Baidu, Inc. · BIDU · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Baidu’s AI businesses became its primary growth engine

Baidu’s supplied earnings analysis supports a stronger AI-led growth narrative: AI-powered businesses exceeded half of revenue, GPU Cloud growth accelerated, and Apollo Go expanded internationally. The key counterweights are capacity, margin sustainability, competition and the still-unclear robotaxi profitability timeline.

Reported Before market openNASDAQCommunication Services $30.54B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.75 Consensus $1.87
EPS surprise -6.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $4.65B Consensus $4.54B
Revenue surprise +2.3% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +1.8% Event window
SPY move -0.1% Same window
Abnormal move +1.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -18.1% Up to 20 sessions
BIDUSPY benchmark

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What changed

AI-powered businesses contributed more than half of total revenue for the first time, while GPU Cloud revenue growth accelerated from the prior quarter and Apollo Go launched a standalone Dubai app. Management also emphasized continued model, infrastructure and international expansion.

Guidance delta

No formal guidance was provided in the supplied analysis.

Key takeaways

  • AI-powered businesses exceeded half of total revenue for the first time.
  • GPU Cloud growth accelerated, while Apollo Go expanded international testing and operations.
  • Management highlighted continued investment in models, infrastructure, agents and autonomous driving.

Management priorities

  • Advance ERNIE models and AI applications.
  • Expand GPU Cloud and Kunlunxin chip deployments for inference.
  • Scale Apollo Go internationally and broaden digital-human products.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
BIDU REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q3 '23 estimate $5B Q3 '23 actual $5B, miss Q4 '23 estimate $5B Q4 '23 actual $5B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $5B Q1 '24 actual $4B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $5B Q2 '24 actual $5B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $4B Q2 '25 actual $5B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $5B Q3 '25 actual $4B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $5B Q4 '25 actual $5B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '26 actual $5B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $5B Q2 '26 actual $5B, miss Q3 '26 estimate $31B Q4 '26 estimate $33B Q1 '27 estimate $33B Q2 '27 estimate $34B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy51 ratings
Bullish3976.5%
Neutral1121.6%
Bearish11.9%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$87.57Current
$80Low
$170.22Average
$350High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 24, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 28, 2026
Morgan Stanley Underweight Equal WeightDowngradeAug 19, 2026
Benchmark Buy BuyMaintainAug 19, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainAug 19, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 17, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $87.57. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Arete ResearchAnalyst unavailable$108$99.47 +23.3%Sep 7, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$96$90.87 +9.6%Aug 19, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$80$90.87 -8.6%Aug 19, 2026
BarclaysJiong Shao$124$113.39 +41.6%Jul 13, 2026
SusquehannaAnalyst unavailable$140$137.68 +59.9%May 20, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Baidu, Inc. is a prominent Chinese technology company that offers various internet-based services, primarily focusing on digital marketing and cloud computing, all delivered through its extensive online platform within the People's Republic of China. The company's operations are segmented into two main divisions: Baidu Core and iQIYI. The Baidu Core segment encompasses a wide array of services, including online marketing derived from search queries and user feeds, comprehensive cloud solutions, and innovative products and services developed from its artificial intelligence initiatives. This segment also operates Haokan, a popular short-video platform featuring both user-generated and professionally produced content. Conversely, the iQIYI segment is dedicated to its online entertainment video platform, which provides a diverse selection of media content, including original productions, professionally created shows, and material acquired from partners. Baidu was founded in the year 2000 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Beijing, China.

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-19T15:16:27.729764+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
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Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-09-24. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.