NYSE$BABA

Alibaba-ADR · Q1 2025 earnings

Q1 2025 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Alibaba reported June quarter 2026 results with revenue growth of 9% year-over-year driven by cloud and AI momentum.

Alibaba Group announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, showing revenue of RMB268,953 million, up 9% YoY. Net income declined significantly due to lower investment gains and higher technology investments, while cloud external revenue grew 45% with strong AI contributions. The company continued share repurchases and highlighted AI commercialization progress.

  • Revenue reached RMB268,953 million (US$39,639 million), +9% YoY.
  • Adjusted EBITA fell 30% YoY to RMB27,329 million amid tech investments; operating income RMB15,161 million.
  • Alibaba Cloud external revenue +45% YoY to RMB48,437 million; AI products RMB12,376 million with 12th consecutive triple-digit growth quarter.
  • Diluted EPS RMB3.71 per ADS; non-GAAP diluted EPS RMB8.52 per ADS; free cash flow outflow RMB44,670 million due to capex.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

¥40B

Previous: ¥33.6B+19.1%
EPS (adj)

¥8.52

Previous: ¥2.40+255.0%
AI-related product revenue growth

100.0%

No prior period
Share repurchases

¥162M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-¥6.64B

No prior period
Net Income

¥1.55B

Previous: ¥3.35B-53.6%
Operating Income

¥2.25B

Previous: ¥4.97B-54.6%

Revenue & EPS history

Alibaba · Revenue · Quarterly

¥40B

Q1 2025+19.1%vs Q1 2024
Beat estimate in 8 of 16 quarters(50%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Alibaba · ¥134B total across 5 segments · Q4 2023

  • China Retail (TTG)
    ¥85.8B-36.8%
  • Cloud Intelligence
    ¥24.7B+30.4%
  • Intl Retail (AIDC)
    ¥14.2B+44.1%
  • Intl Wholesale (AIDC)
    ¥4.67B+4.9%
  • China Wholesale (TTG)
    ¥4.13B-5.7%

Forward guidance

Focus on full-stack AI capabilities, e-commerce synergies, and disciplined investments in AI infrastructure.

Tailwinds

  • Accelerating cloud and AI revenue growth with improving commercialization.
  • Margin improvement in core businesses and quick commerce unit economics.

Headwinds

  • Significant increase in capital expenditures for AI infrastructure.
  • Continued investments pressuring near-term profitability.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

-0.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.2%

Avg return

30 days after

46%

21 / 46 earnings

Positive

+13.5%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-13.1%

Q2 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2025
Q2 2026-2.4%-2.1%-6.6%
Q1 2026+12.4%+14.1%+43.8%
Q4 2026-7.6%+0.2%+11.9%
Q3 2025+8.1%+6.5%+7.4%
Q2 2025-1.4%-3.4%+29.0%
Q4 2024-4.3%+4.7%-10.5%
Q3 2024-9.5%-6.5%-6.0%
Q2 2024-10.9%-9.3%-14.4%
Q1 2024+0.9%-3.4%-5.1%
Q4 2023-7.4%-8.6%+1.6%
Q3 2023-6.1%-7.4%-8.3%
Q2 2023+3.0%-2.8%+11.0%
Q1 2023-3.3%-4.7%-4.1%
Q4 2022+13.5%+16.7%+42.9%
Q3 2022-1.6%-2.4%+3.0%
Q2 2022-13.1%-17.3%-24.4%
Q1 2022+0.3%-1.8%-14.0%
Q4 2021-4.7%-2.8%-3.8%
Q3 2021-0.5%+0.4%-12.9%
Q2 2021+1.4%-9.9%-9.6%
Q1 2021+2.0%+9.8%+4.5%
Q4 2020-4.9%-5.2%+4.0%
Q3 2020-2.1%-1.7%-13.5%
Q2 2020+1.7%+4.2%+13.2%
Q1 2020+7.7%+9.3%+10.6%
Q4 2019+0.4%-8.1%-9.6%
Q3 2019+7.4%+6.3%+17.2%
Q2 2019-4.4%+0.8%+6.4%
Q1 2019-2.0%+0.2%-7.4%
Q4 2018+7.1%+7.1%+12.0%
Q3 2018-8.3%-9.4%-12.0%
Q2 2018-1.5%+1.3%-6.2%
Q1 2018+5.0%+9.4%+10.8%
Q4 2017+2.1%+1.8%+11.7%
Q3 2017+5.7%+3.7%+4.1%
Q2 2017-3.4%-1.8%-10.5%
Q1 2017+12.5%+10.7%+14.1%
Q4 2016+4.5%
Q3 2016-3.6%
Q2 2016+7.9%
Q1 2016-2.9%
Q4 2014-2.2%
Q4 2013-2.2%
Q4 2015+8.8%
Q3 2015-9.5%
Q2 2015+6.7%
Q3 2014
Q2 2014
Q1 2014

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