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Baidu (BIDU) Competitors

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$89.34 +0.09 (+0.10%)
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BIDU vs. APP, CRWD, INFY, NTES, SNOW, TEAM, NET, RBLX, TTD, and EA

Should you be buying Baidu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baidu include AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Infosys (INFY), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Atlassian (TEAM), Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), Trade Desk (TTD), and Electronic Arts (EA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Baidu vs.

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Baidu received 1482 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.57% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 57.92% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BaiduOutperform Votes
1621
75.57%
Underperform Votes
524
24.43%
AppLovinOutperform Votes
139
57.92%
Underperform Votes
101
42.08%

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than AppLovin. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baidu$133.13B0.23$3.26B$9.179.78
AppLovin$5.14B24.11$1.58B$5.5466.04

Baidu has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

41.8% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of AppLovin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AppLovin has a net margin of 33.54% compared to Baidu's net margin of 17.90%. AppLovin's return on equity of 188.55% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baidu17.90% 8.67% 5.51%
AppLovin 33.54%188.55%29.66%

Baidu currently has a consensus price target of $109.55, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. AppLovin has a consensus price target of $433.85, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Baidu's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than AppLovin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baidu
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
AppLovin
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, AppLovin had 18 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for AppLovin and 43 mentions for Baidu. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Baidu's score of 0.66 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baidu
20 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AppLovin
41 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

AppLovin beats Baidu on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIDU vs. The Competition

MetricBaiduComputer & Data IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.00B$77.30B$25.50B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio9.7961.2745.1420.02
Price / Sales0.23199.362,210.50116.59
Price / Cash11.0030.1934.7834.62
Price / Book0.845.116.804.60
Net Income$3.26B$3.40B$737.99M$248.10M
7 Day Performance-1.53%-0.90%0.60%2.71%
1 Month Performance8.61%39.64%14.59%15.24%
1 Year Performance-17.61%36.45%52,394.38%7.61%

Baidu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIDU
Baidu
4.6549 of 5 stars
$89.34
+0.1%
$109.55
+22.6%
-19.3%$30.86B$133.13B9.7445,500Gap Up
APP
AppLovin
3.9784 of 5 stars
$347.73
+5.8%
$433.85
+24.8%
+349.3%$118.06B$5.14B76.491,710
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1926 of 5 stars
$426.69
+3.9%
$403.20
-5.5%
+28.5%$105.86B$3.95B837.424,960Trending News
INFY
Infosys
3.1047 of 5 stars
$18.71
+6.9%
$17.48
-6.6%
+6.9%$77.48B$19.28B23.68339,500Trending News
Gap Up
NTES
NetEase
4.2846 of 5 stars
$107.02
+3.5%
$115.14
+7.6%
+13.5%$67.81B$105.30B16.8032,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
4.1473 of 5 stars
$180.56
+3.7%
$200.28
+10.9%
+12.3%$59.67B$3.63B-53.323,990Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8815 of 5 stars
$222.86
+7.4%
$285.29
+28.0%
+19.3%$58.40B$4.96B-166.338,810Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
3.9306 of 5 stars
$142.16
+7.4%
$142.57
+0.3%
+109.4%$49.08B$1.67B-646.453,220
RBLX
Roblox
2.5362 of 5 stars
$73.60
+2.4%
$67.91
-7.7%
+146.7%$46.42B$3.84B-50.812,130News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
4.2636 of 5 stars
$79.86
+12.4%
$98.88
+23.8%
-19.5%$39.69B$2.44B102.562,770Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EA
Electronic Arts
4.3609 of 5 stars
$148.91
-2.9%
$161.83
+8.7%
+17.8%$38.86B$7.46B37.9412,900

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This page (NASDAQ:BIDU) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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