Reward 500 Tiger-coinsAlibaba’s stock price has risen for the fourth consecutive day, surging more than 4% intraday to HK$147.9, marking its highest level in nearly four years.
Alibaba is Expanding Territory; Meituan Faces Trouble Out of Nowhere
Today, Amap officially launched the world’s first ranking product based on behavior + credit — the “Amap Street Ranking.”
$Alibaba(BABA)$ sees new opportunities in instant retail through Taobao’s flash sales business. The newly announced “Street Ranking” is clearly aimed at competing with Meituan’s Dianping. In fact, Dianping’s reviews are easily manipulated, and public trust has already declined.
Amap, on the other hand, measures how many people navigate there to eat, how many specifically drive to the restaurant — essentially benchmarking against Google Maps.
Meituan seems to have been caught off guard.
At first, $JD.com(JD)$ insisted on starting a food delivery war, forcing Meituan to join. But after only a short while, JD exited, and now Taobao has joined the battle. The key point is that Alibaba’s latest earnings report shows its profit margins have not been heavily affected.
For Meituan, food delivery is its core business, and its profit margin has plunged by 90%. While Alibaba’s spending in instant retail has indeed weighed on short-term profitability, its overall financial position remains solid.
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More to Expect for $BABA-W(09988)$! Cloud and AI as Dual Growth Engines
$Oracle(ORCL)$’s latest earnings forecast expects FY2026 cloud infrastructure revenue to surge 77% to $18 billion, beating Wall Street expectations.
This projection has fueled optimism for the cloud industry overall, and Alibaba Cloud — as the leading cloud service provider in China — is naturally drawing investor interest.
Alibaba Cloud’s performance has been especially strong, with revenue up 26% year-over-year, hitting a three-year high. More importantly, its AI-related product revenue has achieved triple-digit growth for eight consecutive quarters.
On this momentum, institutions have raised Alibaba’s price targets: Jefferies lifted from $165 to $178, while Barclays went even further, raising from $145 to $190.
Questions
After Alibaba’s consecutive rallies to multi-year highs, does the stock still have room to climb further?
Beyond Alibaba, which other Chinese tech stocks are hitting new highs?
With the food delivery war escalating, is Meituan a bargain worth buying now?
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$阿里巴巴-SW(BABA)$通過淘寶閃購業務看到了即時零售的新機遇。新公佈的“街道排名”顯然是爲了與美團-W的大衆點評。事實上，大衆點評的點評很容易被操縱，公衆信任度早已下降。
Other Chinese tech stocks are also showing strength. Tencent and Baidu, tied to AI and cloud, have been moving higher as optimism spreads. After years of underperformance, investors are rotating back into quality Chinese tech names, making this rally broader than just Alibaba.
For Meituan, the food delivery war pressures its core business. Margins have plunged, and with both JD & now Alibaba in the fight, competition will stay tough. The stock might look attractive if it drops further, but for now I’d stay cautious instead of trying to catch a falling knife.
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Give it some time and we will ripe the rewards! PE ratio is still attractive!
BULLISH ON BABA!