BIDU vs. TTD, ZM, PINS, SNAP, CARR, ADSK, FTNT, MSI, MSCI, and MCHP
Should you be buying Baidu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baidu include Trade Desk (TTD), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), Snap (SNAP), Carrier Global (CARR), Autodesk (ADSK), Fortinet (FTNT), Motorola Solutions (MSI), MSCI (MSCI), and Microchip Technology (MCHP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Baidu vs.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) 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, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Baidu has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
21.2% of Baidu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Trade Desk had 11 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Trade Desk and 5 mentions for Baidu. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Baidu's score of 0.66 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baidu received 854 more outperform votes than Trade Desk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.98% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 75.58% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote.
Baidu has a net margin of 12.16% compared to Trade Desk's net margin of 7.46%. Baidu's return on equity of 8.09% beat Trade Desk's return on equity.
Baidu currently has a consensus price target of $187.06, suggesting a potential upside of 41.34%. Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $86.48, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Given Baidu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than Trade Desk.
Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Trade Desk. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Baidu beats Trade Desk on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BIDU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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