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BIDU vs. APP, CRWV, NTES, INFY, SNOW, RBLX, NET, TEAM, ZS, and VEEV

Should you be buying Baidu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baidu include AppLovin (APP), CoreWeave (CRWV), NetEase (NTES), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), Cloudflare (NET), Atlassian (TEAM), Zscaler (ZS), and Veeva Systems (VEEV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Baidu vs. Its Competitors

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

41.9% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of AppLovin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
AppLovin$4.71B24.19$1.58B$5.5460.77
Baidu$18.24B1.63$3.26B$10.088.54

AppLovin has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AppLovin has a net margin of 37.38% compared to Baidu's net margin of 19.45%. AppLovin's return on equity of 224.65% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AppLovin37.38% 224.65% 34.45%
Baidu 19.45%8.35%5.29%

In the previous week, AppLovin had 23 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for AppLovin and 21 mentions for Baidu. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Baidu's score of 0.55 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AppLovin
31 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baidu
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AppLovin currently has a consensus target price of $438.85, suggesting a potential upside of 30.34%. Baidu has a consensus target price of $107.82, suggesting a potential upside of 25.31%. Given AppLovin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AppLovin is more favorable than Baidu.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AppLovin
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Baidu
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39

Summary

AppLovin beats Baidu on 13 of the 17 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.
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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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BIDU vs. The Competition

MetricBaiduINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.63B$97.75B$27.42B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A2.88%2.94%4.12%
P/E Ratio8.5436.2735.8619.74
Price / Sales1.6321.171,989.83109.12
Price / Cash4.9924.2837.9957.06
Price / Book0.793.006.995.37
Net Income$3.26B$4.40B$762.33M$248.34M
7 Day Performance-0.70%3.71%2.21%1.67%
1 Month Performance3.59%-0.03%5.55%4.56%
1 Year Performance-0.96%25.81%52,132.54%18.42%

Baidu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIDU
Baidu
4.7936 of 5 stars
$86.04
+0.3%
$107.82
+25.3%
-0.2%$29.63B$18.24B8.5435,900Trending News
APP
AppLovin
4.2651 of 5 stars
$334.49
+3.0%
$438.10
+31.0%
+296.9%$113.05B$4.71B60.301,710Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$172.47
-6.1%
$65.00
-62.3%
N/A$82.78BN/A0.00881
NTES
NetEase
4.2245 of 5 stars
$130.23
+1.2%
$119.38
-8.3%
+39.7%$82.50B$14.43B18.7326,028Positive News
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.2921 of 5 stars
$18.07
+2.2%
$17.48
-3.3%
+0.9%$74.89B$19.28B23.78317,240Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8473 of 5 stars
$213.81
+0.9%
$223.54
+4.6%
+51.4%$71.38B$3.63B-50.797,834Insider Trade
Gap Down
RBLX
Roblox
2.4189 of 5 stars
$103.32
+1.2%
$78.04
-24.5%
+171.5%$70.08B$3.60B-77.112,474Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.7714 of 5 stars
$183.99
+2.6%
$145.92
-20.7%
+120.6%$63.77B$1.77B-799.944,263Trending News
Insider Trade
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8224 of 5 stars
$192.49
+1.6%
$282.19
+46.6%
+16.5%$50.53B$4.36B-115.9712,157Trending News
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.8573 of 5 stars
$310.49
+2.5%
$294.03
-5.3%
+54.7%$48.38B$2.17B-1,195.137,348Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.2054 of 5 stars
$279.74
-0.1%
$269.80
-3.6%
+55.9%$45.71B$2.75B59.277,291Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:BIDU) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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