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Alibaba Group Holding (HKSE:09988) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.47 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-20), Alibaba Group Holding's current share price is HK$84.50. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$34.15. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.47.

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

HKSE:09988' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 3.85   Max: 19.8
Current: 2.52

During the past years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 19.80. The lowest was 1.96. And the median was 3.85.

HKSE:09988's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
73.94% of 729 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs HKSE:09988: 2.52

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 Mar. 2024 was HK$55.046. 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 HK$34.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 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
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 11.81 4.33 3.26 2.06

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 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 3.26 2.60 2.65 2.30 2.06

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.



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
=84.50/34.15
=2.47

* 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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=55.046/117.7354*117.7354
=55.046

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 117.7354.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 3.604 96.409 4.401
201409 7.917 97.948 9.516
201412 8.633 99.707 10.194
201503 9.060 99.927 10.675
201506 11.445 99.267 13.574
201509 11.335 99.927 13.355
201512 13.056 102.015 15.068
201603 13.084 102.785 14.987
201606 13.267 101.686 15.361
201609 14.327 102.565 16.446
201612 14.611 103.225 16.665
201703 15.520 103.335 17.683
201706 16.908 103.664 19.203
201709 18.667 103.994 21.134
201712 20.155 104.984 22.603
201803 22.068 105.973 24.517
201806 23.189 106.193 25.710
201809 23.284 106.852 25.656
201812 25.296 107.622 27.673
201903 27.815 108.172 30.274
201906 28.382 109.601 30.489
201909 31.819 110.260 33.976
201912 38.581 110.700 41.033
202003 38.876 110.920 41.265
202006 40.904 110.590 43.547
202009 45.053 107.512 49.337
202012 51.190 109.711 54.934
202103 51.526 111.579 54.369
202106 54.193 111.360 57.296
202109 53.503 109.051 57.764
202112 55.488 112.349 58.148
202203 54.757 113.558 56.771
202206 53.297 113.448 55.311
202209 50.047 113.778 51.788
202212 52.650 114.548 54.115
202303 54.916 115.427 56.014
202306 54.341 115.647 55.322
202309 54.497 116.087 55.271
202312 55.268 117.296 55.475
202403 55.046 117.735 55.046

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  (HKSE:09988) 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 (HKSE:09988) 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%).

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