Baidu: 7.4X P/E, Strong FCF And Capital Return Potential

V2images Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) reported better than expected second fiscal quarter results on August 21, 2024. China’s Google benefited from modest growth in its core business, especially Baidu Cloud, but also experienced some headwinds in its core digital advertising business due to a challenging macro situation in China. Baidu is still generating a ton of free cash flow for the benefit of shareholders, and I believe the Chinese large-cap tech firm has considerable capital return potential in 2024 and be ...