Why Should We Buy Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (BABA) Stock?

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (NYSE:BABA) has a beta value of 0.32 and has seen 4.65 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $170.59B, closed the last trade at $79.60 per share which meant it lost -$1.5 on the day or -1.86% during that session. The BABA stock price is -20.43% off its 52-week high price of $95.86 and 17.0% above the 52-week low of $66.07. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 11.27 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 14.75 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (BABA) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.43. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 9 out of 30 have rated it as a Hold, with 21 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 2.12.

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (NYSE:BABA) trade information

Sporting -1.86% in the red today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the BABA stock price touched $79.60 or saw a rise of 2.33%. Year-to-date, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR shares have moved 3.57%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.27%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (NYSE:BABA) have changed 1.55%. Short interest in the company has seen 54.81 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.73.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $155, which means that the shares’ value could jump 48.65% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $83.89 while the price target rests at a high of $300.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -276.88% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -5.39% from the levels at last check today.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (BABA) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 12.11% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -4.87%, compared to 13.70% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 9.50%.

24 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 34.71B for the current quarter. 20 have an estimated revenue figure of 33.77B for the next ending quarter.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -2.72% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -7.83% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 8.71%.

BABA Dividends

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR is expected to release its next earnings report 2024-Aug-15 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.99 at a share yield of 2.50%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ADR (NYSE:BABA)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with over 20.8 million shares worth more than $1.5 billion. As of 2024-03-31, PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ held 0.8418% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is DODGE & COX, with the holding of over 18.07 million shares as of 2024-03-31. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.31 billion and represent 0.7316% of shares outstanding.