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Alibaba Group Holding (XSWX:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 34.04 15.65 13.68 8.61

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.68 10.83 10.91 9.38 8.61

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Alibaba Group Holding Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Alibaba Group Holding's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Alibaba Group Holding's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1.113/117.7354*117.7354
=1.113

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 117.7354.

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.614 96.409 0.750
201409 0.367 97.948 0.441
201412 1.182 99.707 1.396
201503 0.348 99.927 0.410
201506 0.604 99.267 0.716
201509 0.901 99.927 1.062
201512 1.587 102.015 1.832
201603 0.301 102.785 0.345
201606 0.857 101.686 0.992
201609 0.978 102.565 1.123
201612 2.144 103.225 2.445
201703 0.746 103.335 0.850
201706 1.416 103.664 1.608
201709 1.693 103.994 1.917
201712 3.173 104.984 3.558
201803 0.824 105.973 0.915
201806 2.105 106.193 2.334
201809 1.688 106.852 1.860
201812 3.577 107.622 3.913
201903 1.054 108.172 1.147
201906 1.882 109.601 2.022
201909 2.500 110.260 2.669
201912 5.056 110.700 5.377
202003 0.108 110.920 0.115
202006 2.456 110.590 2.615
202009 2.657 107.512 2.910
202012 5.094 109.711 5.467
202103 1.255 111.579 1.324
202106 1.724 111.360 1.823
202109 1.880 109.051 2.030
202112 4.281 112.349 4.486
202203 -0.382 113.558 -0.396
202206 1.836 113.448 1.905
202209 2.469 113.778 2.555
202212 4.466 114.548 4.590
202303 1.630 115.427 1.663
202306 2.201 115.647 2.241
202309 2.345 116.087 2.378
202312 3.029 117.296 3.040
202403 1.113 117.735 1.113

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Alibaba Group Holding  (XSWX:BABA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Alibaba Group Holding (XSWX:BABA) 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 (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).