Alibaba Group Announces March Quarter 2015 and Full Fiscal Year 2015 Results

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Alibaba (BABA) Q4 Results Squash Fears, Goldman Sachs Upgrades to Buy

May 8, 2015 6:41 AM EDT

(Updated - May 8, 2015 8:40 AM EDT)

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) gained pre-market Friday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $98.00 (from $97.00). The change follows the company's Q4 results and recent share price underperformance. Analyst Piyush... More

Alibaba (BABA) Results 'Strong', RBC Capital's Mahaney Says; PT to $110

May 7, 2015 5:28 PM EDT

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney lowered his price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) to $110.00 (from $115.00) following Q1 results but reiterated his Outperform rating citing "solid" results.

Keys for the quarter, according to Mahaney:

Positives: 1) Mobile Mobile GMV of 304B RMB handily beat consensus expectations of 278B RMB while monetization showed substantial Y/Y improvement and came in at 1.73% (vs. Streets 1.71%), leading to Mobile Revenue growing 352% Y/Y to 5.2B RMB. This marks... More

Alibaba's (BABA) Price Target Raised to $104 at Deutsche Bank

May 7, 2015 2:03 PM EDT

Deutsche Bank maintained a Buy rating on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) and a raised its price target to $104.00 (from $98.00). The change follows Q4 results. Analyst Alan Hellawell III pointed to positive management comments around long-term margin.

"Highlights of the Alibaba March quarter ranged from... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) Gains in Sympathy with Alibaba (BABA)

May 7, 2015 9:04 AM EDT

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is gaining early in sympathy with Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), which reported solid earnings this morning. Yahoo still owns a large stake in BABA.

YHOO is up 7.7% while BABA is up 10.9%.

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Alibaba (BABA) Tops Q4 EPS by 5c; Appoints New CEO

May 7, 2015 7:01 AM EDT

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) reported Q4 EPS of $0.48, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.43. Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.81 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.78 billion.

Alibaba had a strong quarter with significant growth across our key operating metrics, said Jonathan Lu, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba Group. We grew revenue, gross merchandise volume and annual active buyers, and we expanded our unrivaled leadership position in mobile. Lu continued, GMV across our China retail marketplaces grew 40% year-on-year, and our annual active buyers increased to 350 million, an increase of 37% year-on-year. We extended our strong leadership... More