Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) vs Zillow Group, Inc. (ZG)

Baidu, Inc. and Zillow Group, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Baidu, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $22.8B against $7.1B — 3.2× the size. Baidu, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Zillow Group, Inc. trades at 144×. Zillow Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.7% against 2.43%. Zillow Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.96% vs −2.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.18% vs −2.17%). Across the 20 metrics below, Zillow Group, Inc. leads on 16 and Baidu, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m 144.45 11.54
P/S 1.45 2.58 0.86
P/B 0.69 1.68 1.20
Price to free cash flow 367.12 32.92 9.63
EV/EBITDA n/m 24.56 8.68
EV/Sales 0.78 2.67 1.18
Earnings yield (1.90%) 0.69% (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield 0.27% 3.04% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 40.92% 72.88% 66.84%
Operating margin (5.36%) 0.43% (3.41%)
Net margin (2.38%) 1.96% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 7.83% 1.75%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.21% 0.00%
Return on assets (0.67%) 1.03% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (2.17%) 0.18% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.43% 17.67% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (74.82%) 118.75% 34.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.38% 9.73% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (25.34%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.11 0.01
Current ratio 2.33 1.92 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA (2.46) (3.61) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric BIDU ZG Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 22.80b 7.10b 318.52m

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