阿裏巴巴的大規模回購改變了“遊戲規則”
阿裏巴巴的股價在過去一年裏下跌了一半以上。一週前,關於美國存託憑證(ADR)退市的擔憂又再度擡頭。但在3月22日發佈的250億美元的股票回購計劃後,該公司股價週二飆升了11%。
根據之前的回購授權,阿裏巴巴已回購了92億美元的股票。此次股票回購的規模從150億美元增加到了250億美元,相當於阿裏巴巴總市值的8.6%,並計劃在兩年時間內執行。
在2022財年的前9個月,阿裏巴巴的各種業務產生了1139億元人民幣的自由現金流,約合179億美元。同期的自由現金流利潤率爲18%。期間,阿裏巴巴將37%的FCF份額——418億元人民幣重新投資到其業務中,包括雲計算或數字媒體等新的增長領域,同時,還將491億元人民幣的自由現金流用於股票回購,而這意味着將43%的自由現金流返還給了股東。此次上調的回購將允許阿裏巴巴使用更高比例的自由現金流用於回購股票,大大增強該公司在未來兩年向股東返還更多自由現金流的能力。
爲什麼回購如此重要
第一個原因是,中國大型科技公司目前非常不受歡迎,而回購確實幫助投資者重拾對阿裏巴巴增長前景的信心。第二個原因是,阿裏巴巴的自由現金流目前被嚴重低估,因此是回購股票非常好的一個時機。根據阿裏巴巴595億美元的可觀淨現金,阿裏巴巴調整後的市值相當於7倍的P-FCF。阿裏巴巴的淨現金約佔其市值的20%,爲其股票提供了很大的安全邊際。
本週,阿裏巴巴股價繼續飆升,並扭轉了本月早些時候的部分跌幅。不過,阿裏巴巴的自由現金流價格仍然非常有吸引力。假設明年的季度自由現金流爲70億美元(隱含的自由現金流利潤率爲18%),總收入爲1570億美元,阿裏巴巴目前的P-FCF比率爲8倍。
風險
美國存託憑證(ADR)退市的可能性不大,但新的監管打擊對阿裏巴巴的股票來說是一種風險。阿裏巴巴還存在被監管機構處以新罰款的潛在風險,這可能會降低對自由現金流的預期。而且,最大商業風險是收入增長的長期放緩,尤其是在其最重要的國內電商業務方面,儘管該業務仍爲阿裏巴巴創造了大部分收入。
結語
阿裏巴巴的大規模回購改變了“遊戲規則”,因爲它允許阿裏巴巴在公司的FCF被嚴重低估的時候,將其更大比例的自由現金流返還給股東。而且阿裏巴巴業務收入每年以20%的速度增長,但P-FCF比率僅爲8倍。我們相信阿裏巴巴在這裏做的是正確的事情,因爲回購提振了市場對阿裏巴巴平臺業務的信心!
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