Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

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

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Grade5.4

◀ Past 7.9● Present 5.7▶ Future 3.6

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The grade of Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.4/10

◀ Past7.925% of the headline

● Present5.735% of the headline

▶ Future3.640% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

8.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+23.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 81st percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 158 billion in fiscal 2017 to CNY 1024 billion in fiscal 2026, up 23.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span23.1%top 29% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 11% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

7.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.1% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, Alibaba Group Holding Limited's diluted share count shrank about 3.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 62% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05, buying about $26 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 17% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, Alibaba Group Holding Limited earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
return on equitytop 41% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 45% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 101 in its family; net margin 10.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 1024 billion in fiscal 2026 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 10.1% ranks in the top 27%; revenue growth of 5.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin10.1%top 27% of its family
three-year revenue growth5.6%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 73 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 73 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Alibaba Group Holding Limited's leadership is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 73 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of CNY 132 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6.9% of its assets as net cash, top 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.4% of revenue (bottom 41%); a gross margin of 39.8% (bottom 45%); research spending of 6.5% of revenue (bottom 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets6.9%top 46% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.4%bottom 41% of its family
gross margin39.8%bottom 45% of its family
research spending against revenue6.5%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.6% a year over the last three filed years against 23.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 17% of its family); the newest year grew 2.7% (bottom 37%); research spending grew 5.4% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). Alibaba Group Holding Limited reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2026: Customer Management Services at CNY 460 billion (45%), Sales of Goods at CNY 228 billion (22%), Logistics Services at CNY 140 billion (14%), and 3 more; 4 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-17.4 points a yearbottom 17% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth2.7%bottom 37% of its family
three-year growth of research spending5.4%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

3.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 31% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Alibaba Group Holding Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 1024 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 4.1% below the CNY 1067 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of CNY 104 billion against a prior three-year average of CNY 94 billion (bottom 26%); a net margin of 10.1% against 10% before (bottom 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.1%bottom 35% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+10%bottom 26% of its family
net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointsbottom 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BABA · research, not advice