Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

NYSE: BABA · Services-Business Services, NEC · Causeway Bay, HK · filing with the SEC since 2014

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◀ Past 7.9● Present 5.7▶ Future 3.6

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Income statement, as filed

In millions of Chinese yuan (CNY), as filed; per-share figures in Chinese yuan; share counts in millions.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2026	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017
Period ending	Mar 31, 2026	Mar 31, 2025	Mar 31, 2024	Mar 31, 2023	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 31, 2021	Mar 31, 2020	Mar 31, 2019	Mar 31, 2018	Mar 31, 2017
Report filed	May 20, 2026	Jun 26, 2025	May 23, 2024	Jul 21, 2023	Jul 26, 2022	Jul 27, 2021	Jul 9, 2020	Jun 5, 2019	Jul 27, 2018	Jun 15, 2017
Revenue	1,023,670	996,347	941,168	868,687	853,062	717,289	509,711	376,844	250,266	158,273
For lenders
Provision for credit losses	·	·	·	2,802	1,739	1,935	1,989	383	601^r	1,680
Cost of revenue	616,136	598,285	586,323	549,695	539,450	421,205	282,367	206,929	107,044	59,483
Research and development	66,533	57,151	52,256	56,744	55,465	57,236	43,080	37,435	22,754	17,060
Sales and marketing	245,023	144,021	115,141	103,496	119,799	81,519	50,673	39,780	27,299	16,314
General and administrative	33,082	44,239	41,985	42,183	31,922	55,224	28,197	24,889	16,241	12,239
Operating income	50,150	140,905	113,350	100,351	69,638	89,678	91,430	57,084	69,314	48,055
Interest expense	9,793	9,596	7,947	5,918	4,909	4,476	5,180	5,190	3,566	2,671
Share of profit of equity-method investments	·	·	·	·	·	·	-5,733	566	-20,792	-5,027
Other income (expense), net	1,518	3,387	6,157	5,823	10,523	7,582	7,439	221	4,160	6,086
Income before income taxes	129,387	155,455	101,596	89,185	59,550	165,578	166,645	96,221	100,403	60,029
Income tax expense	30,045	35,445	22,529	15,549	26,815	29,278	20,562	16,553	18,199	13,776
Net income including non-controlling interests	102,127	125,976	71,332	65,573	47,079	143,284	140,350	80,234	61,412	41,226
Net income to non-controlling interests	-1,465	-4,133	-8,677	-7,210	-15,170	-7,294	-9,083	-7,652	-2,681	-2,449
Net income	103,592	130,109	80,009	72,783	62,249	150,578	149,433	87,886	64,093	43,675
Net income to common shareholders	105,904	129,470	79,741	72,509	61,959	150,308	149,263	87,600	63,985	43,675
Earnings per share, basic	5.70	6.89	3.95	3.46	2.87	6.95	7.10	4.24^r	3.13^r	2.19^b
Earnings per share, diluted	5.50	6.70	3.91	3.43	2.84	6.84	6.99	4.17^r	3.06^r	2.1212^b
Weighted average shares, basic	18,568	18,791	20,182	20,980	21,558	21,619	21,017	20,640^r	20,425^r	19,944^b
Weighted average shares, diluted	19,235	19,318	20,359	21,114	21,787	21,982	21,346	20,988^r	20,881^r	20,584^b

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 8-for-1 split of Jul 2019.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:Revenues

Provision for credit losses set aside for loans that may not be repaidus-gaap:ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses

Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfRevenue

Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense

Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense

General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense

Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense

Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense

Income before income taxes profit before tax

us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss

Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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