by winston » Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:12 pm
High-Growth Stocks To Buy In July: Alibaba Holdings Ltd (BABA)
What to Expect From BABA Stock Earnings
China e-commerce giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) has morphed into the face of the booming China tech revolution. As a result of essentially becoming the Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) of China with a super-charged digital retail business and rapidly growing cloud business, Alibaba stock has gone from $60 to $200 over the past two-plus years.
But the stock has been stung recently by a plethora of headwinds, none of which have staying power or will materially affect the company’s still robust long-term growth narrative.
First up, there are the currency headwinds. There was a recent devaluation of China’s currency, and that creates foreign exchange risks for Alibaba. But as MKM Partners points out, such currency risks always created weakness in shares in the near-term, and never materialized into anything meaningful. As such, present currency headwinds should be viewed as a buying opportunity.
Second, there are also concerns about Alibaba’s profitability. Alibaba has long been a staple for both big revenue growth and healthy margin expansion. But the latter part of that narrative — the margin expansion part — has been lacking recently as big investments into New Retail and cloud have diluted the margin profile of the business.
This isn’t anything to freak out about. Alibaba is investing big for the future. Eventually, big investment businesses will turn into big growth, big margin businesses, and the overall profitability profile of Alibaba will improve dramatically.
Overall, then, the risks presently facing Alibaba stock are over-stated. With the stock now trading at under 30-times forward earnings against the backdrop of 60%-plus revenue growth, it looks like July could be a big bounce-back month for Alibaba stock.
Source: Investor Place
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