Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) — closed signal from December 4, 2025
Partial Published before the outcome was known, scored automatically when the window closed on March 4, 2026.
Predicted vs. what happened
What happened
Reached 66% of the predicted growth at its peak, without hitting the target.
The thesis — published December 4, 2025
Alibaba runs large online shopping and cloud businesses and is building AI products that have shown extremely strong sales growth for many quarters. Valuation models see the stock as reasonably priced despite pessimism about China. Recent price action suggests possible short-term buying interest, but fraud and national security allegations mean regulatory risk is high in the next 0-3 months.
Primary drivers
- AI sales have more than doubled compared to last year for nine straight quarters
- Big e-commerce and cloud businesses support long-term value
- Price-to-sales valuation models rate the stock attractively
- Active fraud and security probes increase near-term regulatory risk
How it played out
BABA: the target was not reached
Lyra published BABA at 158.21 on 2025-12-04 with a short-term thesis for 22% growth. The thesis pointed to large online shopping and cloud businesses, artificial intelligence product sales growth, attractive price-to-sales valuation models, and high near-term regulatory risk from fraud and security probes.
Inside the window to 2026-03-04, BABA peaked at 181.10 on 2026-01-22, a 14.5% gain. That stayed below the 193.02 target. The stock ended the window at 133.27. The thesis partially played out on the move to the January peak, but it missed the published target and finished below the publication price.
Prices are shown split- and dividend-adjusted, matching what public charts show today.
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