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BABA (Alibaba Group Holding) 3-Year Sharpe Ratio : 0.27 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding 3-Year Sharpe Ratio?

The 3-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk over the past three years. As of today (2025-07-01), Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio is 0.27.


Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Sharpe Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio falls into.


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Alibaba Group Holding 3-Year Sharpe Ratio Calculation

The 3-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a stock or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset in the last three years. A stock / portfolio's 3-Year Sharpe Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the three-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the investment returns over the past three years.


Alibaba Group Holding  (NYSE:BABA) 3-Year Sharpe Ratio Explanation

The 3-Year Sharpe Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average three-year monthly excess returns divided by its standard deviation in the three-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

The greater a portfolio's Sharpe Ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance. A negative Sharpe Ratio means the risk-free rate is greater than the portfolio’s historical or projected return, or else the portfolio's return is expected to be negative.


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Alibaba Group Holding Business Description

Address
1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG
Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume. It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). The China commerce retail division is the most valuable cash flow-generating business at Alibaba. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale, international commerce retail/wholesale, local consumer services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment platforms, Cainiao logistics services, and innovation initiatives/other.