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How Alibaba Group Holding Limited stacks up
BABA · against 1,603 other Consumer Cyclical companies
Profitability
47/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #843 of 1,604 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score160 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 · 1,510 reported | 4.3% | 7.3% | 36% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,601 reported | 4.9% | 6.4% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,528 reported | 5.4% | 3.3% | 72% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,476 reported | 6.4% | 7.7% | 45% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,613 reported | 38.2% | 30.2% | 63% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BABA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 880.5B TWD (≈$27.3B) | 99 | 75 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 5.2B MYR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 84 | |
| 843 | 2.9B CNY (≈$410M) | 47 | 49 | |
| 843 |
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