Baidu, Inc.

DB:B1C Stock Report

Market Cap: €26.8b

Baidu Valuation

Is B1C undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of B1C when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€175.67
Fair Value
56.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
33
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: B1C (€77) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€175.67)

Significantly Below Fair Value: B1C is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for B1C?

Key metric: As B1C is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for B1C. This is calculated by dividing B1C's market cap by their current earnings.
What is B1C's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.3x
EarningsCN¥23.17b
Market CapCN¥218.06b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does B1C's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for B1C vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38.5x
G24 Scout24
45.9x17.4%€7.9b
NWO New Work
50.4xn/a€599.1m
EVD CTS Eventim KGaA
32.6x8.5%€10.4b
4689 LY
25x8.4%JP¥3.8t
B1C Baidu
9.3x2.8%€30.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: B1C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the peer average (38.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does B1C's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Interactive Media and Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
B1C 9.3xIndustry Avg. 26.0xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: B1C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the European Interactive Media and Services industry average (25.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is B1C's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

B1C PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.3x
Fair PE Ratio24.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: B1C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst B1C forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€77.00
€99.30
+29.0%
18.4%€140.74€68.45n/a33
May ’26€77.40
€97.87
+26.4%
18.4%€138.66€67.43n/a33
Apr ’26€84.40
€102.85
+21.9%
17.6%€145.58€70.47n/a34
Mar ’26€83.10
€106.97
+28.7%
17.5%€151.39€73.28n/a34
Feb ’26€89.50
€104.46
+16.7%
19.9%€150.49€72.87n/a34
Jan ’26€82.30
€105.39
+28.1%
18.6%€149.98€72.80n/a35
Dec ’25€81.10
€105.57
+30.2%
18.1%€148.78€74.93n/a37
Nov ’25€83.40
€115.43
+38.4%
14.1%€156.64€75.12n/a37
Oct ’25€97.00
€113.25
+16.8%
17.2%€161.66€74.29n/a37
Sep ’25€76.80
€117.97
+53.6%
15.8%€163.52€75.76n/a36
Aug ’25€80.20
€130.02
+62.1%
15.6%€169.97€76.17n/a36
Jul ’25€81.10
€136.68
+68.5%
14.4%€169.76€76.49n/a35
Jun ’25€88.90
€137.03
+54.1%
13.7%€168.81€81.38n/a36
May ’25€97.10
€142.72
+47.0%
15.6%€195.02€82.30€77.4037
Apr ’25€98.00
€146.46
+49.4%
16.2%€199.03€102.70€84.4037
Mar ’25€96.30
€147.72
+53.4%
15.2%€198.97€114.38€83.1037
Feb ’25€97.00
€149.31
+53.9%
15.0%€196.44€110.30€89.5037
Jan ’25€106.20
€152.60
+43.7%
14.6%€195.85€114.22€82.3036
Dec ’24€107.60
€157.45
+46.3%
13.8%€198.12€118.44€81.1037
Nov ’24€99.40
€165.30
+66.3%
11.4%€200.57€127.71€83.4037
Oct ’24€128.20
€170.05
+32.6%
10.7%€206.38€134.18€97.0036
Sep ’24€136.40
€167.87
+23.1%
11.3%€205.06€128.92€76.8037
Aug ’24€139.20
€164.04
+17.8%
10.9%€207.25€124.61€80.2037
Jul ’24€124.80
€162.36
+30.1%
12.1%€206.98€124.54€81.1037
Jun ’24€121.80
€165.77
+36.1%
12.0%€213.75€128.61€88.9036
May ’24€109.00
€165.03
+51.4%
12.3%€213.70€127.79€97.1036
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 33 Analysts
€98.82
Fair Value
22.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
33
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/09 00:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Baidu, Inc. is covered by 82 analysts. 35 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Sau Shing ChowABCI Securities Company Limited
Zixiao YangArete Research Services LLP
null nullArgus Research Company