With 19.14 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 27.46 million shares. During the session, the Internet Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $140.28 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $134.35. The 52-week range on BABA shows that it touched its highest point at $145.36 and its lowest point at $67.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $162.85. With its current market cap of 331.26 billion, BABA has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 0.72%. BABA paid its most recent dividend on 1718236800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1718236800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.22.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BABA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.14%, but this was up by 22.67% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 49.86% while six-month performance rose 65.10%. The stock gained 86.39% in the past year, while it has gained 63.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BABA yields 6.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.92. For the next quarter, that number is 1.74. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.78% for this year and 11.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -2.72%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.39 billion BABA shares are outstanding with a float of 2.39 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 49.61 million, which was 209.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Joseph C. Tsai as the firm’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Yongming Wu serves as its CEO, Head of Core E-Commerce Business & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.14536001 of BABA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, BABA reported revenue of $280154000000.0 and operating income of $47376000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $65172000000.0 and diluted EPS was $20.4.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BABA since 30 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 21 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 9 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BABA analysts setting a high price target of 190.78651 and a low target of 86.12764, the average target price over the next 12 months is 161.18825. Based on these targets, BABA could surge 37.9% to reach the target high and fall by -37.75% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 16.51% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $66.85903 being high and $57.71785 being low. For BABA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $62.40176. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $19.2 and the low estimate is $15.87. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $18.22.
