Alibaba (BABA) reported 4Q earnings on Thur 28 Jan 2016 (before open)

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Alibaba beats by $0.10, beats on revs :

• Reports Q3 (Dec) earnings of $0.99 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.10 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.89; rev +32% to $5.33 bln vs. $5.13 bln consensus, mainly driven by the continued rapid growth of our China commerce retail business.
• China retail marketplace revenue was RMB28,714 mln (US$4,433 mln), an increase of 35% year-over-year; and mobile revenue was RMB18,746 mln (US$2,894 mln), an increase of 192% year-over-year
• Annual active buyers on our China retail marketplaces increased to 407 mln, an increase of 21 mln from the prior quarter, while mobile MAUs in December reached 393 mln, an increase of 47 mln over the prior quarter
• GMV transacted on our China retail marketplaces was RMB964 bln (US$149 bln), an increase of 23% year-over-year (and a net addition of RMB177 bln (US$27 bln) from the same quarter of 2014), with mobile GMV accounting for 68% of total GMV.