Alibaba sank -5.9% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:
-
Alibaba has moved 14.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 35.9%
-
BABA has an average analyst rating of buy and is -21.29% away from its mean target price of $119.66 per share
-
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.89
-
Alibaba has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
-
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $9.87 and its forward P/E ratio is 9.5
-
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.24 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
-
Alibaba is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.6 and an average P/B of 3.19
-
BABA has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -25.7% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
-
The company has a free cash flow of $142.87 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
-
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. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao and Tmall, which are digital retail platforms; Alimama, a proprietary monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and fresh goods; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, and IoT services; and hardware, software license, software installation, and application development and maintenance services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Quark, a platform for information search, storage, and consumption; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; and Tmall Genie smart speaker. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.