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Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 2.94 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-27), Alibaba Group Holding's current share price is $10.25. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3.49. Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 2.94.

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

BABAF' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.41   Med: 4.77   Max: 22.25
Current: 2.83

During the past years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 22.25. The lowest was 2.41. And the median was 4.77.

BABAF's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
90.69% of 763 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.48 vs BABAF: 2.83

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.542. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $3.49 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 PS Ratio Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 13.81 5.34 4.35 2.52

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 PS 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 4.35 3.37 3.35 2.82 2.52

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=10.25/3.49
=2.94

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

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1.542/117.7354*117.7354
=1.542

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 117.7354.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201406 0.133 96.409 0.162
201409 0.141 97.948 0.169
201412 0.204 99.707 0.241
201503 0.134 99.927 0.158
201506 0.158 99.267 0.187
201509 0.170 99.927 0.200
201512 0.263 102.015 0.304
201603 0.183 102.785 0.210
201606 0.238 101.686 0.276
201609 0.250 102.565 0.287
201612 0.374 103.225 0.427
201703 0.271 103.335 0.309
201706 0.355 103.664 0.403
201709 0.402 103.994 0.455
201712 0.602 104.984 0.675
201803 0.468 105.973 0.520
201806 0.596 106.193 0.661
201809 0.591 106.852 0.651
201812 0.815 107.622 0.892
201903 0.663 108.172 0.722
201906 0.791 109.601 0.850
201909 0.793 110.260 0.847
201912 1.076 110.700 1.144
202003 0.746 110.920 0.792
202006 0.990 110.590 1.054
202009 1.037 107.512 1.136
202012 1.535 109.711 1.647
202103 1.307 111.579 1.379
202106 1.453 111.360 1.536
202109 1.426 109.051 1.540
202112 1.754 112.349 1.838
202203 1.489 113.558 1.544
202206 1.436 113.448 1.490
202209 1.395 113.778 1.444
202212 1.699 114.548 1.746
202303 1.447 115.427 1.476
202306 1.587 115.647 1.616
202309 1.501 116.087 1.522
202312 1.794 117.296 1.801
202403 1.542 117.735 1.542

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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  (OTCPK:BABAF) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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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%).