BABA (Alibaba Group Holding) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 3.80% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Alibaba Group Holding 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Alibaba Group Holding's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.80%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BABA' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -27.3 Med: -1 Max: 22.9
Current: 3.8

During the past 13 years, Alibaba Group Holding's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 22.90%. The lowest was -27.30%. And the median was -1.00%.

BABA's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
92.49% of 679 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: -0.4 vs BABA: 3.80

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

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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Alibaba Group Holding 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Alibaba Group Holding Business Description

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Comparable Companies

Address

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.alibabagroup.com

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.