Alibaba Group Holding's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $149,430 Mil.
Alibaba Group Holding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,236 Mil. Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.53%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
BABA'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.16 Med: 4.25 Max: 14.54
Current: 13.93
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Alibaba Group Holding was 14.54%. The lowest was 2.16%. And the median was 4.25%.
BABA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 84.62% of 1118
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 4.815
vs BABA: 13.93
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Alibaba Group Holding's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.70%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
Alibaba Group Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Annual Data
Trend
Mar14
Mar15
Mar16
Mar17
Mar18
Mar19
Mar20
Mar21
Mar22
Mar23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
3.15
4.81
4.42
4.72
6.59
Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
7.97
6.59
11.21
11.71
11.53
Competitive Comparison
For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Alibaba Group Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Alibaba Group Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as
Alibaba Group Holding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $17,236 Mil.
Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation
Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.
Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.
Be Aware
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
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Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) Business Description
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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