Baidu Inc. (BIDU): Today's Featured Internet Laggard

Baidu was a leading decliner within the internet industry, falling $2.10 (-2.2%) to $92.50 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Baidu

(

BIDU

) pushed the Internet industry lower today making it today's featured Internet laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Baidu fell $2.10 (-2.2%) to $92.50 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2,596,547 shares of Baidu exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,131,100 shares. The stock ranged in price between $92.22-$95.50 after having opened the day at $95.35 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $94.60. Other companies within the Internet industry that declined today were:

Net Element International

(

NETE

), down 6.7%,

Mediabistro

(

MBIS

), down 6.7%,

MeetMe

(

MEET

), down 4.9% and

Tremor Video

(

TRMR

), down 4.4%.

Baidu, Inc. provides Internet search services. Baidu has a market cap of $32.9 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.8, equal to the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 6.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Baidu a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Baidu

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, expanding profit margins, increase in net income and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

On the positive front,

Zynga

(

ZNGA

), up 10.4%,

Friendfinder Networks

(

FFN

), up 7.4%,

CafePress

(

PRSS

), up 6.5% and

Synacor

(

SYNC

), up 5.8% , were all gainers within the internet industry with

Qihoo 360 Technology

(

QIHU

) being today's featured internet industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the internet industry could consider

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Idx

(

FDN

) while those bearish on the internet industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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