Alibaba shares drop 3.85% to 104.9 HKD amid market slide
The internet retailer fell on Friday as the Hang Seng index declined 1.3%, with Falling Shares attributing part of the drop to company-specific factors.
The internet retailer fell on Friday as the Hang Seng index declined 1.3%, with Falling Shares attributing part of the drop to company-specific factors. Published 2026-11-08 by Falling Shares.
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Alibaba shares fell 3.85% on Friday to 104.9 HKD, underperforming the Hang Seng index which dropped 1.3%. The stock remains 39.5% below its 52-week high of 174.2 HKD.
Volatility and attribution
Falling Shares rates the stock Unstable, citing annualised volatility of 42.0% against a benchmark of 17.3%. There have been eight sessions with moves of 5% or more in the past six months.
In the latest session, the total -3.9% decline was attributed to a market component of -2.3% and a company-specific component of -1.5%. Alibaba’s five-day change was +8.1%, but the stock has slid 38.6% over the past year and 15.3% in the last three months. The company is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of 2.09 trillion HKD.
Earnings and trend signals
Consensus EPS for the current year was cut 5.9% in the past 90 days, falling from 5.78 to 5.44. Alibaba has missed EPS estimates in four of the last four quarters.
The long-term trend shows the stock is 14.8% below its 200-day average. The 50-day moving average sits below the 200-day average, a pattern known as a death cross.