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Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 6.62 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Alibaba Group Holding's share price is $68.88. Alibaba Group Holding's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.40. Hence, Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.62.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

BABA' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.21   Med: 21.27   Max: 51.18
Current: 6.59

During the past 13 years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 51.18. The lowest was 6.21. And the median was 21.27.

BABA's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
70.22% of 742 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 11.9 vs BABA: 6.59

Alibaba Group Holding's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.57. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $10.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Alibaba Group Holding was 18.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 24.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 189.30% per year. The lowest was -3.50% per year. And the median was 32.30% per year.


Alibaba Group Holding Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 31.70 26.94 21.51 21.02 11.23

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.00 11.23 7.23 7.46 7.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Alibaba Group Holding Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Alibaba Group Holding's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=68.88/10.398
=6.62

Alibaba Group Holding's Share Price of today is $68.88.
Alibaba Group Holding's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $10.40.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Alibaba Group Holding  (NYSE:BABA) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Alibaba Group Holding (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 (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).