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Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewAlibaba Group Holding Limited

Listed on New York Stock Exchange • Consumer Cyclical / Specialty Retail
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BABA Company Overview & Business Description

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao and Tmall, which are digital retail platforms; Alimama, a proprietary monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and fresh goods; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, and IoT services; and hardware, software license, software installation, and application development and maintenance services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Quark, a platform for information search, storage, and consumption; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; Tmall Genie smart speaker; and Qwen, an artificial intelligence chatbot. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Key Information

Symbol: BABA
CEO: Yongming Wu
Exchange: New York Stock Exchange
CIK: 0001577552
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for BABA

An assessment of the current trend environment for BABA, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for BABA is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently significantly overextended (stretched), sitting -2.65 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The current market structure is holding within recent defined ranges.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, BABA showing momentum fatigue; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: BABA last closed at 150.06, trading 0.6 ATR below the adaptive KAMA baseline (152.54). Technical Classification: Late-Cycle / Momentum Divergence.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 55/100. Classification: Late/Exhausted. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Risk indicators: No active structural constraints identified.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Conflicted / Pullback. The daily decline is occurring within a larger weekly uptrend. This suggests a corrective phase, where downside risk meets significant long-term structural support.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 150.06, KAMA 152.54.

BABA Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:55 PM EST)

Price
150.23
Change
-0.73001
Change %
-0.48%
Open
150.58
Previous Close
150.96
High
150.87
Low
149.27
Volume
2,394,804
Market Cap
358,454,198,272
EV/EBITDA
14.05

BABA Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:55 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
2,386,036,266
FloatShares
17,596,889,824
Float Ratio
737.49%
Shares Short
44,660,332
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
2.23%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
3.11 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.00%
Held Percent Institutions
12.30%