Baidu (BIDU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PINS or BIDU?

Baidu received 1352 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.03% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 50.98% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinterest	Outperform Votes 259 50.98%	Underperform Votes 249 49.02%
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1611 76.03%	Underperform Votes 508 23.97%

Do analysts recommend PINS or BIDU?

Pinterest currently has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.99%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $135.13, indicating a potential upside of 56.31%. Given Baidu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baidu is more favorable than Pinterest.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinterest	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

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

88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, PINS or BIDU?

Pinterest has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PINS or BIDU?

In the previous week, Pinterest had 13 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Pinterest and 9 mentions for Baidu. Baidu's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Pinterest's score of 0.67 indicating that Baidu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinterest	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baidu	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PINS or BIDU?

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, 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
Pinterest	$3.34B	6.28	-$35.61M	$0.21	146.14
Baidu	$134.84B	0.22	$2.86B	$7.47	11.54

Is PINS or BIDU more profitable?

Baidu has a net margin of 14.95% compared to Pinterest's net margin of 5.75%. Baidu's return on equity of 9.63% beat Pinterest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinterest	5.75%	6.94%	5.93%
Baidu	14.95%	9.63%	5.99%

Summary

Baidu beats Pinterest on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.