Baidu (BIDU) Debt-to-Equity : 0.35 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Baidu Debt-to-Equity?

Baidu's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,109 Mil. Baidu's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,739 Mil. Baidu's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,120 Mil. Baidu's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.35.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Baidu's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BIDU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35 Med: 0.44 Max: 0.51
Current: 0.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Baidu was 0.51. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 0.44.

BIDU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
68.72% of 422 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.16 vs BIDU: 0.35

Baidu Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baidu's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Baidu Debt-to-Equity Chart

Baidu Annual Data

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0.45

0.43

0.41

0.35

Baidu Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.41	0.41	0.39	0.36	0.35

Competitive Comparison of Baidu's Debt-to-Equity

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Baidu's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Baidu's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baidu's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Baidu Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Baidu's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(3108.877	+	8738.831)	/	34120.333
	=	0.35

Baidu's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(3108.877	+	8738.831)	/	34120.333
	=	0.35

Baidu (NAS:BIDU) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Baidu (BIDU) Business Description

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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.