ReutersNovember 2, 2017
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Thursday its quarterly revenue climbed 61 percent, beating analysts' estimates, helped by growth in its core e-commerce business.
The firm, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma, posted 55.12 billion yuan (£6.3 billion) in revenue for the July-September quarter, above a 52.2 billion yuan forecast from analysts polled by Reuters.
Net income more than doubled from a year ago to 17.41 billion yuan, growing at a faster clip than the previous two quarters.
The second quarter is often slower for Alibaba as it prepares for the annual blockbuster Singles' Day event on Nov. 11, a sales bonanza that shifts more goods than the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales days in the United States combined.
Alibaba said revenue from its core e-commerce business hit 46.46 billion yuan, representing a 63 percent rise from the same quarter a year earlier.
(Reporting by Pei Li in Beijing and Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
Alibaba revenue up 61 percent, beats estimates
ReutersNovember 2, 2017
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Thursday its quarterly revenue climbed 61 percent, beating analysts' estimates, helped by growth in its core e-commerce business.
The firm, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma, posted 55.12 billion yuan (£6.3 billion) in revenue for the July-September quarter, above a 52.2 billion yuan forecast from analysts polled by Reuters.
Net income more than doubled from a year ago to 17.41 billion yuan, growing at a faster clip than the previous two quarters.
The second quarter is often slower for Alibaba as it prepares for the annual blockbuster Singles' Day event on Nov. 11, a sales bonanza that shifts more goods than the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales days in the United States combined.
Alibaba said revenue from its core e-commerce business hit 46.46 billion yuan, representing a 63 percent rise from the same quarter a year earlier.
(Reporting by Pei Li in Beijing and Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
アリババの収益は61％増、見通しを上回った
ロイター通信2010年11月2日
（ロイター） - 中国の電子商取引大手アリババ・グループ・ホールディング・リミテッド（BABA.N）は、同四半期の売上高は61％増加し、電子商取引事業の中心的な成長によりアナリストの予想を上回ったと発表した。
億万長者の起業家であるジャック・マ氏率いる同社は、ロイター通信のアナリスト予想522億元を上回る551.2億元（63億ポンド）の売上高を計上した。
純利益は前年同期比2倍以上の174億1000万元となり、過去2四半期と比較して速くなった。
第2四半期は、11月11日の年次大ヒットシングル・デー・イベント、米国のブラック・フライデーとサイバー・Mondayよりも多くの商品をシフトさせるセールス・バンザを準備するため、Alibabaの方が遅いことが多い。
アリババ氏は、同社の中核電子商取引事業による収入は466億元で、前年同期から63％増となった。
（北京のPei LiとBengaluruのSupantha Mukherjeeによる報告; Saumyadeb Chakrabartyによる編集）