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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) is a publicly traded internet retail business based in the US which employs around 126,650 staff. Alibaba is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $158.08 is 3.8% down on its price a month ago ($164.30).
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- Search the platform by ticker symbol. BABA in this case.
- Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
- Submit the order. It's that simple.
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Latest updates for Alibaba
October 28, 2025: Long-awaited signs of a US-China trade truce and easing supply-chain risks are delighting investors, even if there are still plenty of unanswered questions. Trump will meet Xi on Thursday in Busan, South Korea where the deal is expected to be formalised. The US is likely to pause its scheduled next round of tariff increases on Chinese imports, while China is likely to pause planned export restrictions and restart buying US soybeans.
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Technical analysis
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $161.13
| 1 week (2025-11-25) | 2.24% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-11-03) | -1.93% |
| 3 months (2025-09-03) | 23.08% |
| 6 months (2025-06-03) | 34.89% |
| 1 year (2024-12-03) | 89.72% |
| 2 years (2023-12-03) | 120.64% |
| 3 years (2022-12-01) | 78.91% |
| 5 years (2020-12-02) | -39.63% |
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Is Alibaba under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Alibaba P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.
Alibaba's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Alibaba's shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
However, Alibaba's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
- Amazon-com (AMZN.US): 32.89
- Walmart (WMT.US): 39.00
- Booking (BKNG.US): 31.95
- eBay (EBAY.US): 18.34
Alibaba's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8517. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Alibaba's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider Alibaba's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
- Amazon-com (AMZN.US): 1.84
- Walmart (WMT.US): 4.25
- Booking (BKNG.US): 0.99
- eBay (EBAY.US): 2.33
Alibaba's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $160.5 billion (£121.4 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of Alibaba's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
- Amazon-com (AMZN.US): USD$139.7 billion
- Walmart (WMT.US): USD$42.7 billion
- Booking (BKNG.US): USD$9.8 billion
- eBay (EBAY.US): USD$2.7 billion
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