Baidu (BIDU) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baidu in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" BIDU shares.
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17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Baidu's stock. Their BIDU share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $224.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $185.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.7% from the stock's current price.
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Baidu's stock was trading at $114.38 at the start of the year. Since then, BIDU shares have increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $123.62.
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Baidu saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,630,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the April 30th total of 5,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 29th 2023.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF (PGJ), Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL), Davis Select International ETF (DINT), SmartETFs Advertising & Marketing Technology ETF (MRAD), Global X Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (EWEB), Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF (ECON), Capital Link Global Fintech Leaders ETF (KOIN) and VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN).

Baidu declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023, which authorizes the company to buyback $0.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

280 employees have rated Baidu Chief Executive Officer Robin Yanhong Li on Glassdoor.com. Robin Yanhong Li has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Robin Yanhong Li in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 76.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Baidu to a friend.

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), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Alphabet (GOOG), Boeing (BA) and JD.com (JD).

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

Baidu's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dodge & Cox (0.91%), ARGA Investment Management LP (0.87%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.77%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.50%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.50%) and Axiom Investors LLC DE (0.50%).

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One share of BIDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $123.62.

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has a market capitalization of $42.72 billion and generates $17.93 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $1.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.66 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 41,300 workers across the globe.

Baidu's mailing address is BAIDU CAMPUS NO. 10 SHANGDI 10TH STREET, BEIJING F4, 100085. The official website for the company is www.baidu.com. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 861059928888, via email at ir@baidu.com, or via fax at 86-10-5992-0000.