Alibaba Group Financial Ratios
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Alibaba Group ratio analysis
Alibaba Group earned a net margin of 10.1% in FY 2026, down from 13.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 39.8% compared with a median of 41.3% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 9.8%, meaning Alibaba Group generated 0.10 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.11 versus 0.12 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.28. At the end of FY 2026, BABA traded at 152.6 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 36.7 to 244.9, with a median of 143.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Alibaba Group financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 152.56 | 126.67 | 134.00 | 204.36 | 244.89 | 215.73 | 189.00 | 36.71 | 46.94 | 43.66 |
| Price / sales | 15.27 | 15.95 | 11.20 | 16.95 | 17.65 | 44.30 | 54.63 | 67.06 | 93.96 | 11.69 |
| Price / book | 14.74 | 15.74 | 10.69 | 14.88 | 15.88 | 33.90 | 36.86 | 51.34 | 64.28 | 6.64 |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 40.0% | 37.7% | 36.7% | 36.8% | 41.3% | 44.6% | 45.1% | 57.2% | 62.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 8.2% | 12.5% | 17.9% | 15.1% | 27.7% | 30.4% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 13.1% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 7.3% | 21.0% | 29.3% | 23.3% | 25.6% | 27.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.4% | 16.4% | 19.4% | 23.0% | 16.7% | 32.3% | 30.6% | 31.5% | 50.0% | 50.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.8% | 12.9% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 16.1% | 19.8% | 17.9% | 17.5% | 15.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.4% | 7.2% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 8.9% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 8.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.19 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.55 | 1.79 | 1.81 | 1.66 | 1.70 | 1.91 | 1.30 | 1.89 | 1.95 |
| Revenue growth | 8.1% | 5.3% | 3.1% | -6.0% | 22.9% | 52.1% | 28.2% | 40.7% | 73.5% | 46.6% |
| EPS growth | -13.0% | 70.4% | 8.0% | 11.1% | -56.7% | 5.1% | -80.1% | 27.1% | 58.3% | -43.0% |