NASDAQ:BIDU - Baidu Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Baidu declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 16th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 1.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Baidu is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Baidu.

Baidu will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Baidu's shares. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $221.00. On average, they expect Baidu's stock price to reach $145.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% 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.

Media headlines about BIDU stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Baidu earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Baidu.

Baidu saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,610,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the December 31st total of 5,310,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's shares 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), salesforce.com (CRM) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Baidu's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.41%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.19%), Nepsis Inc. (0.02%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%) and Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP (0.02%).

BIDU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Hexavest Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC, Deltec Asset Management LLC, Everett Harris & Co. CA, First Hawaiian Bank and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC.

BIDU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP, Premier Asset Management LLC, Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN and Nepsis Inc..

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 $126.28.

Baidu has a market capitalization of $44.11 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]