"We calculate that Ant Group would be worth $89 billion~ of which Alibaba's stake is $29.4 billion~ given their 33% ownership in Ant Group.
We suggest such valuation presents upside from consensus," said Yang, referring to Bloomberg's valuation of Ant Group at just $22 billion to $57 billion.
"In our view, [Bloomberg's] valuation range is too low, as Ant Group is comparable to PayPal.
On Saturday, Ant Group announced a share buyback that values the company at $78.53 billion, according to state media CGTN.
This is lower than Ant's $315 billion valuation when it tried to list in 2020.
Persons:
Qilai Shen, Alibaba, Ronald Wan, CNBC's, Wan, Shawn Yang, Ant, Yang, Kumarasiri
Organizations:
Bloomberg, Getty, LightStream Research, Partners Financial Holdings, Ant, Blue Lotus Research, Ant Group, PayPal, Group
Locations:
Hong Kong, China