BaiduBIDU
About: Baidu is the largest internet search engine in China with over 50% share of the search engine market in 2024 per web analytics firm, Statcounter. The firm generated 72% of core revenue from online marketing services from its search engine in 2023. Outside its search engine, Baidu is a technology-driven company and its other major growth initiatives are artificial intelligence cloud, video streaming services, voice recognition technology, and autonomous driving.
Employees: 45,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
0.05% less ownership
Funds ownership: 3.09% [Q3] → 3.04% (-0.05%) [Q4]
6% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 16 [Q3] → 15 (-1) [Q4]
11% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.23B | Put options by funds: $1.38B
13% less funds holding
Funds holding: 489 [Q3] → 427 (-62) [Q4]
16% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 125 | Existing positions reduced: 148
20% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $7.3B [Q3] → $5.85B (-$1.45B) [Q4]
42% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 69 | Existing positions closed: 119
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Barclays Jiong Shao 53% 1-year accuracy 18 / 34 met price target | 2%upside $90 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Benchmark Fawne Jiang 55% 1-year accuracy 31 / 56 met price target | 48%upside $130 | Buy Reiterated | 19 Feb 2025 |
Mizuho James Lee 52% 1-year accuracy 15 / 29 met price target | 20%upside $105 | Outperform Maintained | 19 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 37 articles about BIDU published over the past 30 days
