BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
What matters nowUpdated 5 h ago
- On Sep 23, 2026 Alibaba Cloud said it will open its first cloud regions in Türkiye, Finland and the Netherlands within 12 months, and expand data centers in Malaysia, Germany, the UAE, France and Hong Kong 1. The week before, on Sep 22, Alibaba unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip, with mass production planned for Q1 2027 and a goal of more than 20 GW of Alibaba Cloud capacity by 2032 2.
- BABA traded at 111.04 on the pooled 24/7 venue price, up 0.47% from the previous close of 110.52. Recent daily moves were +5.28% on Oct 9, +4.20% on Oct 5, -5.01% on Sep 23, the day after the Zhenwu V900 unveiling 2, and -8.48% on Aug 21.
- In the June 2026 quarter, cloud revenue rose 45% and quick commerce rose 45%, while China e-commerce (Taobao and Tmall) fell 8%. International e-commerce fell 1% and global wholesale grew 7%, and Qwen AI Labs and Applications revenue rose 16% to RMB3.3 billion with a widening loss.
- On trailing figures to Mar 31, 2026, revenue was 148.4 billion over twelve months, up 8.1% year on year, with a 39.8% gross margin, a 4.9% operating margin and a 10.1% net margin. EPS fell 13.0% year on year, and the stock trades at 138.8 times trailing earnings on a 2.06 trillion market cap. Over the last 180 days insiders made 3 purchases worth $25.7 million and 9 sales worth $84.4 million, a net $58.7 million of selling.
- Alibaba's September-quarter results are estimated for Nov 24, 2026, not yet confirmed. Polymarket gives a 58.7% chance that a Qwen Max 3.9+ model is released by Oct 31, 2026. US September CPI is due Oct 14.
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| bybit perp BABAUSDT · just now | 111.05 | +0.01% | $2.4M | $1.4M | 0.0000% |
| hyperliquid perp xyz:BABA · just now | 110.91 | −0.12% | $1.8M | $12.2M | 0.0324% |
| lighter perp 177 · just now | 110.92 | −0.10% | $72.6K | $373.9K | 0.0032% |
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