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Alibaba (BABA): return calculator

Alibaba (BABA) shares, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud-computing giant, as an ADR in New York.

US$107.10Latest price · Jun 2026 close

Updated

Type
Stocks
Market
NYSE
Currency
USD
Sector
Consumer / Tech
Data range
2016-07 – 2026-06 · 10 years
Source
Yahoo Finance

US$1,000 invested 9 years ago would be worth today

US$808

-19.2% total return

Try your own values in the calculators below.

Return calculator

Pick an amount and a period to see what an investment in Alibaba (BABA) would be worth today. By default we include reinvested dividends (total return).

Lump sum

What a one-off investment would be worth today.

Value today
US$502
Total return
-49.8%
Annualised return
-12.9%

Monthly investing (DCA)

What investing the same amount every month would be worth.

Value today
US$6,681
Profit
US$581
Total invested
US$6,100

Estimate before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

Investment growth

US$1,000US$1,380
Growth of US$1,000 invested — 2016-07 to 2026-06.

Performance

Annualised return
+3.3%
Best year (2017)
+96%
Worst year (2021)
-49%
Largest drop
-79.1%

Data for the last 10 years · 2016-07 → 2026-06

Comparison with the market

US$1,000 invested vs S&P 500 ETF (SPY):

Alibaba (BABA)
US$1,380
S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
US$3,861

Alibaba (BABA) trailed S&P 500 ETF (SPY) over this period.

Risk & drawdowns

The largest peak-to-trough drop in the window was -79.1%. An investor who bought near the prior peak would have seen the investment fall significantly before recovering.

Scenarios

Illustrative results based on the available data.

  • US$1,000 5 years ago

    US$502

    lump sum, -49.815353190914934% return

  • US$100/mo for 5 years

    US$6,681

    invested US$6,100

  • If it repeats +3.3%/yr for 10 years

    US$1,384

    projection from US$1,000 (hypothetical)

About Alibaba (BABA)

Alibaba is one of the world's largest e-commerce groups, owner of platforms such as Taobao and Tmall in China, an international commerce business, and Alibaba Cloud, China's largest cloud-computing company. Revenue comes mainly from commerce in China, but cloud and international are the fastest-growing areas.

The shares traded in New York (NYSE) under the ticker BABA are ADRs — receipts representing shares in a China-based company whose primary listing is in Hong Kong. It is one of the Chinese stocks most followed by Western investors.

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Frequently asked questions

How much did Alibaba (BABA) return over the last 10 years?
+38% in total, or about +3.3% per year, on a total-return basis (dividends reinvested), between 2016-07 and 2026-06.
Do these calculations include dividends?
By default yes (total return). Turn off "include dividends" to see price-only appreciation.
Do they include taxes or fees?
No. These are estimates before taxes, broker fees and currency-conversion costs.
What currency are the values in?
USD. A euro-based investor also carries EUR/USD currency risk, not reflected here.
Does past performance predict the future?
No. Past performance does not guarantee future returns; this is educational information, not advice.

Sources & methodology

Prices: Yahoo Finance. Monthly series, total return (dividends reinvested). Data through 2026-06.

Total return assumes dividends are reinvested; you can turn that off to see price-only appreciation. Values are estimates before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs.

Page generated and reviewed by the Calculadora Capital editorial team. Last updated 2026-06.