Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) is a Internet Content & Information company in the Communication Services sector, currently trading at $118.23. It has a SharesGrow Score of 66/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 4 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of BIDU = $364.70 (+208.5% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is BIDU = $157 (+32.7% upside).
Valuation: BIDU trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 55.9 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 3.63.
Financials: revenue is $129.1B, +1.6%/yr average growth. Net income is $5.6B, growing at +36.4%/yr. Net profit margin is 4.3% (thin). Gross margin is 43.9% (-4.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $97.1B against $266.3B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.36, conservative). Current ratio is 1.76 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 21.6%. Total assets: $449.2B.
Analyst outlook: 40 / 53 analysts rate BIDU as buy (75%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 36/100 (Fail), Growth 73/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 67/100 (Partial), Moat 72/100 (Pass), Future 85/100 (Pass), Income 30/100 (Fail).
