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After finishing at $91.63 in the prior trading day, Baidu Inc ADR (NASDAQ: BIDU) closed at $91.93, up 0.33%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.38 million shares were traded. BIDU stock price reached its highest trading level at $92.71 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $91.13.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of BIDU by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.97 and its Current Ratio is at 2.09. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 19 ’25 when Callinicos Brent bought 2,986 shares for $90.16 per share.
MELISSA DONGMIN MA bought 500,000 shares of BIDU for $42,155,000 on Jan 02 ’25. On Nov 26 ’24, another insider, Ye Judy Qing, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,500 shares for $18.71 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BIDU now has a Market Capitalization of 31562969088 and an Enterprise Value of 223570821120. As of this moment, Baidu’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.25. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.73. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.679 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.212.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BIDU is 0.36, which has changed by -0.15248454 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.101756096 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BIDU has reached a high of $116.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.10%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.39%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 5.37M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4117240 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 279.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 279.90M. Insiders hold about 0.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 25.27% stake in the company. Shares short for BIDU as of 1741910400 were 7160820 with a Short Ratio of 1.36, compared to 1739491200 on 6801339.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
