Alibaba’s Q1 Revenue Rose But Investments May Decrease Profits
China’s largest e-commerce player Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has shown a huge rise in the first-quarter revenue estimates which is majorly due to the growth in its core e-commerce business. However, the company has stated that the investments in the food delivery business are increasing and might overpower the profits.
The revenue of the company increased 61 percent to 80.9 billion yuan ($11.77 billion) in the April-June period, as compared to the average estimate of 80.7 billion yuan in the previous quarter.
Though the overall revenue rose, the net income attributable to shareholders decreased 41 percent to 8.7 billion yuan or 3.3 yuan per share. Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares rose about 3 percent in premarket trade.
The sales at the company’s core e-commerce business increased 61 p...