investors Are Talking About Today.

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, August 09 11:15 • Permanent Link

Alibaba logged a 0.0% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $94.24 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. BABA's trading volume is 6,180,341 compared to the stock's average volume of 19,217,141.

Alibaba trades -31.24% away from its average analyst target price of $137.05 per share. The 43 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $91.96 to $182.92, and on average have given Alibaba a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BABA, you'll want to know the following:

Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.87, Alibaba has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.4 while the S&P 500 average is None
BABA has a forward P/E ratio of 9.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.53 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 70.62 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Alibaba is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.24 compared to its sector average of None
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally.
Based in Hangzhou, the company has 235,216 full time employees and a market cap of $241.49 Billion.

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