BABA Financial Ratios
| Period Ending: |
LTM
(Last Twelve Months) |
2023 03-31 |
2022 03-31 |
2021 03-31 |
2020 03-31 |
2019 03-31 |
2018 03-31 |
2017 03-31 |
2016 03-31 |
2015 03-31 |
2014 03-31 |
2013 03-31 |
2012 03-31 |
2010 12-31 |
2009 12-31 |
2008 12-31 |
2007 12-31 |
2006 12-31 |
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| Price Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||
| Price to Earnings Ratio | 25.294929040023085 | 29.966967180195667 | 26.711281900920948 | 24.271359800552755 | 35.63917889857315 | 44.43408048402323 | 42.401884119290216 | 17.60833411488945 | 49.693389650055636 | 54.36043743512761 | 156.77921008321613 | 316.6563452866603 | 2129.4592975430937 | 3190.8692541548785 | 2685.634912929581 | 3443.9602364452267 | 7324.923944156989 | |
| Price to Sales Ratio | 2.119337368142956 | 2.1867270374251815 | 5.607407064763121 | 7.115683414868425 | 8.311621988621287 | 11.379546244645699 | 11.700683558850846 | 12.440718150044987 | 15.820840458506112 | 24.139372215450255 | 38.753084579482575 | 66.85757941932583 | 563.0436986858798 | 834.2349494105134 | 1078.4673027381602 | 1541.1104886173102 | 1181.2259029359275 | |
| Price to Book Ratio | 1.8602817140888208 | 1.9667422684107925 | 4.290410792960707 | 4.801346713965166 | 6.3629057112037 | 7.784970615388087 | 6.642428017711684 | 5.79892599948384 | 8.289463804756632 | 31.987623007420126 | 128.33543321788352 | 42.51851587499999 | 543.8950716725218 | 649.4625407737252 | 651.4539358925463 | 922.4945405404717 | 11067.192806317322 | |
| Price to Free Cash Flows Ratio | 11.130839300604595 | 20.857759713758597 | 21.326140402632408 | 26.82232869950673 | 30.91012588994592 | 29.8726964961714 | 29.498284308856324 | 27.359517206627384 | 35.97551104977321 | 58.6684071101236 | 111.72139150004176 | 188.38089599999998 | 1139.986089620609 | 1766.8678634750154 | 2462.516327565063 | 2625.6769880617358 | 2541.1315519392538 | |
| Price to Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 9.216632726180462 | 13.0668731218347 | 17.352779745441374 | 20.081957560205307 | 20.746381034475906 | 22.752183177113714 | 23.054830178398028 | 22.13898859613625 | 29.250341516849836 | 48.04630951893552 | 92.40399422699642 | 144.34749626652288 | 1029.5357583586144 | 1442.9121834553825 | 2047.3404149560322 | 2365.176901095082 | 2204.86254748033 | |
| Price Earnings to Growth Ratio | 1.230448243133327 | -0.5103376345874107 | -12.857633999765321 | 0.36353672594847286 | 0.9893625716410992 | 1.0352195346809665 | -1.0672058626387586 | 0.09706194845614088 | -18.830245149539017 | 0.28627223167275834 | 1.6378610215397438 | 0.5812046843869081 | 47.32131772317989 | -244.6333094852073 | 179.04232752863882 | 34.43960236445227 | 0 | |
| EV to EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liquidity Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio | 1.811247408207063 | 1.663787442936652 | 1.7049062163780813 | 1.913917278560561 | 1.3014604972335784 | 1.89128193800162 | 1.9437390449318115 | 2.576336978035704 | 3.5820982052833235 | 1.8144928311577144 | 1.7987914148780997 | 2.3741809207727003 | 1.7291607050643196 | 1.9874944624993744 | 2.526684056134081 | 2.348855832054254 | 0.920807941279303 | |
