Unveiling the Buzz Surrounding BIDU Stock Investment

By Scott Lee • Tuesday, September 23 15:21 • Permanent Link

Baidu sank -8.2% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of -1.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Baidu has moved 44.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.8%
BIDU has an average analyst rating of buy and is 6.26% away from its mean target price of $117.99 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.96
Baidu has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $11.09 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.3
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.15 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Baidu is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.44 and an average P/B of 4.19
BIDU has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 35.1% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $26.56 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Baidu, Inc. provides online marketing and non-marketing value added services through an internet platform in the People's Republic of China. It operates in two segments, Baidu Core and iQIYI. The Baidu Core segment offers search-based, feed-based, and other online marketing services; cloud services; and other products and services based on AI. This segment operates Baidu App that enables users to access search, feed, content, and other services through mobile devices; and Haokan, which allows users to upload, view, search, rate, share, favorite, comment, and follow, as well as offers a range of various user generated and professionally produced short videos. It also provides a portfolio of knowledge and information products, including Baidu Wiki, which features columns and videos, such as encyclopedia of intangible cultural heritage, digital museum and recorder of history; Baidu Knows, an online community where users can pose questions to other users, such as individuals, professionals, and enterprises; Baidu Experience, an online platform where users share daily knowledge and experience; ERNIE Bot; and Baidu Post, a social media that allows users to post text, image, audio and video content, and reply to original curation forming valuable discussion groups. In addition, the company offers Baidu Apollo auto solutions; DuerOS smart assistant for the Chinese language; Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing service; online marketing services; Baidu Maps, a voice-enabled mobile app providing users with travel-related services; and AI chips. The iQIYI segment operates an online entertainment video platform that offers original, professionally produced, and professional user generated and user-generated content. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

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