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Alibaba Cloud Revenue Jumps 45%. Is the Profit Plunge and China E-Commerce Slide Cause for Concern?

The veteran Chinese tech company published its second-quarter earnings on Thursday morning.

Alibaba Cloud Revenue Jumps 45%. Is the Profit Plunge and China E-Commerce Slide Cause for Concern?

Published August 21, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), which shot to fame and prominence as China's everything-but-the-kitchen-sink e-commerce giant, is in the midst of a long transformation. It's reshaping itself as a leading artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services provider in the massive Asian country, and, in my view, that's what pushed its U.S.-listed stock up on Thursday.

This, despite a second-quarter earnings report published that morning, in which it missed badly on the bottom line. Here's what happened.

Image source: Alibaba.

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