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Baidu (HKSE:09888) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 8.48 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Baidu Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-06-10), Baidu's current share price is HK$94.60. Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$11.15. Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 8.48.

The historical rank and industry rank for Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:09888' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.38   Med: 12.62   Max: 64.15
Current: 8.39

During the past years, Baidu's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 64.15. The lowest was 7.38. And the median was 12.62.

HKSE:09888's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
80.15% of 136 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 22.08 vs HKSE:09888: 8.39

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Baidu's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$2.388. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is HK$11.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Baidu Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Baidu Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Baidu Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.67 19.50 14.15 10.63 10.38

Baidu Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 14.12 12.47 11.95 10.38 9.21

Competitive Comparison of Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

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

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Baidu Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

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

Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=94.60/11.15
=8.48

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Baidu's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Baidu's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=2.388/115.2271*115.2271
=2.388

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

Baidu Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.000 98.200 0.000
201409 0.000 98.900 0.000
201412 0.000 99.000 0.000
201503 0.000 99.900 0.000
201506 0.000 99.500 0.000
201509 0.000 100.500 0.000
201512 0.000 100.600 0.000
201603 0.000 102.200 0.000
201606 0.000 101.400 0.000
201609 0.000 102.400 0.000
201612 0.000 102.600 0.000
201703 0.000 103.200 0.000
201706 0.000 103.100 0.000
201709 0.000 104.100 0.000
201712 0.000 104.500 0.000
201803 0.000 105.300 0.000
201806 0.000 104.900 0.000
201809 0.000 106.600 0.000
201812 0.000 106.500 0.000
201903 0.694 107.700 0.743
201906 2.819 107.700 3.016
201909 3.483 109.800 3.655
201912 4.433 111.200 4.594
202003 0.874 112.300 0.897
202006 3.247 110.400 3.389
202009 3.226 111.700 3.328
202012 2.611 111.500 2.698
202103 1.768 112.662 1.808
202106 3.446 111.769 3.553
202109 1.455 112.215 1.494
202112 2.050 113.108 2.088
202203 0.834 114.335 0.841
202206 3.213 114.558 3.232
202209 3.503 115.339 3.500
202212 3.131 115.116 3.134
202303 2.345 115.116 2.347
202306 4.103 114.558 4.127
202309 3.590 115.339 3.587
202312 4.104 114.781 4.120
202403 2.388 115.227 2.388

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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  (HKSE:09888) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Baidu (HKSE:09888) 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.
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