Alibaba Group Holding Ltd key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd had return on equity of 10.0%, an operating margin of 4.9%, debt equal to 5.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.28. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2013Mar 2013	2014Mar 2014	2015Mar 2015	2016Mar 2016	2017Mar 2017	2018Mar 2018	2019Mar 2019	2020Mar 2020	2021Mar 2021	2022Mar 2022	2023Mar 2023	2024Mar 2024	2025Mar 2025	2026Mar 2026
Gross margin	71.8%	74.5%	68.7%	66.0%	62.4%	57.2%	45.1%	44.6%	41.3%	36.8%	36.7%	37.7%	40.0%	39.8%
Operating margin	31.1%	47.5%	30.4%	28.8%	30.4%	27.7%	15.1%	17.9%	12.5%	8.2%	11.6%	12.0%	14.1%	4.9%
Net margin	24.7%	44.4%	31.8%	70.7%	27.6%	25.6%	23.3%	29.3%	21.0%	7.3%	8.4%	8.5%	13.1%	10.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	—	—	—	—	48.8%	44.0%	31.5%	30.6%	32.3%	16.7%	23.0%	19.4%	16.4%	7.4%
Return on equity	—	158.7%	27.8%	39.4%	17.5%	19.6%	19.9%	23.8%	17.8%	6.6%	7.2%	8.0%	13.1%	10.0%
Return on assets	—	21.2%	13.2%	23.0%	10.0%	10.3%	10.2%	13.0%	10.0%	3.7%	4.1%	4.5%	7.3%	5.6%
Asset turnover	—	0.48	0.42	0.33	0.36	0.40	0.44	0.44	0.48	0.51	0.49	0.53	0.56	0.55
Current ratio	—	1.81	3.58	2.58	1.94	1.89	1.30	1.91	1.70	1.66	1.81	1.79	1.55	1.28
Debt to equity	0.0%	3.7%	1.4%	2.0%	2.1%	1.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.5%	5.3%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	6.8x	11.4x	8.4x	15.0x	18.0x	19.4x	11.0x	17.7x	20.0x	14.2x	17.0x	14.3x	14.7x	5.1x
Effective tax rate	14.4%	11.9%	19.8%	10.4%	22.9%	18.1%	17.2%	12.3%	17.7%	45.0%	17.4%	22.2%	22.8%	23.2%
R&D as % of revenue	10.9%	9.7%	14.0%	13.6%	10.8%	9.1%	9.9%	8.5%	8.0%	6.5%	6.5%	5.6%	5.7%	6.5%
Capital spending as % of revenue	—	—	—	—	3.6%	6.2%	8.6%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	176.7%	171.9%	135.0%	104.4%	153.9%	229.3%	274.4%	228.2%	125.7%	73.6%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	22.4%	22.3%	32.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	—	17.1%	—	9.2%	—	0.3%	42.9%	37.4%	58.4%	70.8%	54.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · March 31, 2026

What it owns · $276.8bn

Short-term assets $88.5bnLonger-term assets $188.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $267.4bn

Short-term liabilities $69.1bnLonger-term liabilities $44.5bnShareholders' equity $153.8bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $88.5bn of assets due within a year against $69.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $88.5bn short-term assets against $44.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $19.1bn of cash against $17.0bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 11% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 10% to 11% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $10.7bn of operating cash flow against $17.0bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $7.1bn against $1.4bn of interest.

From Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.