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Alibaba looks on course for a turnaround amid renewed investor frenzy for Chinese stocks
The renewed positive market sentiment for Alibaba reflects its resilience after struggling in recent years
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E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding appears on course to turn around a years-long slump on the back of Beijing’s sweeping stimulus measures, according to analysts, as some foreign investors have pledged to go all in on Chinese stocks.
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“Alibaba may gradually become more attractive to some long-only funds because it is, after all, the largest e-commerce stock in China,” said Shawn Yang, senior analyst at Arete Research. “The expectations of macro improvement may be passed on to these consumer stocks. Alibaba is the largest among them, and its situation is improving.”
Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, is among a number of Chinese technology stocks that received a boost this week, following surprise market-support measures initiated by the People’s Bank of China that included mortgage rate cuts and an unprecedented US$114 billion stock-buying facility.
The company’s stock on Thursday closed up 10.07 per cent in New York to US$105.07, while its Hong Kong shares gained 4.86 per cent to reach HK$102.50 on Friday. Shares of Nasdaq-listed e-commerce rivals PDD Holdings, operator of discount shopping platforms Pinduoduo and Temu, rose 13.57 per cent on Thursday, while JD.com climbed up 14.39 per cent.
While scepticism abounds, some prominent Wall Street figures have declared strong confidence in Chinese stocks. Billionaire investor David Tepper, who founded Appaloosa Management in 1993, said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that he was buying more of “everything” related to China, having snapped up more shares of Alibaba, JD.com, Baidu and PDD.
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