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Alibaba Group Holding (Alibaba Group Holding) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.31 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Alibaba Group Holding's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.31.


The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

BABA' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31   Med: 1.37   Max: 1.44
Current: 1.31


During the past 13 years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest Yield on Cost was 1.44. The lowest was 1.31. And the median was 1.37.


BABA's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
78.39% of 560 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 3.165 vs BABA: 1.31

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Alibaba Group Holding 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Alibaba Group Holding is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Alibaba Group Holding  (NYSE:BABA) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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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%).