Key Considerations Before Investing in BIDU Stock

By Scott Lee • Thursday, November 21 10:13 • Permanent Link

Baidu logged a -6.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $81.27 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. BIDU's trading volume is 2,661,995 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,950,153.

Baidu trades -90.9% away from its average analyst target price of $892.72 per share. The 37 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $581.577 to $1212.729, and on average have given Baidu a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BIDU, you'll want to know the following:

Baidu's current price is 390.1% above its Graham number of $16.58, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Baidu has moved -29.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 29.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.59, Baidu has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
BIDU has a forward P/E ratio of 7.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $11.09 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.11 compared to its sector average of 3.91
Baidu, Inc. provides online marketing and cloud services through an internet platform in the People's Republic of China.
Based in Beijing, the company has 39,800 full time employees and a market cap of $28.36 Billion.

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