Alibaba — Debt Discipline
DEBT DISCIPLINE
TICKER: [US.BABA - Alibaba]
PERIOD: [2010-ANNUAL ~ 2026-ANNUAL]
[+] Leverage (D/E): 0.27
↳ < 0.5 = conservative, > 1.5 = aggressive
[+] Interest Coverage: 6.1x
↳ > 5x = safe, < 2x = risky
[-] Net Cash Company: No
↳ Net debt < 0 = Buffett favorite
Metric D/E D/EBITDA Coverage Net D/E
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Mean 0.29 1.50 16.46 -0.13
Median 0.25 1.62 11.49 -0.15
Max 1.04 4.35 78.68 0.20
Min 0.02 0.00 4.60 -0.52
CoV 0.78 0.67 1.10 1.55
Slope -1.17%/yr 13.74%/yr -186.58%/yr 2.84%/yr
R² 5% 48% 21% 41%
[DATA]
Period Total Debt Equity D/E D/EBITDA Coverage Net D/E
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2010 ANNUAL 92.72M 5.75B 0.02 0.1x - -0.52
2011 ANNUAL 1.29B 7.42B 0.17 0.8x - -0.29
2012 ANNUAL - - - 0.0x 78.7x -
2013 ANNUAL - - - 0.0x 7.2x -
2014 ANNUAL 41.08B 39.62B 1.04 1.6x 11.5x 0.20
2015 ANNUAL 52.59B 145.44B 0.36 2.1x 8.5x -0.38
2016 ANNUAL 57.57B 216.99B 0.27 1.8x 15.4x -0.23
2017 ANNUAL 91.73B 278.80B 0.33 1.7x 18.2x -0.19
2018 ANNUAL 125.55B 365.82B 0.34 1.6x 19.7x -0.20
2019 ANNUAL 134.30B 492.26B 0.27 2.0x 11.0x -0.11
2020 ANNUAL 147.29B 755.40B 0.19 1.4x 17.8x -0.24
2021 ANNUAL 181.44B 937.47B 0.19 1.8x 20.0x -0.15
2022 ANNUAL 176.60B 948.48B 0.19 1.7x 4.6x -0.01
2023 ANNUAL 195.57B 989.66B 0.20 1.7x 6.1x 0.00
2024 ANNUAL 205.61B 986.54B 0.21 1.4x 6.9x -0.04
2025 ANNUAL 248.11B 1009.86B 0.25 1.6x 15.3x 0.10
2026 ANNUAL 281.72B 1060.89B 0.27 4.4x 6.1x 0.14audit debt-discipline
DEBT DISCIPLINE
TICKER: [US.BABA - Alibaba]
PERIOD: [2010-ANNUAL ~ 2026-ANNUAL]
[+] Leverage (D/E): 0.27
↳ < 0.5 = conservative, > 1.5 = aggressive[+] Interest Coverage: 6.1x
↳ > 5x = safe, < 2x = risky[-] Net Cash Company: No
↳ Net debt < 0 = Buffett favorite
Metric D/E D/EBITDA Coverage Net D/E---------------------------------------------------Mean 0.29 1.50 16.46 -0.13Median 0.25 1.62 11.49 -0.15Max 1.04 4.35 78.68 0.20Min 0.02 0.00 4.60 -0.52CoV 0.78 0.67 1.10 1.55Slope -1.17%/yr 13.74%/yr -186.58%/yr 2.84%/yrR² 5% 48% 21% 41%
[DATA]
Period Total Debt Equity D/E D/EBITDA Coverage Net D/E--------------------------------------------------------------------2010 ANNUAL 92.72M 5.75B 0.02 0.1x - -0.522011 ANNUAL 1.29B 7.42B 0.17 0.8x - -0.292012 ANNUAL - - - 0.0x 78.7x -2013 ANNUAL - - - 0.0x 7.2x -2014 ANNUAL 41.08B 39.62B 1.04 1.6x 11.5x 0.202015 ANNUAL 52.59B 145.44B 0.36 2.1x 8.5x -0.382016 ANNUAL 57.57B 216.99B 0.27 1.8x 15.4x -0.232017 ANNUAL 91.73B 278.80B 0.33 1.7x 18.2x -0.192018 ANNUAL 125.55B 365.82B 0.34 1.6x 19.7x -0.202019 ANNUAL 134.30B 492.26B 0.27 2.0x 11.0x -0.112020 ANNUAL 147.29B 755.40B 0.19 1.4x 17.8x -0.242021 ANNUAL 181.44B 937.47B 0.19 1.8x 20.0x -0.152022 ANNUAL 176.60B 948.48B 0.19 1.7x 4.6x -0.012023 ANNUAL 195.57B 989.66B 0.20 1.7x 6.1x 0.002024 ANNUAL 205.61B 986.54B 0.21 1.4x 6.9x -0.042025 ANNUAL 248.11B 1009.86B 0.25 1.6x 15.3x 0.102026 ANNUAL 281.72B 1060.89B 0.27 4.4x 6.1x 0.14