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BIDU vs. APP, NTES, CRWV, 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), NetEase (NTES), CoreWeave (CRWV), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AppLovin currently has a consensus target price of $438.43, suggesting a potential upside of 27.17%. Baidu has a consensus target price of $107.82, suggesting a potential upside of 19.43%. Given AppLovin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Baidu
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39

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$4.71B24.77$1.58B$5.5462.23
Baidu$18.24B1.71$3.26B$10.088.96

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 21 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for AppLovin and 30 mentions for Baidu. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Baidu's score of 0.63 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AppLovin
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baidu
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AppLovin has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$31.02B$98.00B$27.52B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%3.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio8.9637.2837.1820.11
Price / Sales1.7121.171,893.64119.79
Price / Cash5.2324.4138.4157.86
Price / Book0.833.077.185.56
Net Income$3.26B$4.40B$763.56M$248.40M
7 Day Performance4.44%2.64%1.31%4.67%
1 Month Performance1.83%0.25%4.75%6.64%
1 Year Performance-5.37%29.39%52,367.70%21.31%

Baidu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIDU
Baidu
4.5614 of 5 stars
$90.28
+0.5%
$107.82
+19.4%
+2.6%$31.02B$18.24B8.9635,900
APP
AppLovin
4.255 of 5 stars
$348.50
+4.4%
$438.85
+25.9%
+304.7%$117.93B$4.71B62.911,710Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NTES
NetEase
4.3374 of 5 stars
$134.82
+1.6%
$119.38
-11.5%
+45.3%$85.42B$14.43B19.4032,100News Coverage
Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$163.50
+2.2%
$65.00
-60.2%
N/A$78.48B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.2414 of 5 stars
$18.50
-0.1%
$17.48
-5.5%
-3.1%$76.66B$19.28B24.34339,500Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8466 of 5 stars
$223.02
+0.2%
$225.22
+1.0%
+58.3%$74.46B$3.63B-52.973,990Trending News
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RBLX
Roblox
2.5357 of 5 stars
$105.11
-0.5%
$80.57
-23.4%
+163.5%$71.29B$3.60B-78.442,130Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.8383 of 5 stars
$194.81
+0.4%
$145.92
-25.1%
+127.4%$67.52B$1.67B-847.003,220Positive News
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8295 of 5 stars
$203.30
+0.5%
$282.19
+38.8%
+20.7%$53.37B$4.96B-122.478,810Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.6216 of 5 stars
$312.37
-0.9%
$295.50
-5.4%
+55.0%$48.63B$2.55B-1,201.424,980
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.2783 of 5 stars
$286.38
+1.0%
$269.80
-5.8%
+53.3%$46.80B$2.75B60.675,480Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BIDU) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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