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Alibaba Group Holding (BUE:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 11.11 (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-02), Alibaba Group Holding's current share price is ARS11149.00. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS1,003.60. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 11.11.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:BABA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.21   Med: 14.33   Max: 52.35
Current: 9.32

During the past years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 52.35. The lowest was 8.21. And the median was 14.33.

BUE:BABA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
62.24% of 437 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 12.93 vs BUE:BABA: 9.32

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 adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS15.184. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS1,003.60 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 34.04 15.65 13.68 8.61

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 13.68 10.83 10.91 9.38 8.61

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

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.



Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

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

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=11149.00/1003.6
=11.11

* 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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=15.184/117.7354*117.7354
=15.184

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 117.7354.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.077 96.409 0.094
201409 0.046 97.948 0.055
201412 0.144 99.707 0.170
201503 0.044 99.927 0.052
201506 0.082 99.267 0.097
201509 0.121 99.927 0.143
201512 0.287 102.015 0.331
201603 0.062 102.785 0.071
201606 0.172 101.686 0.199
201609 0.208 102.565 0.239
201612 0.463 103.225 0.528
201703 0.159 103.335 0.181
201706 0.335 103.664 0.380
201709 0.428 103.994 0.485
201712 0.853 104.984 0.957
201803 0.243 105.973 0.270
201806 0.737 106.193 0.817
201809 0.891 106.852 0.982
201812 1.889 107.622 2.067
201903 0.572 108.172 0.623
201906 1.182 109.601 1.270
201909 1.960 110.260 2.093
201912 4.272 110.700 4.544
202003 0.097 110.920 0.103
202006 2.454 110.590 2.613
202009 2.994 107.512 3.279
202012 6.481 109.711 6.955
202103 1.688 111.579 1.781
202106 2.498 111.360 2.641
202109 2.767 109.051 2.987
202112 6.520 112.349 6.833
202203 -0.613 113.558 -0.636
202206 3.163 113.448 3.283
202209 4.896 113.778 5.066
202212 11.163 114.548 11.474
202303 4.789 115.427 4.885
202306 8.186 115.647 8.334
202309 12.779 116.087 12.961
202312 17.890 117.296 17.957
202403 15.184 117.735 15.184

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


Alibaba Group Holding  (BUE:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Alibaba Group Holding (BUE:BABA) 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%).