Alibaba (BABA) closed the most recent trading day at $114.06, moving -2.14% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.21% loss on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.97%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.15%.
Shares of the online retailer witnessed a gain of 16.79% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Retail-Wholesale sector with its gain of 2.27%, and the S&P 500's gain of 0.42%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Alibaba in its upcoming release. On that day, Alibaba is projected to report earnings of $1.94 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 5.83%. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $38.63 billion, indicating a 11.74% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $6.88 per share and a revenue of $167.61 billion, indicating changes of +76.86% and +15.28%, respectively, from the former year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Alibaba. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 6.1% lower. Right now, Alibaba possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
With respect to valuation, Alibaba is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 16.93. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 16.93, which means Alibaba is trading at no noticeable deviation to the group.
We can additionally observe that BABA currently boasts a PEG ratio of 1.96. Comparable to the widely accepted P/E ratio, the PEG ratio also accounts for the company's projected earnings growth. As the market closed yesterday, the Internet - Commerce industry was having an average PEG ratio of 1.11.
The Internet - Commerce industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 158, which puts it in the bottom 36% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank evaluates the power of our distinct industry groups by determining the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks forming the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Keep in mind to rely on Zacks.com to watch all these stock-impacting metrics, and more, in the succeeding trading sessions.
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