Alibaba Group Holding LimitedNYSE: BABA

Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is combining its domestic and international eCommerce businesses into one unit. According to a Thursday (Nov. 21) securities filing, the new Alibaba E-commerce Business Group melds together the company's Taobao and Tmall Group and the Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC) Group.

The Chinese online retailer is leaning into e-commerce and artificial intelligence technology.

Alibaba Group will integrate all of its e-commerce platforms into a single business unit to be called the Alibaba E-commerce Business Group, it said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday.

I'm adding Alibaba and JD.com to my radar, as I expect both Chinese players should fare better in a post-Beijing Stimulus plan China. Combined, both companies hold +69% of China's e-commerce market. I expect them to benefit from a long-awaited macro recovery and higher consumer confidence and spend it'll bring. Alibaba's international presence and cloud computing advancements give it a better long-term edge over JD.com, but I remain a buy on both stocks.

After rocketing up to $120 per share on the back of China's stimulus announcements, Alibaba Group Holding Limited's stock has returned to its breakout point in the $80s. In Q2 FY2025, Alibaba saw revenue growth of 5% y/y, driven by improved monetization in Taobao & Tmall, and triple-digit AI-related product revenue growth in Alibaba Cloud. Despite a 70% y/y drop in free cash flow due to heavy investments across its core businesses, Alibaba's robust financial foundation supports ongoing stock buybacks.

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter), “Alibaba,” “Alibaba Group” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of (i) an offering of US$2.65 billion aggregate principal amount of U.S. dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes, consisting of: US$1,000,000,000 4.875% notes due 2030 at an issue price per note of 99.838%; US$1,150,000,000 5.250% notes due 2035 at an issue price per note of 99.649%; and US$50.

Investors seem to be throwing in the towel on China very quickly. However, their market has not really fallen back as much as it seems over the past few weeks.

Investors seem to be throwing in the towel on China very quickly. However, their market has not really fallen back as much as it seems over the past few weeks.

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