Bangkok--4 Nov--124 Communications Consulting
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.
"Alibaba Group celebrated its 20th anniversary in September, marking an important milestone on our 102 year journey to make it easy to do business anywhere," said Daniel Zhang, Executive Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group. "Our digital economy continues to thrive and prosper. We aim to serve over one billion annual active consumers and help our merchants achieve over RMB10 trillion in annual gross merchandise volume by end of fiscal 2024. We will continue to invest in the user experience and innovative technology to create new value for consumers, as well as the millions of enterprises undergoing digital transformation in the new digital economy."
"We delivered a strong quarter with revenue growth of 40% and adjusted EBITDA up 39% year-over-year," said Maggie Wu, Chief Financial Officer of Alibaba Group. "With sustained consumer engagement and spending across the Alibaba Economy, we have continued our revenue and profit growth, as well as strong free cash flow that enable us to invest in long-term growth."
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
In the quarter ended September 30, 2019:
- Revenue was RMB119,017 million (US$16,651 million), an increase of 40% year-over-year.
- Annual active consumers on our China retail marketplaces reached 693 million, an increase of 19 million from the 12-month period ended June 30, 2019.
- Mobile MAUs on our China retail marketplaces reached 785 million in September 2019, an increase of 30 million over June 2019.
- Income from operations was RMB20,364 million (US$2,849 million), an increase of 51% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measurement, increased 39% year-over-year to RMB37,101 million (US$5,191 million).
- Adjusted EBITA for core commerce was RMB38,574 million (US$5,397 million), an increase of 29% year-over-year. Our marketplace-based core commerce adjusted EBITA, a non-GAAP measurement, increased 28% year-over-year to RMB45,610 million (US$6,381 million).
- Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders was RMB72,540 million (US$10,149 million), and net income was RMB70,748 million (US$9,898 million), which included a significant one-time gain recognized upon the receipt of the 33% equity interest in Ant Financial. Excluding this one-time gain of RMB69.2 billion (US$9.7 billion) and certain other items, non-GAAP net income was RMB32,750 million (US$4,582 million), an increase of 40% year-over-year. A reconciliation of net income to non-GAAP net income is included at the end of this results announcement.
- Diluted earnings per ADS was RMB27.51 (US$3.85) and non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS was RMB13.10 (US$1.83), an increase of 36% year-over-year.
Net cash provided by operating activities was RMB47,326 million (US$6,621 million) and non-GAAP free cash flow was RMB30,488 million (US$4,265 million).
About Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group's mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere. The company aims to build the future infrastructure of commerce. For more information about Alibaba Group, please visit its Thai-language news portal AlibabaNews Thai (th.alibabanews.com/)