Baidu, Inc.

BIDU Communication Services Internet Content & Information

Baidu, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.5 billion, up 1.21% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.09%
EPS
−69.2%
Free cash flow
−128.9%
Total debt
+18.6%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

79.85 0.58 −0.72%
Market cap
$22.0B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
15.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
2.06
Beneish M
−2.03
Dividend safety
n/a

Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) Return on invested capital

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Baidu, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −2.17%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.53%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.53% (fiscal 2025) to 27.1% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Internet Content & Information industry median of 0.00% and below the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −1.53% (8.64)
FY2024 7.11% (5.55)
FY2023 12.7% 4.05
FY2022 8.61% 2.73
FY2021 5.88% (3.24)
FY2020 9.12% 4.39
FY2019 4.73% (6.23)
FY2018 11.0% (16.18)
FY2017 27.1% 11.45
FY2016 15.7% 0.22

Against its own ten years

Low −1.53% High 27.1%
Ten-year median 9.12%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BZ KANZHUN LIMITED Sponsored ADR compare 1,712.2%
RDDT Reddit Inc. compare 103.5%
MTCH Match Group Inc. compare 24.1%
TME Tencent Music Entertainment Group Sponsored ADR compare 9.92%
PINS Pinterest, Inc. compare 4.68%
BIDU Baidu, Inc. −2.17%
ZG Zillow Group, Inc. compare −2.33%
Z Zillow Group, Inc. compare −2.33%
SNAP Snap Inc. compare −2.52%
Internet Content & Information industry median 0.00%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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