Baidu (BIDU) Competitors

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Is BIDU or CRWD more profitable?

Baidu has a net margin of 17.90% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 3.39%. Baidu's return on equity of 8.67% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baidu	17.90%	8.67%	5.51%
CrowdStrike	3.39%	7.11%	2.72%

Which has more volatility & risk, BIDU or CRWD?

Baidu has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BIDU or CRWD?

Baidu presently has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.54%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $383.08, suggesting a potential downside of 9.04%. Given Baidu's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
CrowdStrike	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	29 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIDU or CRWD?

Baidu received 1064 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.64% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 70.24% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1621 75.64%	Underperform Votes 522 24.36%
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 557 70.24%	Underperform Votes 236 29.76%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BIDU or CRWD?

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BIDU or CRWD?

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, 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
Baidu	$18.24B	1.79	$2.86B	$9.17	10.15
CrowdStrike	$3.06B	33.95	$89.33M	$0.51	825.78

Does the media refer more to BIDU or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 22 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 89 mentions for CrowdStrike and 67 mentions for Baidu. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Baidu's score of 0.37 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baidu	17 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CrowdStrike	64 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Baidu beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.