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Baidu (XSWX:BIDU) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Baidu Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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Baidu Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

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Baidu Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Baidu Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.72 7.09 4.17 2.83 2.72

Baidu Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.83 3.65 3.26 3.11 2.72

Competitive Comparison of Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Baidu Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Baidu's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=12.64/114.6694*114.6694
=12.640

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 114.6694.

Baidu Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 3.854 98.600 4.482
201406 4.903 98.200 5.725
201409 5.858 98.900 6.792
201412 6.278 99.000 7.272
201503 5.667 99.900 6.505
201506 7.060 99.500 8.136
201509 8.038 100.500 9.171
201512 8.321 100.600 9.485
201603 6.882 102.200 7.722
201606 7.734 101.400 8.746
201609 7.661 102.400 8.579
201612 7.706 102.600 8.612
201703 7.037 103.200 7.819
201706 8.525 103.100 9.482
201709 9.836 104.100 10.835
201712 10.040 104.500 11.017
201803 8.918 105.300 9.712
201806 11.267 104.900 12.316
201809 11.331 106.600 12.189
201812 11.182 106.500 12.040
201903 10.284 107.700 10.949
201906 10.760 107.700 11.456
201909 11.238 109.800 11.736
201912 11.691 111.200 12.056
202003 8.863 112.300 9.050
202006 10.135 110.400 10.527
202009 11.044 111.700 11.338
202012 12.277 111.500 12.626
202103 11.997 112.662 12.211
202106 13.227 111.769 13.570
202109 13.624 112.215 13.922
202112 14.287 113.108 14.484
202203 12.427 114.335 12.463
202206 12.828 114.558 12.840
202209 13.473 115.339 13.395
202212 13.198 115.116 13.147
202303 12.490 115.116 12.442
202306 12.786 114.558 12.798
202309 12.679 115.339 12.605
202312 12.640 114.669 12.640

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Baidu  (XSWX:BIDU) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Baidu (XSWX:BIDU) Business Description

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No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street, Baidu Campus, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100085
Baidu is the largest internet search engine in China with 84% share of the search engine market in September 2021 per web analytics firm, Statcounter. The firm generated 72% of core revenue from online marketing services from its search engine in 2022. Outside its search engine, Baidu is a technology-driven company and its other major growth initiatives are artificial intelligence cloud, video streaming services, voice recognition technology, and autonomous driving.