NASDAQ:BIDU - Baidu Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Baidu announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, May 16th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 1.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is 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.

21 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Baidu's stock. Their forecasts range from $118.00 to $221.00. On average, they anticipate Baidu's share price to reach $145.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% 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 7 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Baidu.

News articles about BIDU stock have trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Baidu earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Baidu.

Baidu saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,610,000 shares, an increase of 5.6% from the December 15th total of 5,310,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.41%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.23%), Nepsis Inc. (0.02%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%), Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP (0.02%) and Premier Asset Management LLC (0.01%).

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, First Hawaiian Bank, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC and KCS Wealth Advisory.

BIDU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mercator Fund Cayman Master LP, Premier Asset Management LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Nepsis Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Henry James International Management 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 $130.00.

Baidu has a market capitalization of $45.41 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]