Cash is ~$87B
Debt is ~$23.5B
Total: ~$63.5B
Current market cap: $185b
In Q4 2023, $BABA paid $870 million in SBC. That leaves a net buyback of ~$4b for the QUARTER!
Now let’s do some quick math.
•$185b-$63.5b = $121b
•$4b * 4 = $16b/year buybacks
$BABA created ~$27b of free cash flow last year, which makes the 16b buybacks possible.
That means $BABA could buyback its entire stock within 7 years.
(That is expecting no growth in fcf a...

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