| Quick Ratio | 1.5651003889960062 | 1.566193483834657 | 1.6116075450898086 | 1.8499206191704702 | 1.2604433016001426 | 1.866121787791768 | 1.8486063015689795 | 2.550471761563443 | 3.1970659407138537 | 1.6320885940509309 | 1.5879974994790582 | 2.0172751255212322 | 1.589846457316337 | 1.7828299038458018 | 2.3508078437829223 | 2.2448761578166176 | 0.8175671212218046 | |
| Cash Ratio | 0.5010652625787918 | 0.4948043691242991 | 0.8513454067490288 | 1.3664376198981278 | 0.9148019203636556 | 1.4675576172594065 | 1.536231884057971 | 2.0526528180787484 | 2.727187941117161 | 0.8839343034453242 | 1.2667639091477392 | 1.434516211386265 | 0.5097170398375218 | 0.6708924559410212 | 0.9541441802354071 | 1.8231292459604573 | 0.2351298384987489 | |
| Debt Ratio | 0.09204218490807989 | 0.08336159353320126 | 0.08824482995684581 | 0.09553041352338373 | 0.1391600247027177 | 0.17507850804045047 | 0.1809980821290735 | 0.15851557140897243 | 0.20589663083223064 | 0.3682238298864176 | 0.4375568306524943 | 0.029379368777801312 | -0.020651720484780176 | -0.026438175007840965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.1630403260927776 | 0.14902174955903083 | 0.15910162458532007 | 0.1660442599361134 | 0.2728249674458667 | 0.34320789892352016 | 0.32902557039300717 | 0.26624175641858727 | 0.36161552265898417 | 1.0366715461107465 | 2.6777319389810996 | 0.04404852642276423 | -0.04560605668205913 | -0.05023397205997882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long Term Debt to Capitalization | 0.1309230775985844 | 0.12257650913706242 | 0.1264608371708166 | 0.1373520144984966 | 0.18512773737731567 | 0.24626710374227098 | 0.21605077129858224 | 0.19769350795329335 | 0.25812325930157826 | 0.43665135853724424 | 0.6830469819066444 | 0.0032919726513041276 | -0.06578200523586979 | -0.05289089163247178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Debt to Capitalization | 0.14018458555131097 | 0.12969445497112833 | 0.13726287774140616 | 0.14239962035850237 | 0.21434602119200646 | 0.25551360976850673 | 0.2475690293119874 | 0.2102613936627869 | 0.26557829037731273 | 0.5090028129918088 | 0.7280932877677198 | 0.042190114068441066 | -0.04778535844801166 | -0.05289089163247178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | 5.906822061333804 | 5.109019455630489 | 37.99240393208222 | 33.282046332046335 | 10.998843930635838 | 19.437464946719015 | 17.99138899288656 | 14.954779033915724 | 8.412727272727272 | 11.353075170842825 | 6.839058524173028 | 73.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash Flow to Debt Ratio | 1.2379736480037682 | 1.0100110369028752 | 1.55401500472669 | 1.439902734593 | 1.124162323157111 | 0.9969574601960924 | 0.8756595299350282 | 0.9838154091153001 | 0.7836974502310193 | 0.6422154595252587 | 0.5186671443926908 | 6.6870944484498915 | -11.583803066509644 | -8.960179026393995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Profit Margin | 0.3672116654214924 | 0.3676309576560672 | 0.41278201673244674 | 0.4460252966877309 | 0.45088949273439405 | 0.5722790950428743 | 0.6241746855117424 | 0.6603324006604511 | 0.6872342659177996 | 0.745371781197623 | 0.7184286003998029 | 0.67270911360799 | 0.8324783458141718 | 0.8620708343914721 | 0.870928703709257 | 0.8704833691441063 | 0.8257704958419547 | |
| Operating Profit Margin | 0.1155203197469284 | 0.12344003132245956 | 0.2370787785676345 | 0.3382328417475785 | 0.1514791266412627 | 0.27696131316279476 | 0.30362095872321876 | 0.28773123201803386 | 0.3035929872447641 | 0.4746305043425263 | 0.31146971057739664 | 0.25043695380774034 | 0.27647579362694524 | 0.27691492151191 | 0.3973028734563644 | 0.3719072461677387 | 0.1968644921553647 | |
