Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BIDU scored 11.3, GOOGL scored 79.5 — GOOGL leads.
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Different reporting periods. GOOGL's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BIDU's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BIDU
Baidu, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
11.3
$85.33 · $29.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
68.2
GOOGL leads
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
79.5
$351.66 · $4.3T
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthGOOGL+20.1%
Strongest balance sheetGOOGL0.19
Highest qualityGOOGL84 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BIDU
stronger →← stronger
GOOGL
29
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
84
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
91
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
66
GOOGL is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BIDU
GOOGL
-$2.1bF
FCF
$53.3bA
-3.0%D+
Rev
+20.1%A-
0.38B+
D/E
0.19A-
1.5xB+
P/S
—
0.74A-
PEG
1.22B
—
P/E
17.6xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BIDU
GOOGL
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
349% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~54%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-82%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-78%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-70%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BIDU
Why this score
Foreign reporter (CNY)
GOOGL
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
BIDUBaidu, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $85.33 · beta 0.58
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $29.0b. Down 48% from 52-week high of $165.30 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.74 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 30 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $145.63 (implying +71% upside).
Moat
Higher-variance name — the moat signals on the quantitative card are modest, so the durability case rests on execution (turning current growth into durable earnings power) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than an entrenched competitive position.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$2.1b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Down 48% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 4.3% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $351.66 · beta 1.21
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $4.3T. 14% off the 52-week high of $408.61. Revenue growing +20%, comfortably above the S&P median. 54 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $429.47 (implying +22% upside).
Moat
Net margin 55% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $4.3T market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BIDU and GOOGL diverge
On the headline score the gap is 68.2 points in favor of GOOGL. The widest single difference is Growth, where GOOGL leads by 76.4 points.
GrowthBIDU 14.1 · GOOGL 90.5GOOGL +76.4
ValueBIDU 6.5 · GOOGL 65.8GOOGL +59.3
QualityBIDU 28.8 · GOOGL 84.4GOOGL +55.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is GOOGL or BIDU the better stock?
GOOGL scores higher: GOOGL 79.5, BIDU 11.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do GOOGL and BIDU differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where GOOGL leads by 76 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. GOOGL leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are GOOGL and BIDU scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.