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 28th of April 2026 , 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. It operates digital retail platforms under the Taobao and Tmall names; wholesale marketplaces through 1688.com and Alibaba.com; global e-commerce platform under the AliExpress name; e-commerce platforms under the Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz names; and consumer-to-consumer community and marketplace under the Tmall Global, Tmall Supermarket, and Xianyu names. The company also operates Cainiao, an e-commerce logistics solution; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; and Amap, a provider of mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information; Youku, an online video platform; and Damai Entertainment that provides content production, promotion and distribution, performance and event ticketing management, IP-related licensing and operations, cinema ticketing management, and internet data services for the entertainment industry. In addition, it provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database, big data, cloud native, and Alibaba cloud model studio services; and hardware, software license and installation, and application development and maintenance services, as well as sells membership packages and subscriptions. Further, the company offers Freshippo, a retail platform for groceries and goods; Alibaba Health for medical and healthcare solutions; mobile games under the Lingxi Games name; UC Browser, an information service platform; Quark, an information services platform for young users; Fliggy, an online travel platform; and DingTalk, a collaboration workplace and enterprise management platform. It also offers the Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business, which develops multimodal foundation models; the MaaS Business Line, which builds AI technical infrastructure; and the Qwen Business Unit, which is responsible for a

Financial filter

Debt test

Total Debt
Interest free debt
Adjusted debt level
Total Asset
Debt Ratio
PASS or FAIL
772862840000
0
772862840000
1879495086000
41.12%
FAIL

Cash test

Cash
Cash Eq.
Short Term Investment
Total Asset
Cash & Eq. ratio
PASS or FAIL
170627585000
128174000000
210069686000
1879495086000
20.26%
PASS

Acid test

Cash
Cash Eq.
Net Accounts Receivables
Total Asset
Quick ratio
PASS or FAIL
170627585000
128174000000
0
1879495086000
15.9%
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
16221000000
280911577000000000
0%
PASS