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Baidu

US · BIDU #688 by market cap Listed 2005
85.30 -1.75 -2.01%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 42s ago · 2026-10-08 09:00
Pre-market 84.20 -1.29%
After-hours 85.53 +0.27%
Overnight 83.93 -1.61%
Market cap
29.02B
P/B
0.72
EPS
1.75
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Weak
  • Altman Z-Score is 1.20, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -3.04% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
43.88%
Operating margin
8.03%
Net margin
3.61%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 102.28B107.41B107.07B124.49B123.68B134.60B133.13B129.08B
Gross profit 50.53B44.56B51.92B60.18B59.74B69.57B67.02B56.64B
Selling & admin expenses 19.23B19.91B18.06B24.72B20.51B23.52B23.62B25.84B
Research & development 15.77B18.35B19.51B24.94B23.32B24.19B22.13B20.43B
Operating profit 15.53B6.31B14.34B10.52B15.91B21.86B21.27B10.37B
Pretax profit 27.33B-340.00M23.09B10.78B10.11B25.20B28.62B6.72B
Tax 4.74B1.95B4.06B3.19B2.58B3.65B4.45B1.26B
Net profit 22.58B-2.29B19.03B7.59B7.53B21.55B24.18B5.46B
Basic EPS 796662920566614
Diluted EPS 78.935.6064.9628.0819.8455.1265.9211.76

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 155.09B165.56B183.34B213.32B212.85B230.26B168.85B151.97B
Cash & ST investments 139.26B146.37B162.18B180.09B174.00B193.90B127.44B115.27B
Inventory ----618.00M1.48B1.23B1.40B5.99B6.20B
Total assets 297.57B301.32B332.71B380.03B390.97B406.76B427.78B449.16B
Total current liabilities 56.85B57.38B68.39B74.49B79.63B76.45B80.95B86.33B
Short-term debt 10.00B10.86B17.56B17.54B23.36B22.20B22.41B31.87B
Long-term debt 54.90B58.19B60.34B68.40B63.18B57.36B51.94B61.10B
Total liabilities 121,814,000,000.00128,501,000,000.00140,865,000,000.00156,082,000,000.00153,168,000,000.00144,151,000,000.00144,168,000,000.00159,431,000,000.00
Total equity 175.75B172.82B191.84B223.95B237.81B262.61B283.61B289.73B
Retained earnings 129.25B126.27B135.28B145.16B148.34B161.24B180.07B177.69B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 35.97B28.46B24.20B20.12B26.17B36.62B21.23B-3.01B
Depreciation & amortization 18.63B22.14B22.71B22.56B20.08B21.46B20.52B21.35B
Free cash flow 13.69B9.34B18.87B8.88B17.78B25.32B12.98B-16.43B
Dividends paid ----------------
Stock buybacks / issuance -3.31B-4.96B-13.05B12.29B-1.93B-4.76B-6.32B-5.54B
Ending cash balance 29.83B34.44B36.54B47.67B65.24B37.57B36.59B24.83B

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % 19.731.2112.985.193.488.399.141.76
ROA % 9.990.667.092.871.964.915.551.06
ROIC % 13.09-0.158.213.071.644.835.61-0.02
5-year avg ROE % 26.0920.4712.9111.348.456.177.745.50
EBIT margin % 28.562.4424.4611.4110.5321.1323.627.36
FCF / sales % 13.308.6917.627.1314.3718.819.75--
Current ratio 2.732.892.682.862.673.012.091.76
Quick ratio 2.612.752.542.622.452.751.751.53
Debt / assets 21.8124.4024.8224.0823.3720.8018.5421.61
LT debt / equity 33.7038.3135.5934.9830.4225.6121.5924.48
Interest coverage 15.510.898.444.154.478.7611.143.41
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 15.5015.048.086.774.817.922.261.44
Net income CAGR (3Y) % -6.44-43.877.08-28.1554.32-3.3132.45-9.57
FCF CAGR (3Y) % 4.51-7.94-0.10-13.4423.9410.3013.47--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Single-engine
  • Baidu Core is the largest reported line at 79.40% of revenue, across 3 reported segments.
  • The next-largest line, iQiyi, is a distant second at 21.14% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Baidu Core79.40%
iQiyi21.14%

Region

People’s Republic of China (PRC)100.00%

Quote time 2026-10-08 09:00:07 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.