| Pretax Profit Margin | 0.10266643796902682 | 0.06980735280671276 | 0.23083861595535413 | 0.32694016805601606 | 0.2553337720648332 | 0.40118513901209113 | 0.37927505007171153 | 0.8054734385968382 | 0.4242034538869351 | 0.510475392351059 | 0.2929570936060492 | 0.2762546816479401 | 0.3070500393516178 | 0.30361331169568545 | 0.4716466179793775 | 0.5314716355096758 | 0.2136491815154319 | |
| Net Profit Margin | 0.08378506873016403 | 0.07297124945197418 | 0.20992654285789966 | 0.29317201316039876 | 0.233215866512403 | 0.256099510121231 | 0.275947255691116 | 0.7065244258129579 | 0.3183691144821794 | 0.4440614048453451 | 0.247182547730104 | 0.21113607990012484 | 0.2644068845718267 | 0.26144441622741005 | 0.4015688422674442 | 0.4474820795863798 | 0.16126118331620062 | |
| Operating Cash Flow Margin | 0.22994703500800634 | 0.1673489148502688 | 0.32314171833110505 | 0.3543321607734579 | 0.40062996889959773 | 0.5001518384438957 | 0.5075154953782388 | 0.5619370594109331 | 0.5408771193113222 | 0.5024188633246991 | 0.4193875481646725 | 0.4631710362047441 | 0.5468908623276365 | 0.5781605831428683 | 0.5267650141910186 | 0.6515836037058255 | 0.5357367534251999 | |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | 0.19040229679965281 | 0.10483997646126542 | 0.26293585988353374 | 0.2652895464292511 | 0.26889641336998865 | 0.3809346854946337 | 0.39665641012680614 | 0.4547126345866743 | 0.43976694136790717 | 0.4114543653816852 | 0.34687255555233654 | 0.3549063670411985 | 0.49390400796316963 | 0.4721546906002176 | 0.43795336122889755 | 0.5869383384263697 | 0.46484248406363693 | |
| Return | ||||||||||||||||||
| Return on Assets | 0.041518068000575 | 0.03671309596338186 | 0.08908791646994647 | 0.11381165816821974 | 0.09106640306048436 | 0.08937505926450656 | 0.08617593900696906 | 0.1960762793250103 | 0.0949795250436512 | 0.20901128651982537 | 0.13375975919480765 | 0.08955729718280026 | 0.11565901674440424 | 0.10712209342287228 | 0.15269183940564532 | 0.1598744455451907 | 0.10756592348635313 | |
| Return on Equity | 0.07354366209707 | 0.06563034078772434 | 0.1606216732268766 | 0.19781943629939594 | 0.1785368212133093 | 0.175202694206472 | 0.15665407695149552 | 0.3293284851166199 | 0.1668122030542014 | 0.5884357175306648 | 0.8185743068214526 | 0.13427337398373984 | 0.25541463614733173 | 0.20353781024654968 | 0.24256980453903856 | 0.26785865027659217 | 1.5108952517036711 | |
| Return on Capital Employed | 0.07337246004768613 | 0.08027480448158174 | 0.1295294243102844 | 0.1609550066146149 | 0.07536766890192459 | 0.11923676360796402 | 0.11628610422796964 | 0.09315292995445103 | 0.1072246271354548 | 0.3360075507314771 | 0.2701867256414767 | 0.14143094841930118 | 0.24310267602516308 | 0.20019303402052027 | 0.23496393614738384 | 0.21837766661462965 | 1.4694878334446184 | |
| Return on Invested Capital | 0.07053870662687389 | 0.051596979356695855 | 0.14117065606898707 | 0.20405986745952273 | 0.08329432008703792 | 0.14855872919280758 | 0.13738498563049936 | 0.12687128507362702 | 0.1723843425792137 | 0.533765048023305 | 0.9794495898201988 | 0.2285609163694835 | 0.4316882203088889 | 0.3538681142906008 | 0.42552530271546984 | -1.0616679938247096 | -0.7944617546800407 | |
