Baidu, Inc.
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Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 29 items for BIDU at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-17, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 11 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BIDU spans 6-K.
Recent high-impact activity:
- Baidu H1 2026: AI Revenue Up 36% to RMB26.1B, But Net Income Falls 62% as Capex Surges
- Baidu Shares Plunge 13% in Hong Kong After Q2 Miss
- Baidu Q2 Revenue Misses, Net Profit Plunges 68% as AI Cloud Surges 50%
- Baidu Q2 Net Profit Plunges 68%, Fitch Downgrades to A-Minus
- Baidu Misses Q2 Revenue Estimates as Ad Slump Offsets AI Cloud Growth
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
3.50 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 9,000,728 shares in BIDU as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 15.7% decrease from the prior period — about 3.5 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 40.5% of BIDU volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Insider Transactions
BIDU files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.