Probability of Alibaba (BABA) Buying Yahoo! (YHOO) is Increasing - Analyst

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Alibaba (BABA) PT Trimmed to $110 at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey; Government Concerns Are a Red Herring

January 30, 2015 8:10 AM EST

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert Peck reiterated a Buy rating while cutting his price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) to $110.00 (from $120.00) following earnings results and he calls the government concerns a 'red herring.'

Pecks Points. 1) Monetization (take rate) disappointed at 2.70% due to: organic desktop algorithm improvements,... More

Evercore ISI Upgrades Yahoo! (YHOO) to Buy Amid Larger Alibaba Spread

January 30, 2015 6:34 AM EST

Evercore ISI upgraded Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $55.00 (from $59.00) citing the wider Alibaba spread.

Analyst Ken Sena commented, "On BABA's December-ending earnings results and our lowering of its target price to $115 (from $130), we are running the valuation adjustment through to our YHOO valuation as well, given that its 15.4% ownership stake in BABA represents the majority (or perhaps all) of Yahoo!'s market value. Essentially, the comparison of value between BABA ADRs and YHOO's ownership is sufficiently wide to argue recommending YHOO shares as alternate... More

Buy Alibaba (BABA) on Today's Weakness - Oppenheimer

January 29, 2015 2:35 PM EST

Oppenheimer analyst Ella Ji reiterating an Outperform rating and $133 price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), telling client to buy on today's weakness.

Ji comments, "F3Q15 revenue outperformed our estimate by 1% but missed the Street by 5%. Non-GAAP operating margin improved nicely from... More

Citi Defends Yahoo! (YHOO); Says Trading at Negative $1B

January 29, 2015 10:55 AM EST

Citi analysts are out defending Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) intra-day, saying the stock is now valued at a negative $1 billion.

The firm reiterated their Buy rating.

Shares of Yahoo! are down 7.3% following disappointing results from Alibaba.

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Yahoo! (YHOO) Falls on Alibaba (BABA) Post Earnings Sell-Off

January 29, 2015 7:10 AM EST

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) is weakening following the earnings-related sell-off in Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). Yahoo! shares are down 3.9 percent.

While Yahoo! said it was spinning-off its Alibaba stake in a tax-free distribution, the company's lock-up period extends through Q415. For more color on the move, click here.

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Alibaba (BABA) Sinks 7% Post EPS

January 29, 2015 7:09 AM EST

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) is immediately trading down 7% following December quarter results

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Alibaba (BABA) Tops Q3 EPS by 6c

January 29, 2015 7:01 AM EST

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) reported Q3 EPS of $0.81, $0.06 better than the analyst estimate of $0.75. Revenue for the quarter came in at $4.22 billion versus the consensus estimate of $4.45 billion.

GMV GMV transacted on our China retail marketplaces in the quarter ended December 31, 2014 was RMB787 billion (US$127 billion), an increase of 49% compared to the same quarter of 2013, and compared to RMB556 billion in the quarter ended September 30, 2014, representing a net addition of RMB231 billion GMV in three months. GMV transacted on Taobao Marketplace in the quarter ended December 31, 2014 was RMB494 billion (US$80 billion), an... More