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May 13, 2019, 12:00 PM GMT
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Alibaba is Scheduled to Report its Earnings on Wednesday

The multinational conglomerate will be reporting its earnings for the previous quarter this Wednesday before the market open. The consensus is for the new EPS to be $0.75, which would measure a sizable increase from its performance during the same period last year when the company reported a $0.54 earnings per share.

However, Alibaba Group Holding also reported EPS of $1.39 on the 30th of January of 2019, which would mean that if the initial forecasts are realized, then the company would register better performance than last year, but a reduction in its revenue since the previous quarter.

Overall, Alibaba managed to exceed the initial market expectations after the last report with 2 per cent, and as a result of that the price spiked with 6.34% during the day’s trading session, hence an increased market volatility can be expected again to occur on Wednesday and Alibaba’s shares are most likely to open with a gap.