Shares of Technology sector company Baidu moved -1.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $126.6. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 611,186 compared to its average volume of 5,647,740. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.
Baidu, Inc. provides online marketing and non-marketing value added services through an internet platform in the People's Republic of China. The company is based in Beijing and has 35,900 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $43,570,130,944.
32 analysts are following Baidu and have set target prices ranging from $81.28859 to $244.8727 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, BIDU is trading -10.2% away from its average analyst target price of $140.99 per share.
Over the last year, BIDU's share price has increased by 37.5%, which represents a difference of 19.6% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $149.51 per share whereas its 52 week low is $74.71. Baidu's average free cash flow over the last 5 years has been $2.59 Billion, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -10.0%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,909,000 | 1,114,000 | 1,795,000 | -49.87 |
| 2023 | 5,157,000 | 1,576,000 | 3,581,000 | 38.1 |
| 2022 | 3,794,000 | 1,201,000 | 2,593,000 | 79.07 |
| 2021 | 3,158,000 | 1,710,000 | 1,448,000 | -50.58 |
| 2020 | 3,709,000 | 779,000 | 2,930,000 | -7.42 |
| 2019 | 4,088,000 | 923,000 | 3,165,000 |
