Alibaba Group Holding Limited has grown revenue 5.6% a year over three years and 7.4% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 17%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +5.6% (Internet Retail median +11%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +7.4%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +17%, earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders. Years of annual history on file: 14, FY2013 to FY2026, as filed.

BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited

Consumer Cyclical

$111.37-31% 1Y

$111.37

$95.0752 weeks$187.62

Is it growing?

Watch

Growth is fading: earnings down −18% year on year and operating margin narrowing (−3.3 points).

2 to watch, 1 neutral

Revenue trend+3% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +7% a year.

Earnings trend−18% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction−3.3 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 4.9% now against 8.2% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Mar 31, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is BABA growing?

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has grown revenue 5.6% a year over three years and 7.4% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 17%.

+5.6%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Internet Retail median +11% · steady growth, ahead of inflation · compounded from fiscal years as filed

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +7.4%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +5.6% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +17%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +5.6% · earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders
Years of annual history on file: 14
Years of annual history on file · FY2013 to FY2026, as filed