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Alibaba Group Holding Limited

AHLA.F
36
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
36
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Alibaba Group is a Chinese technology and e-commerce company. It runs massive online shopping platforms — Taobao and Tmall — where hundreds of millions of consumers in China buy everything from clothes to electronics. It also owns Alibaba Cloud, one of Asia's largest cloud computing services, and operates wholesale marketplaces like Alibaba.com that connect businesses around the world.

Alibaba makes money through advertising fees and commissions charged to merchants on its platforms, subscription fees for cloud services, and logistics through its Cainiao network. The company operates primarily in China but has international reach through AliExpress and other global platforms, generating roughly $130–140 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is the sheer scale of its merchant and consumer ecosystem in China, which is difficult to replicate. The key risk is ongoing regulatory pressure from Chinese authorities, which has already resulted in large fines and forced restructuring, along with growing competition from rivals like Pinduoduo and JD.com.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+102.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

7.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

€1.0T cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
33.4%
Modest — 33.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-0.4%
Losing money on operations — -0.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.1%
Weak — 2.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-19.8%
Shrinking sales (-19.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-17.5%
Earnings shrinking (-17.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
73%
Modest — 73% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-6.3%
Burning cash (-6.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.25
Conservative — low debt load (0.25)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.77x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.2x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 27.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+26.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.2 → 1.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.86%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.86% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
no trend
Data not available

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