Here's What You May Have Missed About Baidu(BIDU)

By Emilio Sanchez • Thursday, December 07 19:38 • Permanent Link

With gains of 2.1%, Baidu was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $115.78 and have logged a 1.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

BIDU has an average analyst rating of buy and is -32.53% away from its mean target price of $171.6 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.99
Baidu has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $10.93 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.17 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Baidu is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 35.0 and an average P/B of 7.92
The company has a free cash flow of $26.16 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Baidu, Inc. offers internet search services in China. It operates through Baidu Core and iQIYI segments. The company offers Baidu App to access search, feed, and other services using mobile devices; Baidu Search to access its search and other services; Baidu Feed that provides users with personalized timeline based on their demographics and interests; Baidu Health that helps users to find the doctor and hospital for healthcare needs; and Haokan, a short video app. It also provides Baidu Knows, an online community where users can ask questions to other users; Baidu Wiki; Baidu Experience; Baidu Post; Baidu Wenku; Baidu Maps, a voice-enabled mobile app that provides travel-related services; Baidu Drive; Baijiahao; and DuerOS, a smart assistant platform. In addition, it offers online marketing services, which include pay for performance, an auction-based services that allow customers to bid for priority placement of paid sponsored links and reach users who search for information related to their products or services; other marketing services that include display-based marketing services and other online marketing services based on performance criteria other than cost per click; mobile ecosystem, a portfolio of apps, including Baidu App, Haokan, and Baidu Post; various cloud services and solutions, such as platform as a service, software as a service, and infrastructure as a service; self-driving services, including maps, automated valet parking, navigation pilot, electric vehicles, and robotaxi fleets, as well as Xiaodu smart devices. Further, the company provides iQIYI, an online entertainment service, including original and licensed content; other video content and membership; and online advertising services. Baidu, Inc. has strategic partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The company was formerly known as Baidu.com, Inc. Baidu, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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