This week’s Stock of the Week might be able to beat Amazon at its own game.

Against Amazon

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is an online- and mobile-commerce company based in China and primarily operating there and elsewhere in Asia.

Comparisons with Amazon are inevitable as Alibaba offers consumer products, cloud computing, food-related services, digital media and entertainment, and more. It also has a travel-booking service, a bidding service similar to eBay, Web hosting and domain registration, and payment and escrow services—and some of these are businesses that Amazon has not yet entered.

Alibaba is making inroads into Southeast Asia, though its customers are still primarily in China. Alibaba has the power to thrive competitively because of its excellent technology and a firm understanding of Chinese shopping habits—for instance, it has been buying brick-and-mortar chains because many Chinese like to search for products online but then buy them in a physical location.

Alibaba has lots of cash for future acquisitions, and revenue will likely rise 40% a year for the next several years. It was $24.06 billion in fiscal 2017 and will likely be $37.16 billion in fiscal 2018 and $51 billion in fiscal 2019. Earnings growth will likely be equally rapid.

Fiscal year: March. Earnings per share: 2019 est./$6.73…2018 est./$4.87…2017/$3.41.

Jennifer D. Miller is international equity portfolio manager at J.M. Hartwell LP, New York City, which manages $580 million. JMHartwell.com