David Kirakosyan
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Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses engage with their users and customers in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.
It is set to report its Q1 2025 earnings on May 15. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $1.37, down from $1.40 in the prior-year period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $33.21 billion, up from $30.73 billion a year earlier.
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The company's stock traded at approximately $87.53 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 114 shares. Currently, shares trade at $132.55, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $15,143 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Alibaba also paid dividends during these 10 years.
Alibaba's dividend yield is currently 1.51%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $2.66 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $304 from dividends alone.
Summing up $15,143 and $304, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $15,447. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Alibaba stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 54.47%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 232.90%.
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Alibaba has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a price target of $147.25 based on the ratings of 17 analysts. The price target implies more than 11% potential upside from the current stock price.
On Feb. 20, the company announced its Q4 2024 earnings, posting revenues of $38.38 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $38.19 billion, as reported by Benzinga. Adjusted earnings per ADS of $2.93 came in above the consensus of $2.66.
Alibaba said during the conference call that it expects its international e-commerce unit to turn profitable next fiscal year and looks to invest more in Cloud and AI over the next three years than in the past decade.
