NASDAQ:BIDU - Baidu Stock Price, Forecast & News

Baidu trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BIDU."

Baidu declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, May 16th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Baidu is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Baidu.

Baidu will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Baidu issued an update on its fourth quarter 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.06-4.15 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.92 billion.

20 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Baidu's stock. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $221.00. On average, they expect Baidu's share price to reach $147.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Baidu.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baidu in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Baidu.

News stories about BIDU stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Baidu earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Baidu.

Baidu saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,560,000 shares, an increase of 16.9% from the January 15th total of 5,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Baidu's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Baidu investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), Micron Technology (MU), Alphabet (GOOG), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX) and JD.Com (JD).

Baidu's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (16.25%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.02%), State Street Corp (1.73%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.73%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.49%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.21%).

BIDU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Comgest Global Investors S.A.S., Bank of America Corp DE, Swiss National Bank, Bank of Montreal Can and Tiger Pacific Capital LP.

BIDU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., COMPOSITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HK Ltd, FMR LLC, Axiom International Investors LLC DE and M&G Investment Management Ltd..

Shares of BIDU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BIDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $132.46.

Baidu has a market capitalization of $46.27 billion and generates $14.88 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $4.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.80 on an earnings per share basis. Baidu employs 42,267 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Baidu.

The official website for Baidu is http://www.baidu.com/.

Baidu's mailing address is BAIDU CAMPUS NO. 10 SHANGDI 10TH STREET, BEIJING F4, 100085. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 86-10-5992-8888 or via email at [email protected]