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Revenue rose to 22.17 billion yuan in the quarter ended Sept.
30, compared with the average analyst estimate of 21.25 billion
yuan, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Alibaba's New York-listed shares were up 8.5 percent in
premarket trading on Tuesday.
Gross merchandise volume (GMV), or the total value of goods
transacted on its retail marketplaces in China, rose 28 percent
to $112 billion.
Mobile revenue nearly tripled to $1.66 billion, with mobile GMV
accounting for 62 percent of total GMV transacted on Alibaba's
China retail marketplaces.
Alibaba is branching out from its core online-only shopping
platforms in a bid to stem a slowdown in revenue growth and the
total value of goods transacted over its websites.
The company reported net income attributable to shareholders of
$3.58 billion, or $1.40 per share. Excluding items, the company
posted earnings of 57 cents per share.
Alibaba shares closed at $76.35 on Monday, down about 36 percent
from their record high of $120 in November 2014.
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted
Kerr)
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