Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BIDU scored 11.3, META scored 71.4 — META leads.
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Different reporting periods. META'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
60.1
META leads
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · Quality-Growth
71.4
$718.67 · $1.8T
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthMETA+27.7%
Strongest balance sheetBIDU0.38
Highest qualityMETA89 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BIDU
stronger →← stronger
META
29
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
89
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
82
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
50
META is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BIDU
META
-$2.1bF
FCF
$41.0bA
-3.0%D+
Rev
+27.7%A-
0.38B+
D/E
0.43B+
1.5xB+
P/S
—
0.74A-
PEG
0.95B+
—
P/E
27.1xC+
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
META
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
152% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~37%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-67%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-60%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-48%
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)
META
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.
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
Internet Content & Information · $718.67 · beta 1.19
Why now
Internet Content & Information · market cap $1.8T. 8% off the 52-week high of $779.82. Revenue growing +28% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.95 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 58 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $799.34 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
Net margin 30% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 26% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $1.8T 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
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BIDU and META diverge
On the headline score the gap is 60.1 points in favor of META. The widest single difference is Growth, where META leads by 67.7 points.
GrowthBIDU 14.1 · META 81.8META +67.7
QualityBIDU 28.8 · META 88.7META +59.9
ValueBIDU 6.5 · META 50.2META +43.7
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 META or BIDU the better stock?
META scores higher: META 71.4, 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 META and BIDU differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where META leads by 68 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. META leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are META 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.