| Turnover Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables Turnover Ratio | 11.045954503261575 | 5.8430905167985205 | 5.75174808352311 | 6.051490579254176 | 6.431882573818058 | 5.789442028314981 | 7.141638841259814 | 5.939805027014329 | 91.2622754491018 | 3.2938519447929737 | 7.207558989350595 | 14.638157894736842 | 59.31508282103825 | 102.16817402768622 | 236.7245622337908 | 45.78232430143946 | 40.73783565817378 | |
| Payables Turnover Ratio | 1.9920094219967386 | 1.9872172695793118 | 1.614251386392467 | 1.7480128268621236 | 1.7579410590344149 | 1.3188443294523502 | 2.949814034217704 | 1.2568595887905174 | 1.2016738933145104 | 6.534213098729228 | 10.981920903954803 | 8.182272159800249 | 58.25768099618297 | 22.35487514117204 | 24.869542886492038 | 21.742839400760694 | 27.31949873534146 | |
| Inventory Turnover Ratio | 19.255788699337934 | 17.929670621863263 | 15.119714265202097 | 19.003095766875294 | 24.247597843918445 | 23.60396912899669 | 8.119437619437619 | -2.1907282234408876 | 10.376142794949935 | 2.1166877770740977 | 2.081156316916488 | 1.6315658451580781 | 3.1694269597513522 | 1.7294161046895427 | 2.0773075355541732 | 1.1699991228546487 | 1.2556607113605258 | |
| Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio | 4.934852383955099 | 4.965263145641014 | 4.865879304262882 | 4.930126611662975 | 4.094795175486254 | 3.7640211162748725 | 7.832970404830249 | 7.421160760143811 | 8.338330233067076 | 9.407633040673714 | 9.064338235294118 | 8.130328867235079 | 7.114666291149531 | 4.947796128827948 | 7.982429682824656 | 13.602929707155077 | 12.037191979100474 | |
| Asset Turnover Ratio | 0.49553063129048674 | 0.5031172720640404 | 0.42437661887401507 | 0.38820778607524076 | 0.39048116417774353 | 0.34898567053954405 | 0.31229134274642273 | 0.2775222938674715 | 0.2983314672283251 | 0.470681045997723 | 0.5411375536951682 | 0.4241686083456895 | 0.43742815899706733 | 0.40973180826969796 | 0.3802382638639897 | 0.35727563815062074 | 0.667029233410982 | |
| Per Share Items () | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue Per Share | 331.24385128693996 | 316.56443083774 | 265.4291132799852 | 194.01855640671837 | 146.06356589147285 | 98.02340269277846 | 63.48696349779382 | 41.148494711147265 | 32.60761660248181 | 24.13977011494253 | 15.046643417611158 | 8.837157987643424 | 1.102646628403817 | 0.7686907632593586 | 0.5940452838703675 | 0.4450225334689195 | 0.6205013648771611 | |
| Operating Cash Flow Per Share | 76.16854146806483 | 52.97671398088877 | 85.77121976039595 | 68.74701432173954 | 58.51744186046512 | 49.02658506731946 | 32.220617729643 | 23.12286411716843 | 17.63671373555841 | 12.128275862068966 | 6.310374891020052 | 4.093115622241836 | 0.6030273654504245 | 0.44442669994256734 | 0.31292227238808185 | 0.28996938608797496 | 0.3324253867151956 | |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | 63.069590085795994 | 33.18860747750255 | 69.79083213839678 | 51.47109482799638 | 39.27596899224806 | 37.34051407588739 | 25.18251103088648 | 18.71074043938161 | 14.339751818570818 | 9.932413793103448 | 5.219267654751525 | 3.1363636363636362 | 0.544601589135721 | 0.3629409494939676 | 0.26016412879320205 | 0.26120078635654115 | 0.2884353958143767 | |
