Alibaba Ups Share Buyback Target To $25B: What You Need To Know

Benzinga2022-03-22

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) has raised its share buyback program to $25 billion from $15 billion.

What Happened: Alibaba said on Monday that its board approved the share repurchase program, which will run for two years through March 2024.

The company had purchased 56.2 million American depositary shares for about $9.2 billion, as of March 18, under its previously announced program.

Shares in the company rose more than 11% in Hong Kong after the announcement.

Alibaba also said it had appointed Weijian Shan, executive chairman of investment group PAG, as an independent director. He will replace Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Börje Ekholm from March 31.

Why It Matters: This is the second share repurchase increase by Alibaba in less than a year. Alibaba had raised its buyback to $15 billion from $10 billion in August last year.

Alibaba shares lost a whopping 49% in 2021. They are down 12.8% so far this year.

In February, Alibaba reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter, while revenue missed expectations.

Alibaba is now planning to slash 30% of its workforce after its MMC business division decided to lay off 20% of its employees.

Price Action: Alibaba shares closed 4.4% lower in Monday’s regular trading session at $103.59 and further lost 0.8% in the after-hours session to $102.72.

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Comments

  • KYLeong
    2022-03-22
    KYLeong
    Time to add more?[Thinking] 
  • 339742f5
    2022-03-22
    339742f5
    [Miser] [Miser] [Miser] 
  • sunflower19
    2022-03-22
    sunflower19
    Do we need to do anything if we have the share? 
  • koolgal
    2022-03-22
    koolgal
    This is great news for Alibaba investors as it shows that it has a solid cash flow to do so.  No wonder Alibaba's share price jumped today! Go Baba! 🚀🚀🚀🌙🌙🌙
  • skyAt38
    2022-03-22
    skyAt38
    What investor is waiting for ? The company already buy back theirs share
  • sh99
    2022-03-22
    sh99
    go do
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