Is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd stock halal to invest in?

Company Name
Company Symbol
Exchange
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
BABA
NYSE
BABA
Not Halal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
NYSE

Warning: The result may change based on other methodologies. As of the recent update on Tuesday 10th of June 2025 , is considered as Not Halal based on FTSE methodology. To access full report and unlock the detailed results with associated ratios for 5 halal investment methodologies, you can click below.

Detailed report based on FTSE methodology

Activity filter

Main Activity
Activity test result
Internet Retail
PASS

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao and Tmall, which are digital retail platforms; Alimama, a proprietary monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and fresh goods; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, and IoT services; and hardware, software license, software installation, and application development and maintenance services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Quark, a platform for information search, storage, and consumption; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; Tmall Genie smart speaker; and Qwen, an artificial intelligence chatbot. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Financial filter

Debt test

Total Debt
Interest free debt
Adjusted debt level
Total Asset
Debt Ratio
PASS or FAIL
760169000000
0
760169000000
1854964000000
40.98%
FAIL

Cash test

Cash
Cash Eq.
Short Term Investment
Total Asset
Cash & Eq. ratio
PASS or FAIL
162784000000
0
290494000000
1854964000000
24.44%
PASS

Acid test

Cash
Cash Eq.
Net Accounts Receivables
Total Asset
Quick ratio
PASS or FAIL
162784000000
0
181382000000
1854964000000
18.55%
PASS

Non permissible income filter

Net Interest Income (Expense) as non-Operating

Total Non permissible and doubtful income
Total revenue
Non permissible and doubtful income ratio
PASS or FAIL
11146000000
280154000000000000
0%
PASS