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Alibaba

Runs Taobao and Tmall, China’s giant online shopping sites.

Company Health

52
/100
Mixed
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2023–2026). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
17 of 25 · Okay
CN¥10 of every CN¥100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
15 of 25 · Okay
Sales grew about 6% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
7 of 25 · Poor
It would take about 9 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · 1 sold some
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Alibaba’s yearly reports, in Chinese yuan. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from CN¥717 billion in the year to Mar 2021 to CN¥1.02 trillion in the year to Mar 2026, and it made a profit every year.
FY2026
Sales
CN¥1.02 trillion
Profit
CN¥104 billion

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of Mar 2026 it owned CN¥1.91 trillion, including CN¥132 billion in cash, and owed CN¥783 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for the year to Mar 2026.
Sales
CN¥1.02 trillion
Profit
CN¥104 billion
Cash in the bank
CN¥132 billion
Everything it owes
CN¥783 billion
Year ends
March
Money shown in
Chinese yuan
Latest yearly report
20-F, filed May 20, 2026
Figures from Alibaba’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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