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BIDU vs GDS

Baidu, Inc. and GDS Holdings Ltd., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in CNY, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

Metric BIDU GDS
RevenueCNY 129.1BCNY 11.4B
Net incomeCNY 5.6BCNY 949.6M
Gross margin43.9%22.6%
Net margin4.2%8.4%
Return on equity2.1%3.9%
Diluted EPSCNY 0.55
Dividend / share
Payout ratio
Free cash flowCNY -15.1BCNY -1.3B
EquityCNY 266.3BCNY 25.8B
Net debt / equity0.07×0.45×
Current ratio1.76×2.60×
Revenue CAGR 5y3.8%14.8%
Profit CAGR 5y−24.3%

BIDU bills 11.3× the revenue of GDS, and GDS keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (8.4% against 4.2%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

Fiscal year BIDU GDS
FY2025CNY 129.1BCNY 11.4B
FY2024CNY 133.1BCNY 10.3B
FY2023CNY 134.6BCNY 9.8B
FY2022CNY 123.7BCNY 9.3B
FY2021CNY 124.5BCNY 7.8B
FY2020CNY 107.1BCNY 5.7B
FY2019CNY 107.4BCNY 4.1B
FY2018CNY 102.3BCNY 2.8B
FY2017CNY 84.8BCNY 1.6B
FY2016CNY 70.5BCNY 1.1B
Net income by year

Bottom line

Fiscal year BIDU GDS
FY2025CNY 5.6BCNY 949.6M
FY2024CNY 23.8BCNY 3.4B
FY2023CNY 20.3BCNY -4.3B
FY2022CNY 7.6BCNY -1.3B
FY2021CNY 10.2BCNY -1.2B
FY2020CNY 22.5BCNY -666.4M
FY2019CNY 2.1BCNY -442.1M
FY2018CNY 27.6BCNY -430.3M
FY2017CNY 18.3BCNY -326.9M
FY2016CNY 11.6BCNY -276.4M
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