Nordea Investment Management AB Has $180.83 Million Stake in Alibaba Group Holding Limited $BABA

Nordea Investment Management AB reduced its position in shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) by 4.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,240,360 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 52,815 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB owned 0.05% of Alibaba Group worth $180,832,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of BABA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Alibaba Group by 40.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,411 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $289,000 after purchasing an additional 981 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Alibaba Group during the 1st quarter worth approximately $254,000. Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alibaba Group by 12.3% during the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 3,272 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $371,000 after acquiring an additional 358 shares during the last quarter. MAI Capital Management increased its holdings in shares of Alibaba Group by 16.5% during the 2nd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 7,980 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $905,000 after acquiring an additional 1,129 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in Alibaba Group by 16.7% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 584,901 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $66,334,000 after acquiring an additional 83,733 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 13.47% of the company’s stock.

Key Alibaba Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alibaba Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Cloud & AI traction: Alibaba’s Cloud Intelligence Group grew ~36% YoY, Qwen adoption is strong (large Hugging Face downloads and derivative models) and management set an ambition for ~$100B in combined cloud/AI external revenue over five years — a clear long‑term growth catalyst. Alibaba Stock Is Getting Hit Again, but Qwen and Cloud Growth Are Surging
• Positive Sentiment: Balance sheet strength: Alibaba reported material cash reserves (~$80B) and a relatively low debt load, giving it financial flexibility to continue AI and commerce investments while it pursues longer‑term monetization. Alibaba Stock Is Getting Hit Again, but Qwen and Cloud Growth Are Surging
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst actions mixed: Several firms trimmed price targets (JPMorgan, Mizuho, Barclays, Baird, Jefferies adjusted targets) but many maintain buy/overweight views, leaving a wide range of expectations and continued analyst support under the share price. Analyst Price Target Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Restructuring / workforce changes: Alibaba reported a ~34% year‑over‑year headcount decline (largely from asset sales and restructuring). This both reduces costs long term and signals near‑term business shifts — watched by investors for execution risk and savings timing. Alibaba workforce shrinks 34% in 2025 as Chinese tech giant doubles down on AI
• Negative Sentiment: Earnings and profit miss: December‑quarter revenue slightly missed expectations and adjusted EPS plunged (~66–67% YoY) as heavy investments in quick commerce, user experience and AI compressed margins and cash flow — the main immediate trigger for the stock’s decline. Alibaba Targets $100 Billion of AI Revenue in Five Years
• Negative Sentiment: Investor skepticism on AI monetization: Markets pulled back — alongside Tencent — amid questions about near‑term paths to monetize AI investments, producing sectorwide mark‑downs that hit Alibaba hard. Alibaba, Tencent Lose $66 Billion as AI Monetization Questions Rise
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/overhang risk: Multiple shareholder law firms have opened securities‑fraud inquiries following the earnings shock, creating an added litigation overhang that can weigh on sentiment. Securities Fraud Investigation Into Alibaba Continues

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BABA has been the subject of several research reports. Loop Capital set a $140.00 price target on Alibaba Group in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Alibaba Group from $215.00 to $205.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $195.00 target price on shares of Alibaba Group in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Alibaba Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Alibaba Group from $174.00 to $164.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $188.95.

Alibaba Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BABA opened at $122.41 on Monday. Alibaba Group Holding Limited has a fifty-two week low of $95.73 and a fifty-two week high of $192.67. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $154.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $158.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $292.24 billion, a PE ratio of 23.10, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.43.

Alibaba Group Profile

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in 1999 in Hangzhou, China, by Jack Ma and a group of co‑founders. The company built its business around internet-based commerce and related services and has grown into one of the largest e-commerce and technology companies in the world. Alibaba completed a high‑profile initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014.

The company operates a portfolio of online marketplaces and platforms serving different customer segments: Alibaba.com for global and domestic B2B trade, Taobao for consumer-to-consumer shopping, and Tmall for brand and retailer storefronts targeted at Chinese consumers.