Discounted Cash Flow

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR

BABA · Based on 10 years of SEC filings · Converted from CNY to USD

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
10-year: — 5-year: — 3-year: —
Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
10-year: — 5-year: — 3-year: —
Net income growth
10-year: — 5-year: — 3-year: —
Sales growth (not added to calculations)
10-year: — 5-year: — 3-year: —

Click a greyed-out slider to switch metrics. Slide between the 10-year, 5-year, and 3-year historic growth rates for FCF, net income, or their average.

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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2017 $23.0b $939.0m $1.7b 4.1% $2.55
2018 $39.9b (73.5%) $1.5b (61.0%) $3.0b (71.0%) 3.8% (-7.2%) $4.00 (56.9%)
2019 $56.2b (40.7%) $1.9b (28.2%) $3.3b (12.7%) 3.5% (-8.9%) $0.63 (-84.2%)
2020 $72.0b (28.2%) $3.1b (61.2%) $3.8b (13.4%) 4.3% (25.7%) $1.00 (58.7%)
2021 $109.5b (52.1%) $3.4b (8.9%) $5.2b (38.7%) 3.1% (-28.4%) $1.06 (6.0%)
2022 $134.6b (22.9%) $1.5b (-57.3%) $3.3b (-36.3%) 1.1% (-65.2%) $0.45 (-57.5%)
2023 $126.5b (-6.0%) $1.6b (7.9%) $1.6b (-52.9%) 1.2% (14.8%) $0.50 (11.1%)
2024 $130.3b (3.1%) $1.6b (4.6%) $1.6b (4.6%) 1.3% (1.5%) $0.55 (10.0%)
2025 $137.3b (5.3%) $2.7b (61.8%) $11.5b (599.7%) 1.9% (53.6%) $0.95 (72.7%)
2026 $148.4b (8.1%) $2.2b (-16.2%) $-7.5b (-165.4%) 1.5% (-22.5%) $0.83 (-12.6%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

Projection period: years

Alt A decline yrs:

Alt B total yrs:

SEC filings report in CNY. Values above are converted to USD for comparison with the US-listed share price.

Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands.

Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

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