Alibaba (BABA) is back in investors’ good books and is set to release its third-quarter earnings on Thursday.
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Alibaba stock (BABA) doubled from its lows at $58 in late October. The stock has since returned to $94, but the uptrend remains intact. The $85-95 zone could be an excellent place to look for a bottom.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s third-quarter 2023 results are expected to highlight the impacts of the strengthening cloud computing segment. The company’s cloud segment has contributed to overall revenue growth. In the last quarter, revenues from the cloud computing segment increased 4% from the prior-year period to RMB 20.8 billion ($2.9 billion), making up 10% of the total revenues.
Increased spending from enterprise customers, driven by Alibaba’s efforts to add new features to its cloud products, will likely cause further revenue growth in the fiscal third quarter. Importantly, Alibaba’s strong cloud services portfolio, powered by advanced technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, and the Internet of Things, is expected to meet the rising demand for cloud architecture.
Alibaba has been making solid efforts to produce a serverless batch of cloud products to prevent customers from having to manage their servers and infrastructure during product development and launch.
Adding advanced technologies such as Big Data and AI into BABA’s e-commerce is also anticipated to have helped deliver an enhanced customer experience. The increasing number of paying members on the alibaba.com platform and solid momentum across cross-border-related value-added services should have benefited the company’s international commerce footprint.
