Sunday, March 6, 2011

Baidu Just Below 20 Day Average (Chart) *Closes week +1.45%* BIDU

● Baidu Planet 

Baidu reported stellar Q4 2010 financial results


Baidu Just Below 20 Day Average

Baidu Baidu closed the week at $122.34 on Friday, March 4, 2011. BIDU was +1.45% for the week, is +0.97% for March, and is +26.74% for 2011. This follows +11.53% for February and +12.53% for January.

S&P 500 By comparison, the overall market, the S&P 500, at 1321.15, was +0.10% for the week, is -0.46% for March, was +3.20% for February, was +2.26% for January, and is +5.05% for 2011. SPX is +95.28% since the March 9, 2009 market cyclical low. SPX closed at a multi-year closing high of 1343.01 on Friday, February 18, 2011, the highest close since the June 17, 2008 close of 1350.93. BIDU is outperforming the overall market in 2011. A review of the S&P 500 is here [S&P 500 Ekes Out Weekly Gain Despite Libyan Revolution (Charts) *Below 20 day average*].

Baidu Fundamentals Baidu reported stellar fourth quarter 2010 financial results on January 31, 2011. These financial results are reviewed and analyzed on this blog at the Baidu Financial Performance page.

Economic and Market News Information about the USA and world economies plus the USA financial system are posted at Boom Doom EconomyFinancial Controls, and Baidu Planet. Additional current commentary on both the overall stock market and economy is posted at Matrix Markets.

Baidu Daily Chart Below is the BIDU daily chart since February 1, 2011 the day after Baidu reported stellar Q4 2010 earnings and gapped up. This is to illustrate the recent price interactions with the current close, resistance, and support.

Baidu Stock Quick Review
Intermediate Term Trend: Bullish
Long Term Trend: Bullish
Resistance: 20 day average 122.70, then 128.00 area, then all-time closing high 129.58
Support: 121.00 area, then 118.00 area, then 116.00 area
Moving Averages: below 20d sma, above 25d, 50d, 100d, and 200d sma's
RSI 14 day = 37.13 is oversold, descending
RSI 28 day = 63.24 is reasonable, mostly level
MACD (12,26,9) = -0.92, ascending
Volume latest trading day was below average 4.5M, 20 day avg = 6.1M , 50 day average = 6.6M
Price Earnings Ratio = 79.65
Market Capitalization = $42.64B (Google Finance)

Conclusion Baidu has been pulled down by the overall market downdraft from the Libyan revolution and resulting higher oil prices, as the technology sector in general has. Baidu reported incredible financial results on January 31, 2011 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

Disclosure We are long BIDU.


About Baidu

Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best way for people to find information. In addition to serving Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs, each of which represents one Class A ordinary share, currently trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU".


The Baidu Story

Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. "Baidu" was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. "…hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood." Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal.

Baidu chose a poetic Chinese name because it wants the world to remember its heritage. As a native speaker of the Chinese language and a talented engineer, Baidu focuses on what it knows best - Chinese language search. Applying avant-garde technology to the world's most ancient and complex language is as challenging as it is exciting. At least people here at Baidu think so. As having diligently disclosed in the Prospectus of our recent Initial Public Offering, we believe there are at least 38 ways of saying "I" in Chinese. It is important that we master all the ways of addressing oneself in Chinese because our users depend on us to address every one of their daily queries. And trust us, pin pointing queries in the Chinese language is an art rather than a science.

Our mission is to provide the best way for people to find information. To do this we listen carefully to our users' needs and wants. Have we collected all the Chinese web pages they want to see? Are the pages current and up to date? Are the search results closely related to their queries? Did we return those search results instantly? To improve user experience, we constantly make improvements to our products and services. For example, we introduced "phonetic" or "pin-yin" search which allows our users to type in Chinese keywords using English alphabets. This feature is designed to skip the switching from English inputting to Chinese inputting and for when the user is not sure of the written form of a keyword. Our users definitely notice the many little things that we do differently to ensure a simple and reliable search experience every time. 

In addition to serving individual users, we also serve as a media platform for online marketing customers. We not only provide our customers easy access to one of the largest online audiences in China but also targeted groups with defined interests as indicated by queries. Unlike traditional online advertising services which charge by flat fee, our marketing products and services are performance based. Our Pay for Performance model has taken the market by storm because it is cost effective and measurable.

We know that a lot of interesting things are going on in the Internet space, but we don't want to lose focus. China's Internet search industry is only a newly discovered territory. We see vast untapped grounds in our home base and we believe there are still plenty of prizes to be claimed by the best players.


More Charts and Analysis!
USA and Global economic charts
Apple (AAPL) financial performance and stock charts
Google (GOOG) financial performance and stock charts
Microsoft (MSFT) financial performance charts
Intel (INTC) financial performance charts
VMware (VMW) financial performance charts
SalesForce.com (CRM) financial performance charts
USA failed and problem banks
Federal Reserve statistical releases
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) financial performance charts
Citigroup (C) financial performance charts
Goldman Sachs (GS) financial performance charts
Wells Fargo (WFC) financial performance charts
Bank of America (BAC) financial performance charts
Morgan Stanley (MS) financial performance charts
S&P 500 (SPX) charts and review
China economic, Internet, and technology news
Baidu (BIDU) financial performance and stock charts


Visit Osprey Port News Network!
Apple, Google, Baidu, China, technology, financial system, stocks, markets, economy, science, environment, future


Follow Baidu Planet on Twitter!
Baidu, China, & technology news plus BIDU stock analysis. Select USA & Global economic news.


● Baidu Planet 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Seeking Alpha