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Alibaba Group Holding (MEX:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : MXN187.29 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN32.439. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is MXN187.29 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Alibaba Group Holding's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 9.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Alibaba Group Holding was 9.60% per year. The lowest was 8.10% per year. And the median was 8.85% per year.

As of today (2025-05-23), Alibaba Group Holding's current stock price is MXN2346.74. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN187.29. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 12.53.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Alibaba Group Holding was 52.35. The lowest was 8.21. And the median was 12.84.


Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 136.36 138.55 134.49 137.73 187.29

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 137.73 155.33 171.76 184.86 187.29

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=32.439/119.3844*119.3844
=32.439

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 119.3844.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 10.161 99.267 12.220
201509 15.653 99.927 18.701
201512 27.426 102.015 32.096
201603 5.282 102.785 6.135
201606 16.348 101.686 19.193
201609 19.437 102.565 22.624
201612 43.360 103.225 50.148
201703 14.025 103.335 16.203
201706 26.437 103.664 30.446
201709 31.920 103.994 36.644
201712 63.138 104.984 71.799
201803 15.790 105.973 17.788
201806 41.786 106.193 46.977
201809 32.611 106.852 36.436
201812 70.813 107.622 78.553
201903 20.427 108.172 22.544
201906 36.589 109.601 39.855
201909 49.813 110.260 53.935
201912 97.043 110.700 104.656
202003 2.650 110.920 2.852
202006 59.580 110.590 64.318
202009 64.153 107.512 71.237
202012 114.055 109.711 124.112
202103 27.582 111.579 29.511
202106 37.793 111.360 40.516
202109 41.887 109.051 45.856
202112 95.354 112.349 101.325
202203 -8.182 113.558 -8.602
202206 38.074 113.448 40.066
202209 51.031 113.778 53.546
202212 93.468 114.548 97.415
202303 31.461 115.427 32.540
202306 42.104 115.647 43.465
202309 45.798 116.087 47.099
202312 60.567 117.296 61.646
202403 21.536 117.735 21.838
202406 34.678 117.296 35.296
202409 36.219 118.615 36.454
202412 84.641 118.945 84.954
202503 32.439 119.384 32.439

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Alibaba Group Holding  (MEX:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=2346.74/187.29
=12.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Alibaba Group Holding was 52.35. The lowest was 8.21. And the median was 12.84.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Alibaba Group Holding Business Description

Address
1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG
Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume. It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). The China commerce retail division is the most valuable cash flow-generating business at Alibaba. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale, international commerce retail/wholesale, local consumer services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment platforms, Cainiao logistics services, and innovation initiatives/other.