| Cash & Short Term Investments | 199.98856053384176 | 168.87837461731144 | 178.89634118136823 | 138.25569776847314 | 78.74612403100775 | 82.334394124847 | 60.48977135980746 | 47.06916192026038 | 53.91484809584938 | 20.72367816091954 | 14.522667829119442 | 9.857458075904677 | 1.9953184620366078 | 1.4415590341392093 | 1.3088190525580299 | 1.0851193506344392 | 0.6773448589626934 | |
| Earnings Per Share | 27.753288846520494 | 23.100102050282956 | 55.72061612470512 | 56.880810772231996 | 34.064341085271316 | 25.103745410036716 | 17.519053349378257 | 29.072416598860862 | 10.381258023106547 | 10.719540229885057 | 3.7192676547515258 | 1.8658428949691086 | 0.2915473597998819 | 0.20096990785974525 | 0.23855007689825877 | 0.1991396087394714 | 0.10006278434940857 | |
| EBITDA Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||
| EBIT Per Share | 38.2653956148713 | 39.076723258187215 | 62.927609972709185 | 65.62344768520721 | 22.125581395348835 | 27.148690330477354 | 19.275972723626154 | 11.839707078925953 | 9.899443731279419 | 11.457471264367816 | 4.686573670444638 | 2.2131509267431597 | 0.3048551016780207 | 0.21286194237489547 | 0.2360158982448987 | 0.16550710490501616 | 0.12215468607825297 | |
| Dividend Per Share | 8.690181124880839 | 0.0 | 14.213423377584531 | 0.0 | 4.696124031007752 | 0.0 | 38.779382270357 | 11.787225386493082 | 0.044501497646555414 | 0.09563218390804598 | 0.044899738448125545 | 0.46601941747572817 | 0.0 | 0.17621831159852283 | 0.0 | 0.04031147258307917 | 0.08945040946314833 | |
| Enterprise Value Per Share | 563.5556988827454 | 575.8132442712682 | 1364.666046006522 | 1290.0631333019935 | 1187.3332855348835 | 1082.303655505508 | 719.1469269594866 | 488.3509177583401 | 484.4695448438167 | 580.8802753103449 | 580.7476985309503 | 581.5856257157986 | 618.7908597325961 | 639.7775407627138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Price Per Share | 702.017472 | 692.24 | 1488.3690849999998 | 1380.5746239999999 | 1214.025146 | 1115.4618440000002 | 742.84087 | 511.91682499999996 | 515.8798999999999 | 582.7188960000001 | 583.103845 | 590.8309919999999 | 620.838236 | 641.2687 | 640.658415 | 685.8288939999999 | 732.9522850000001 | |
| Dividend Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.3131225698308671 | 0 | 0.2550837439732232 | 0 | 0.13786041007669025 | 0 | 2.2135546651402405 | 0.4054436048138819 | 0.004286715304398005 | 0.008921295303452714 | 0.012072198781059541 | 0.24976348155156103 | 0 | 0.8768392913903493 | 0 | 0.20242820018702307 | 0.8939428384362866 | |
| Dividend Yield | 0.012378867295315463 | 0 | 0.009549663131833011 | 0 | 0.003868226326679194 | 0 | 0.052204158166953035 | 0.023025665129277756 | 0.0000862632904413516 | 0.0001641137511834625 | 0.00007700127315765779 | 0.0007887524923129426 | 0 | 0.0002747963710041093 | 0 | 0.00005877774024358789 | 0.00012204124510389967 | |
| Effective Tax Rate | 0.17434546168077591 | 0.45029387069689336 | 0.17682300788752128 | 0.12338804044525788 | 0.17203105351222706 | 0.18125952411780524 | 0.2294890802778657 | 0.10370943192419109 | 0.1984780053207944 | 0.11924483247518843 | 0.1440862341772152 | 0.15220535068691252 | 0.1385590143789149 | 0.1388901403326536 | 0.14858110509126438 | 0.15803205723810818 | 0.24520570510796602 | |
