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Alibaba Group Holding (XBUL:AHLA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.86 (As of May. 04, 2025)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-04), Alibaba Group Holding's current share price is лв105.60. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was лв36.93. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.86.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XBUL:AHLA' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 3.21   Max: 20.35
Current: 3.21

During the past years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 20.35. The lowest was 1.96. And the median was 3.21.

XBUL:AHLA's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.03% of 731 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs XBUL:AHLA: 3.21

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was лв99.920. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is лв36.93 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 2.30 2.06 1.98 2.80 2.17

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=105.60/36.93
=2.86

* 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.

Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=99.92/118.9447*118.9447
=99.920

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 118.9447.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 16.162 99.927 19.238
201506 20.432 99.267 24.482
201509 20.242 99.927 24.094
201512 23.314 102.015 27.183
201603 23.336 102.785 27.005
201606 23.657 101.686 27.672
201609 25.566 102.565 29.649
201612 26.065 103.225 30.034
201703 27.662 103.335 31.841
201706 30.009 103.664 34.432
201709 33.070 103.994 37.824
201712 35.706 104.984 40.454
201803 38.953 105.973 43.721
201806 40.900 106.193 45.811
201809 41.125 106.852 45.779
201812 44.776 107.622 49.487
201903 49.047 108.172 53.932
201906 50.195 109.601 54.474
201909 56.209 110.260 60.636
201912 68.421 110.700 73.517
202003 69.294 110.920 74.307
202006 73.049 110.590 78.568
202009 80.461 107.512 89.017
202012 91.398 109.711 99.091
202103 91.841 111.579 97.903
202106 96.638 111.360 103.220
202109 95.174 109.051 103.809
202112 98.474 112.349 104.255
202203 96.881 113.558 101.477
202206 93.994 113.448 98.548
202209 88.248 113.778 92.255
202212 93.601 114.548 97.194
202303 96.842 115.427 99.793
202306 96.019 115.647 98.757
202309 96.351 116.087 98.723
202312 97.948 117.296 99.325
202403 97.389 117.735 98.389
202406 94.071 117.296 95.393
202409 97.386 118.615 97.657
202412 99.920 118.945 99.920

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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.


Alibaba Group Holding  (XBUL:AHLA) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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.

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