Share buybacks · 2014–2025
Alibaba Group share buybacks
$1.1B−90.7% · FY2025
Alibaba Group (BABA) reported $1.1B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, −90.7% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252026-03-31 | $1.1B | −90.7% | Open → |
| FY20242025-03-31 | $11.9B | −2.8% | Open → |
| FY20232024-03-31 | $12.3B | +12.9% | Open → |
| FY20222023-03-31 | $10.9B | +12.7% | Open → |
| FY20212022-03-31 | $9.7B | +8,084.7% | Open → |
| FY20202021-03-31 | $118M | −92.7% | Open → |
| FY20182019-03-31 | $1.6B | −15.4% | Open → |
| FY20162017-03-31 | $1.9B | −37.6% | Open → |
| FY20152016-03-31 | $3.1B | +6,877.3% | Open → |
| FY20142015-03-31 | $44.0M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth +34.1%
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