The market has been high on Baidu Inc (BIDU) stock recently. BIDU gets a Bullish score from InvestorsObserver's Stock Sentiment Indicator.
What is Stock Sentiment?
In investing, sentiment generally means whether or not a given security is in favor with investors. It is typically a pretty short-term metric that relies entirely on technical analysis. That means it doesn’t incorporate anything to do with the health or profitability of the underlying company.
Recent trends are a good indicator of current market sentiments. In its most basic form, stocks that are trending up are desirable by investors while stocks currently falling must be unattractive.
InvestorsObserver's Sentimental Indicator tracks both changes in price and volume to analyze the most recent trends. Typically an increase in volume indicates ongoing trends are getting stronger, while a decrease in volume usually signals an end to the current trend.
Available options can also represent current sentiments for a given stock. Since investors are able to bet on future trends of stocks using options, we consider the ratio of calls to puts when analyzing market sentiments .
What's Happening With BIDU Stock Today?
Baidu Inc (BIDU) stock has fallen -0.45% while the S&P 500 has gained 0.3% as of 2:25 PM on Friday, Sep 25. BIDU has fallen -$0.56 from the previous closing price of $123.76 on volume of 1,797,310 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is higher by 8.77% while BIDU has gained 19.84%. BIDU earned $1.49 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 82.91.
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More About Baidu Inc
Baidu is the largest Internet search engine in China with mid-70s mobile traffic share in the search market. The firm generates 86% of revenue from online marketing services and the rest from other segments. Baidu is a technology-driven company and has been investing in AI technology, such as autonomously driven cars.
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