The most recent trading session ended with Alibaba (BABA) standing at $84.27, reflecting a -0.86% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.09%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.04%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.1%.

The online retailer's stock has dropped by 2.04% in the past month, falling short of the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 3.61% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.29%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Alibaba in its upcoming release. In that report, analysts expect Alibaba to post earnings of $3.03 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 13.48%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $38.54 billion, up 5.09% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates project earnings of $9.30 per share and a revenue of $138.26 billion, demonstrating changes of +7.89% and +5.95%, respectively, from the preceding year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Alibaba. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the company's business performance and profit potential.

Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To take advantage of this, we've established the Zacks Rank, an exclusive model that considers these estimated changes and delivers an operational rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained unchanged. Alibaba presently features a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

In the context of valuation, Alibaba is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 9.14. This denotes a discount relative to the industry's average Forward P/E of 25.84.

Meanwhile, BABA's PEG ratio is currently 0.38. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Internet - Commerce industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.22 as trading concluded yesterday.

The Internet - Commerce industry is part of the Retail-Wholesale sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 129, this industry ranks in the bottom 49% of all industries, numbering over 250.