XML 116 R65.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.25.2

Segment information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Mar. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of segment reporting | The following table presents the information by segment for the years ended March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025:
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (in millions) |
Taobao and Tmall Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 413,206 |  |  |  | 434,893 |  |  |  | 449,827 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (224,066 | ) |  |  | (240,066 | ) |  |  | (253,595 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | 189,140 |  |  |  | 194,827 |  |  |  | 196,232 |
Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 70,506 |  |  |  | 102,598 |  |  |  | 132,300 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (75,450 | ) |  |  | (110,633 | ) |  |  | (147,437 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | (4,944 | ) |  |  | (8,035 | ) |  |  | (15,137 | )
Cloud Intelligence Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 103,497 |  |  |  | 106,374 |  |  |  | 118,028 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (99,396 | ) |  |  | (100,253 | ) |  |  | (107,472 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | 4,101 |  |  |  | 6,121 |  |  |  | 10,556 |
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 77,512 |  |  |  | 99,020 |  |  |  | 101,272 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (77,903 | ) |  |  | (97,618 | ) |  |  | (100,970 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | (391 | ) |  |  | 1,402 |  |  |  | 302 |
Local Services Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 50,249 |  |  |  | 59,802 |  |  |  | 67,076 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (63,397 | ) |  |  | (69,614 | ) |  |  | (70,765 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | (13,148 | ) |  |  | (9,812 | ) |  |  | (3,689 | )
Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 18,444 |  |  |  | 21,145 |  |  |  | 22,267 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (21,233 | ) |  |  | (22,684 | ) |  |  | (22,821 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | (2,789 | ) |  |  | (1,539 | ) |  |  | (554 | )
All others |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 197,115 |  |  |  | 192,331 |  |  |  | 206,269 |
Costs and expenses (i) |  |  | (206,503 | ) |  |  | (201,491 | ) |  |  | (214,805 | )
Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | (9,388 | ) |  |  | (9,160 | ) |  |  | (8,536 | )
Schedule of reconciliation from the adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income | The following table presents the reconciliation from the total segments Adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income for the years ended March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025:
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (in millions) |
Total segments Adjusted EBITA |  |  | 162,581 |  |  |  | 173,804 |  |  |  | 179,174 |
Unallocated (iii) |  |  | (12,143 | ) |  |  | (6,190 | ) |  |  | (4,337 | )
Inter-segment elimination |  |  | (2,527 | ) |  |  | (2,586 | ) |  |  | (1,772 | )
Non-cash share-based compensation expense |  |  | (30,831 | ) |  |  | (18,546 | ) |  |  | (13,970 | )
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets |  |  | (13,504 | ) |  |  | (21,592 | ) |  |  | (6,336 | )
Impairment of goodwill, and others |  |  | (3,225 | ) |  |  | (11,540 | ) |  |  | (11,854 | )
Consolidated income from operations |  |  | 100,351 |  |  |  | 113,350 |  |  |  | 140,905 |
Interest and investment income, net |  |  | (11,071 | ) |  |  | (9,964 | ) |  |  | 20,759 |
Interest expense |  |  | (5,918 | ) |  |  | (7,947 | ) |  |  | (9,596 | )
Other income, net |  |  | 5,823 |  |  |  | 6,157 |  |  |  | 3,387 |
Income tax expenses |  |  | (15,549 | ) |  |  | (22,529 | ) |  |  | (35,445 | )
Share of results of equity method investees |  |  | (8,063 | ) |  |  | (7,735 | ) |  |  | 5,966 |
Consolidated net income |  |  | 65,573 |  |  |  | 71,332 |  |  |  | 125,976 |
Schedule of depreciation and impairment of property and equipment and land use rights by segment | The following table presents the depreciation and impairment of property and equipment, and operating lease cost relating to land use rights by segment for the years ended March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025:
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (in millions) |
Taobao and Tmall Group |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | 464 |  |  |  | 102 |
Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group |  |  | 712 |  |  |  | 961 |  |  |  | 1,137 |
Cloud Intelligence Group |  |  | 16,589 |  |  |  | 14,335 |  |  |  | 15,911 |
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited |  |  | 909 |  |  |  | 1,254 |  |  |  | 1,465 |
Local Services Group |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 99 |
Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 45 |  |  |  | 92 |
All others |  |  | 7,104 |  |  |  | 7,278 |  |  |  | 6,215 |
Total segments depreciation and impairment of property and equipment, and operating lease cost relating to land use rights |  |  | 25,820 |  |  |  | 24,450 |  |  |  | 25,021 |
(i) Segment costs and expenses primarily comprise components that are included in cost of revenue, product development expenses, sales and marketing expenses, as well as general and administrative expenses. (ii) Adjusted EBITA represents net income before interest and investment income, net, interest expense, other income, net, income tax expenses, share of results of equity method investees, certain non-cash expenses, consisting of share-based compensation expense, amortization and impairment of intangible assets, impairment of goodwill, and others, which the Company does not believe are reflective of the Company's core operating performance during the periods presented. (iii) Unallocated primarily relates to certain costs incurred by corporate functions and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to individual segments.

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the total depreciation and amortization expenses of property and equipment and land use rights by segments. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | baba_ScheduleOfDepreciationAndAmortizationExpensesOfPropertyAndEquipmentAndLandUseRightsBySegmentTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | baba_
Data Type: | dtr-types:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of reconciliation of other items from reportable segments to their consolidated amount. Excludes reconciliation of revenue, profit (loss), and assets. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-31 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-30 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ReconciliationOfOtherSignificantReconcilingItemsFromSegmentsToConsolidatedTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | dtr-types:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-25 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-22 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-30 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfSegmentReportingInformationBySegmentTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | dtr-types:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration