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How Alibaba Group Holding Limited stacks up
BABA · against 8 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
47/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #8 of 9 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score2 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including BABA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 47?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker return on invested capital than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.3% vs peer median 7.3%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 4.9% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 72% of peers. Return on assets: 5.4% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BABA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BABA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 9 reported | 4.3% | 24.6% | 13% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 9 reported | 4.9% | 12.4% | 0% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 9 reported | 5.4% | 13.0% | 25% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 8 reported | 6.4% | 21.0% | 0% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 9 reported | 38.2% | 38.2% | 50% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BABA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 174.8B EUR (≈$192.3B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 137.5B EUR (≈$151.2B) | 99 | 70 | |
| 3 | 186.1B USD | 96 | 49 | |
| 4 | 151.4B USD | 93 | 61 | |
| 5 | 332.9B USD | 92 | 45 | |
| 6 | 197.9B EUR (≈$217.7B) | 87 | 53 | |
| 7 | 1.25T BRL (≈$225.8B) | 50 | 50 | |
| 8 | 249.7B USD | 47 | 46 | |
| 9 | 228.5B USD | 46 | 40 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score