| Short Term Coverage Ratio | 16.28501548997228 | 16.147381517927837 | 17.24983255190891 | 35.042103220799376 | 6.720154900738894 | 20.764930325149304 | 5.39209236759079 | 13.20539033457249 | 20.712060301507538 | 2.5452527981474335 | 2.65712187958884 | 7.229150428682774 | 32.78104575163399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | -5.814857941313461 | -2.677199759957993 | -5.367280305661688 | -3.9793548671396466 | -3.0412142698869933 | -4.19530097868347 | -4.578023481135301 | -5.240756108805901 | -5.3493835171966255 | -5.523241206030151 | -5.783459848182181 | -4.2781365313653135 | -10.32125550548596 | -5.454041933661843 | -5.931260106325106 | -10.079370869453266 | -7.556841452063295 | |
| EBIT Per Revenue | 0.1155203197469284 | 0.12344003132245956 | 0.2370787785676345 | 0.3382328417475785 | 0.1514791266412627 | 0.27696131316279476 | 0.30362095872321876 | 0.28773123201803386 | 0.3035929872447641 | 0.4746305043425263 | 0.31146971057739664 | 0.25043695380774034 | 0.27647579362694524 | 0.27691492151191 | 0.3973028734563644 | 0.3719072461677387 | 0.1968644921553647 | |
| Days of Sales Outstanding | 33.043771807336825 | 62.46694261378423 | 63.45896842137549 | 60.31571812262243 | 56.74854847098534 | 63.045799269577174 | 51.10871721645511 | 61.44982846069426 | 3.999461970500236 | 110.81250952308395 | 50.641278210736736 | 24.934831460674157 | 6.15357819024303 | 3.572541091916645 | 1.5418763332193786 | 7.972509163072874 | 8.959729796709638 | |
| Days of Inventory Outstanding | 18.955338869736853 | 20.357317638335342 | 24.14066784582329 | 19.207396756703154 | 15.05303751528302 | 15.463500990247002 | 44.953852361178825 | -166.6112647358463 | 35.17684820005035 | 172.43922507292993 | 175.38326988373288 | 223.71147390906316 | 115.16277378691666 | 211.05389212593417 | 175.70821544371245 | 311.9660458457837 | 290.68361914781696 | |
| Days of Payables Outstanding | 183.23206505425736 | 183.67392714802114 | 226.11100295580536 | 208.80853640829133 | 207.6292593111647 | 276.75745487836775 | 123.73661382243665 | 290.406345510115 | 303.74297222455317 | 55.85982496821004 | 33.236444078608905 | 44.608635947512965 | 6.265268266066319 | 16.327534718713864 | 14.67658660498544 | 16.78713590586656 | 13.360420831141505 | |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | -131.2329543771837 | -100.84966689590156 | -138.51136668860659 | -129.28542152896574 | -135.82767332489635 | -198.2481546185436 | -27.674044244802715 | -395.567781785267 | -264.56666205400256 | 227.39190962780384 | 192.7881040158607 | 204.03766942222435 | 115.05108371109337 | 198.29889849913695 | 162.5735051719464 | 303.15141910299 | 286.2829281133851 | |
| Cash Conversion Ratio | 2.744487036808046 | 2.2933541101061863 | 1.5393085311267252 | 1.208615232244551 | 1.7178503971053412 | 1.9529589814800368 | 1.8391757298225526 | 0.795354044220543 | 1.6988994682824285 | 1.1314175423547073 | 1.696671354899203 | 2.1937086092715234 | 2.0683684663251363 | 2.2114091839696117 | 1.3117676441644692 | 1.4561110565770643 | 3.3221680655457444 | |
| Free Cash Flow to Earnings | 2.272508690216122 | 1.436729907307748 | 1.252513647411973 | 0.9048938320183628 | 1.1529936508658944 | 1.4874479272307428 | 1.4374356038923866 | 0.6435908200391828 | 1.3813115700094802 | 0.9265708771177354 | 1.4033052039381153 | 1.6809366130558183 | 1.8679695453580352 | 1.8059467377935017 | 1.0906059313666105 | 1.3116465780459705 | 2.882544171539252 | |
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