BABA vs KRKR
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and 36Kr Holdings Inc., side by side — 9 fiscal years reported in CNY, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | BABA | KRKR |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CNY 1.0T | CNY 227.9M |
| Net income | CNY 103.6B | CNY 11.4M |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 57.7% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 9.3% |
| Diluted EPS | CNY 5.50 | CNY 0.01 |
| Dividend / share | — | — |
| Payout ratio | 32.6% | — |
| Free cash flow | — | CNY 18.9M |
| Equity | CNY 1.1T | CNY 128.8M |
| Net debt / equity | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.28× | 1.21× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 7.4% | −10.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | −7.2% | — |
BABA bills 4491.0× the revenue of KRKR, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (10.0% against 5.0%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
Revenue by year
9 years side by side
| Fiscal year | BABA | KRKR |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 1.0T | CNY 227.9M |
| FY2024 | CNY 996.3B | CNY 231.1M |
| FY2023 | CNY 941.2B | CNY 340.2M |
| FY2022 | CNY 868.7B | CNY 322.5M |
| FY2021 | CNY 853.1B | CNY 316.8M |
| FY2020 | CNY 717.3B | CNY 386.8M |
| FY2019 | CNY 509.7B | CNY 655.6M |
| FY2018 | CNY 376.8B | CNY 299.1M |
| FY2017 | CNY 250.3B | CNY 120.5M |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | BABA | KRKR |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 103.6B | CNY 11.4M |
| FY2024 | CNY 130.1B | CNY -140.8M |
| FY2023 | CNY 80.0B | CNY -89.2M |
| FY2022 | CNY 72.8B | CNY 22.6M |
| FY2021 | CNY 62.2B | CNY -90.6M |
| FY2020 | CNY 150.6B | CNY -279.3M |
| FY2019 | CNY 149.4B | CNY -25.9M |
| FY2018 | CNY 87.9B | CNY 40.5M |
| FY2017 | CNY 64.1B | CNY 7.9M |