Alibaba (BABA) Price Target Raised to $125 at Topeka

Alibaba (BABA) PT Lifted to $130 at RBC Capital

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) to $130.00 (from $120.00) following strong Q2 results in its first quarter as a public company.

The keys, according to the analyst: Positives: 1) Strong Metrics Trends -- 4 consecutive Qs of modest/slight... More

Alibaba (BABA) PT Raised to $125 at Evercore ISI

Evercore ISI analyst Ken Sena reiterated a Buy rating and boosted his price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) to $125.00 (from $120.00) on modestly higher estimates following solid Q2 results.

Sena commented, "Alibaba reported a solid 2Q15 driven by better-than-expected leading metrics, including accelerating... More

Alibaba (BABA) Price Target Lifted to $122 at BofA/Merrill Lynch

BofA/Merrill Lynch reiterated analyst Eddie Leung reiterated Buy rating and boosted his price target Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) price target of $122.00 (from $112.00) following Q2 results

Leung noted the results indicate its preferences in adding new users and maintaining an active platform over rising... More

Alibaba (BABA) Price Target Raised to $110 at Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald maintained a Buy rating on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) and raised its price target to $110.00 (from $90.00). Analyst Youssef Squali called Q2 a solid quarter.

"As expected, BABAs 2Q:FY15 results came in strong, particularly on the top line, with accelerating revenue... More

Alibaba (BABA) Reports In-Line Q2 EPS, Mobile MAUs Grew 15%+

(Updated - November 4, 2014 7:05 AM EST)

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) reported Q2 EPS of RMB2.79, RMB0.05 better than the analyst estimate of RMB2.74.

Adjusted Q2 EPS was $0.45, versus the consensus at $0.45.

Revenue came in at $2.74 billion, with estimates at $2.61 billion.

Mobile MAUs Mobile MAUs grew to 217 million in the month ended September 30, 2014, compared to 188 million in the month ended June 30, 2014, representing a net addition of 29 million MAUs in three months, and a 138.5% increase from 91 million in the month ended September 30, 2013.

GMV GMV transacted on our China retail marketplaces in the quarter ended... More

Alibaba (BABA) Weekly Options Active Ahead of Qtr. Results

Heading into Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) Q2 report, weekly put contracts are most active at the $90 and $95 strikes, while call contract volume is the strongest at $100 and $110 levels.

Weekly open interest is highest at $94 puts and $$100 calls.

Implied volatility is 45.0 percent with VWAP at $101.48.

Put/call ratio is about 37%.