It's not publicly traded ATM, but the article hints that it soon will be. But Yahoo has a stake in it, and thus it has "shares" and those shares are worth somet

It's not publicly traded ATM, but the article hints that it soon will be. But Yahoo has a stake in it, and thus it has "shares" and those shares are worth something, hence it DOES have a "share price". EDIT: I can see that your parent does not realize (apparently) that Ali baba is not publicly traded