The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) IPO by Veibha Subramaniam, Capital Cube
The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) IPO – A slide presentation on relevant facts on the Chinese etail market and comparisons with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
Alibaba IPO: Summary
- China’s e-retail market is the fastest growing market globally and valued at $294 billion in 2013
- The Chinese market is characterized with huge marketplaces and not independent merchants – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is one of the largest with a user growth of 45% from 2012 – 2013 and has a transaction volume that is twice that of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), growing at a faster pace
- In addition, the net profit margin is 24.34% in 2013 which is 11x that of Amazon that validates a premium valuation of $230 billion + (1x GMV)
- Underserviced Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities in China are a huge opportunity for e-retailing
China etail market
- China has the highest number of broadband connections with a penetration rate of only 30%
- Increase of disposable income in tier -3 and Tier-4 cities will lead to increase in China’s etail sector
- China’s e-retail market grew from $120 billion in 2011 to $294 billion in 2013
- This is a growth of 145% in 2 years
Alibaba and China
- China’s market place is dominated by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) as of 2013
- China is dominated by huge online marketplaces as compared to the US
Users
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) has more active users as compared to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) given the size of the Chinese population and its penetration rate in China
- Alibaba owes its massive scale to the sheer size of the Chinese market, home to more than 600 million Internet users
- Despite decrease in user growth rate in the last year , Alibaba still maintains the highest growth rate amongst its peers
Gross Merchandise Value (GMV)
- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has grown its GMV (includes its products and also 3rd party products) by 29.34% from 2012 – 2013.
- eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) has grown its GMV by 12.89% in the same period
- Also, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) has grown its GMV by 55.73% from 2013 – 2013
- In 2013, the combined transaction volume of its consumer shopping sites in China reached $248 billion, according to its IPO filing last month. That is triple the size of eBay and more than double the size of Amazon.
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