09:35 AM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We reduce our 12-month target to USD158 from USD175, on P/E of 14.4x our CY 26 view of USD11.00, which is near its five-year historical forward average but well below the 21x over the last decade. After posting mixed Mar-Q results, we adjust our FY 26 (Mar.) EPS estimate to CNY69.57 from CNY74.01 and initiate FY 27 at CNY 79.40. We believe BABA is doing a great job with cost efficiencies and exiting non-core businesses that are unprofitable amid a time when it is aggressively spending to accelerate higher quality cloud revenue. We think domestic e-commerce revenue is now better positioned after favorable policy decisions (e.g., walking back elevated tariffs), while emphasis on higher quality services could help improve BABA's installed base, but we note that competitive pressures remain elevated. Cloud's adjusted EBITDA increased by 69% in Mar-Q as we see scalability from higher spend, with significant upside over the next three to five years due to greater AI spend/higher capacity and monetization efforts.