Baidu vs Meta Platforms
BIDU and META side by side, both in computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BIDU and META compare
Meta Platforms grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (27.7% versus −3.0% for Baidu).
Meta Platforms keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 29.8% compared with 4.3% at Baidu.
Meta Platforms pays a dividend yielding 0.34%; Baidu does not pay one.
Meta Platforms scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 4 for Baidu), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BIDU | META |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $1.6T |
| Share price | $76.40 | $614.99 |
| Change, 1 year | −40.1% | −18.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −51.7% | 80.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.09 | 1.39 |
| Employees | 19K | 79K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 23.2× |
| P/S | – | 6.9× |
| P/B | – | 6.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 14.2× |
| P/FCF | – | 38.2× |
| PEG | – | 0.58 |
| FCF yield | – | 2.6% |
| Fair value | – | $649.84 |
| Margin of safety | – | 5.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −3.0% | 27.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.8% | 18.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −76.5% | −4.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −3.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 18.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.9% | 81.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | −4.5% | 38.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 29.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | −11.7% | 18.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.1% | 29.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −2.9% | 31.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.09 (better) | 0.32 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −58.28 | −0.06 |
| Interest coverage | −2.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.76 | 2.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 6.80 |
| Piotroski F-score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.34% |
| Payout ratio | – | 7.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.21% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.55% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 2.2% | 66.9% |
| Held by insiders | 19.2% | 13.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.0M (better) | −$256M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 25 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 1.5% |
Go deeper
- BIDU stock overview
- BIDU income statement
- BIDU valuation and score
- META stock overview
- META income statement
- META valuation and score
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