Baidu (BIDU) Competitors

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

Is SHOP or BIDU more profitable?

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Baidu's net margin of 17.90%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Baidu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shopify	22.74%	12.00%	9.79%
Baidu	17.90%	8.67%	5.51%

Do analysts prefer SHOP or BIDU?

Shopify currently has a consensus price target of $124.74, suggesting a potential upside of 50.71%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $111.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.51%. Given Shopify's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shopify is more favorable than Baidu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shopify	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37

Does the media favor SHOP or BIDU?

In the previous week, Shopify had 33 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Shopify and 15 mentions for Baidu. Baidu's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Shopify's score of 0.75 indicating that Baidu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shopify	26 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baidu	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHOP or BIDU?

Baidu received 205 more outperform votes than Shopify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shopify	Outperform Votes 1416 66.32%	Underperform Votes 719 33.68%
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1621 75.61%	Underperform Votes 523 24.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHOP or BIDU?

Shopify has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SHOP or BIDU?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shopify	$8.88B	12.07	$2.02B	$1.55	53.40
Baidu	$133.13B	0.22	$3.26B	$9.17	9.30

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SHOP or BIDU?

69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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