BIDU vs SOGP
Baidu, Inc. and Sound Group Inc., side by side — 9 fiscal years reported in CNY, drawn from SEC filings.
Most recent reported year
| Metric | BIDU | SOGP |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CNY 129.1B | CNY 3.1B |
| Net income | CNY 5.6B | CNY 220.6M |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | · |
| Net margin | 4.2% | · |
| Return on equity | 2.1% | 69.3% |
| Diluted EPS | · | CNY 0.24 |
| Dividend / share | · | · |
| Payout ratio | · | · |
| Free cash flow | CNY -15.1B | CNY 276.6M |
| Equity | CNY 266.3B | CNY 401.1M |
| Net debt / equity | 0.07× | · |
| Current ratio | 1.76× | 1.94× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 3.8% | 15.6% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | −24.3% | · |
BIDU bills 41.6× the revenue of SOGP.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.
9 years side by side
| Fiscal year | BIDU | SOGP |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 129.1B | CNY 3.1B |
| FY2024 | CNY 133.1B | CNY 2.0B |
| FY2023 | CNY 134.6B | CNY 2.1B |
| FY2022 | CNY 123.7B | CNY 2.2B |
| FY2021 | CNY 124.5B | CNY 2.1B |
| FY2020 | CNY 107.1B | CNY 1.5B |
| FY2019 | CNY 107.4B | CNY 1.2B |
| FY2018 | CNY 102.3B | CNY 798.6M |
| FY2017 | CNY 84.8B | CNY 453.5M |
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | BIDU | SOGP |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CNY 5.6B | CNY 220.6M |
| FY2024 | CNY 23.8B | CNY -81.0M |
| FY2023 | CNY 20.3B | CNY -134.5M |
| FY2022 | CNY 7.6B | CNY 86.5M |
| FY2021 | CNY 10.2B | CNY -127.2M |
| FY2020 | CNY 22.5B | CNY -82.2M |
| FY2019 | CNY 2.1B | CNY -133.0M |
| FY2018 | CNY 27.6B | CNY -9.3M |
| FY2017 | CNY 18.3B | CNY -153.7M |
9 fiscal years
| Fiscal year | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | +CNY 125,976,246,000 | BIDU |
| FY2024 | +CNY 131,093,194,000 | BIDU |
| FY2023 | +CNY 132,526,228,000 | BIDU |
| FY2022 | +CNY 121,489,734,000 | BIDU |
| FY2021 | +CNY 122,373,486,000 | BIDU |
| FY2020 | +CNY 105,571,092,000 | BIDU |
| FY2019 | +CNY 106,232,403,000 | BIDU |
| FY2018 | +CNY 101,478,439,000 | BIDU |
| FY2017 | +CNY 84,355,471,000 | BIDU |
BIDU has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 9 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.
9 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Standard deviation, each side
SOGP's return on equity has been more volatile than BIDU's over the 5 comparable fiscal years — 47.6 percentage points of standard deviation against 2.8.
5 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
The lead in return on equity changed hands between BIDU and SOGP over these 5 fiscal years — BIDU led in 3 and SOGP in 2.
5 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.