Baidu

BIDU

Market cap $42.8B

BIDU beats Q4 earnings estimates as AI Cloud and Apollo Go gain traction, even as revenues, profit and margins decline year over year.

Cathie Wood bought shares of Amazon, Baidu, and Nu Holdings on Thursday. Amazon, Baidu, and Nu moved 1%, 6%, and 10% lower on the day.

Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Pre-market indexes are swinging back into positive territory from lower early-morning levels, now erasing the big losses in the first part of this week on all but the small-cap Russell 2000, which is break-even over the past five trading days. This morning, the Dow is +110 points, +0.22%, the S&P 500 is +6, +0.09%, the Nasdaq +7, +0.03% and the Russell 2000 +4, +0.18%.

Initial Claims reached 212K for last week, below the 215K expected but generally within range.

Weak advertising spending dragged down the Chinese search-engine provider's profit and revenue.

The Chinese search giant has been facing pressure on both its top and bottom lines as its main advertising business slows.

China's largest search engine operator Baidu topped market estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as strong growth in its cloud business helped cushion the hit from persistent weakness in its mainstay advertising business.

BEIJING, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)), ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. "2025 marked a pivotal year as AI became the new core of Baidu.

BIDU gears up for Q4 earnings with AI cloud and marketing momentum. However, online ad headwinds and monetization challenges may temper near-term gains.