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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (NYSE: BABA) closed the day trading at $106.27 down -2.24% from the previous closing price of $108.7. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.35 million shares were traded. BABA stock price reached its highest trading level at $108.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $105.94.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BABA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.71 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.13. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.49 and its Current Ratio is at 1.54. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.25 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 16 ’25 when John Michael Evans bought 1,094,074 shares for $123.46 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BABA now has a Market Capitalization of 256250970112 and an Enterprise Value of 2004390641664. As of this moment, Alibaba’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.72 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.012 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.324.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BABA is 0.16, which has changed by 0.4038309 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11708844 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BABA has reached a high of $147.26, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $72.37. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.30%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BABA traded about 18.23M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BABA traded about 12602560 shares per day. A total of 2.31B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 2.23B. Insiders hold about 0.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 16.40% stake in the company. Shares short for BABA as of 1749772800 were 27805268 with a Short Ratio of 1.52, compared to 1747267200 on 40271405. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 27805268 and a Short% of Float of 1.39.
Dividends & Splits
BABA’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.05, up from 7.619 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.070092