NASDAQ:BIDU - Baidu Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Baidu declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, June 27th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 1.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Baidu is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Baidu.

21 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Baidu's stock. Their predictions range from $225.00 to $337.00. On average, they expect Baidu's stock price to reach $295.6923 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Baidu.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baidu in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Baidu.

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Media headlines about BIDU stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Baidu earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the information services provider an impact score of 45.53 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Baidu.

Baidu's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (5.84%), BlackRock Inc. (4.07%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.72%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.84%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.77%) and Veritas Asset Management LLP (0.53%).

BIDU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Scopia Capital Management LP, Global Thematic Partners LLC, ARGA Investment Management LP, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Newport Asia LLC, Green Court Capital Management Ltd and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

BIDU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Asset Management Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, FMR LLC, Overlook Holdings Ltd and Hillhouse Capital 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BIDU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $223.71.

Baidu has a market capitalization of $77.21 billion and generates $13.03 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $2.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.06 on an earnings per share basis. Baidu employs 39,343 workers across the globe.

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]