Alibaba’s profit jumps 76% in June quarter 2025

Hangzhou, 29th August: Last week, Alibaba Group, China’s largest e-commerce company, announced its results for the quarter ended 30th June 2025. The company recorded revenues of US$35 billion, an increase of 2% year-on-year.

The company’s profit posted a rise of 76% over the same quarter in 2024, reaching US$5.9 billion. Diluted earnings per share in the quarter were RMB 2.25 (US$0.31). The company attributed the increase in profits to mark-to market changes from its equity investments and gain from the disposal of local consumer service business of Trendyol.

In terms of its B2B business, revenues from the China commerce whole of the Alibaba China E-commerce Group, primarily generated through 1688.com, were US$937 million, an increase of 13% over the same quarter last year. While the International commerce whole from the Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, primarily from Alibaba.com, generated revenues of US$886 million, also up 13% year-on-year. In total, the B2B business only accounted for 5.3% of Alibaba Group’s total revenues.

In terms of the business segment, the largest segment was the Alibaba China E-commerce Group, accounted for 57% of the total revenues, amounting at US$20 billion. The Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group was the second largest segment, generated revenues of US$4.9 billion, and accounted for 14% of the total revenues. The remaining revenues were generated from the Cloud Intelligent Group (US$4.7 billion) and other businesses.

Eddie Wu, Chief Executive Officer of Alibaba Group, stated, “This quarter, our strategic focus on consumption and AI + Cloud delivered strong growth. Our decisive investment in the quick commerce business achieved key milestones as we won consumer mindshare. We generated substantial synergies from combining resources of our consumer platforms which resulted in new highs in monthly active consumers and daily order volume. Driven by robust AI demand, Cloud Intelligence Group experienced accelerated revenue growth, and AI-related product revenue is now a significant portion of revenue from external customers. Looking ahead, we remain committed to investing in our two strategic pillars of consumption and AI + Cloud to capture historic opportunities and drive long-term growth.”