AUR vs BIDU vs NVDA Stock Comparison

Aurora Innovation, Baidu and Nvidia Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AUR Aurora Innovation, Inc.
$4.87 -19.4% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$10.15B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.00M
Div. yield
–
Autonomous Driving Technology
1 win
BIDU Baidu, Inc.
$77.85 -10.9% 1M -36.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.69B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$18.33B
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
1 win
NVDA Nvidia Corp
$216.00 -4.0% 1M +16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.28T
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$302.97B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Nvidia leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Nvidia 7, Baidu 1, Aurora Innovation 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAURBIDUNVDALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.15B $2.69B $5.28T NVDA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -11.3x -5.6x 27.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.4x 24.7x BIDU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +400.0% -0.9% +83.4% AUR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -18,000.0% -2.6% 63.7% NVDA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -2.0% 71.1% NVDA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.4% -36.6% +16.0% NVDA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.4%/yr -14.2%/yr +54.7%/yr NVDA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.0% 47.1% 37.8% NVDA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 55/100 73/100 NVDA

Percentile Scorecard

AURBIDUNVDA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAURBIDUNVDA
Valuation 25 #10 of 13 92 #11 of 124 57 #41 of 95
Growth 55 #6 of 12 19 #92 of 113 97 #4 of 93
Profitability 9 #11 of 12 54 #51 of 110 99 #2 of 91
Financial Health 75 #4 of 13 57 #56 of 129 65 #36 of 101
Shareholder Returns – – 46 #41 of 75
Overall 41 55 73
  • AUR ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation
  • BIDU ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • NVDA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAURBIDUNVDASPY
1 month -19.4%-10.9%-4.0% -0.8%
3 months -21.6%-26.1%+9.9% +3.5%
6 months -2.8%-39.2%-0.3% +7.0%
Year to date +26.8%-40.4%+15.8% +12.2%
1 year -5.4%-36.6%+16.0% +13.0%
3 years +183.1%-27.3%+433.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +41.5%-10.1%+74.8% +23.1%
5 years -51.2%-53.6%+783.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -13.4%-14.2%+54.7% +11.0%
10 years —-55.0%+11,873.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-7.7%+61.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAURBIDUNVDASPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.0%47.1%37.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 67.9%45.0%36.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.961.661.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.08-0.780.42 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.3%-55.3%-66.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.0%-52.1%-9.7% -1.8%
52-week high $8.40$162.52$239.24 $779.14
52-week low $3.77$77.20$165.17 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAURBIDUNVDA
P/E now vs peer median -10.7x -5.6xmedian 38.1x 27.1xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1,946xmedian 17.8x 1.4xmedian 4.3x 17.2xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.1x —median 35.4x 25.7xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -13.0xmedian 14.0x 5.5xmedian 27.1x 41.0xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.0x 0.6xmedian 3.4x 22.7xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.33 0.10median 1.27 0.16median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAURBIDUNVDA
Revenue $5.00M $18.33B $302.97B
Gross profit -$20.00M $1.81B $226.24B
Operating income -$970.00M -$999.00M $197.58B
Net income -$900.00M -$543.00M $192.88B
Free cash flow -$751.00M $4.78B $127.01B
R&D $779.00M $2.84B $23.59B
EPS (diluted) $-0.46 $-11.24 $7.94
Cash & equivalents $136.00M $3.61B $22.44B
Total debt – $42.23B $33.37B
Shares (diluted) 1.98B 42.88M 24.29B
Enterprise value $5.18B -$72.77B $5.05T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAURBIDUNVDA
P/E -10.7x -5.6x 27.1x
P/FCF -13.0x 5.5x 41.0x
P/Operating cash flow -14.3x 17.9x 38.7x
P/S 1,946x 1.4x 17.2x
P/B 5.0x 0.6x 22.7x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 0.7x 23.0x
EV/EBITDA -9.1x – 25.7x
EV/EBIT -8.8x -13.0x 26.2x
EV/Revenue 1,703x 0.7x 17.1x
EV/FCF -11.3x 2.7x 40.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -12.5x 8.8x 38.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.33 0.10 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAURBIDUNVDA
Revenue growth (1Y) 400.0% -0.9% 83.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -40.7% -0.5% 110.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -400.0% 12,345% 96.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -36.6% 120.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -16.0% -140.6% 105.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.0% -32.9% 163.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -11.1% -114.0% 122.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.1% -30.7% 165.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.4% -201.2% 125.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.8% -55.3% 167.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -18.9% 2,449% 74.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.4% -31.9% 124.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -25.0% 236.1% 76.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.4% -6.5% 130.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAURBIDUNVDA
Gross margin -400.0% 9.9% 74.7%
EBITDA margin -18,780% – 66.4%
Operating margin -19,400% -5.5% 65.2%
Pretax margin -18,000% -2.3% 75.8%
Net margin -18,000% -2.6% 63.7%
FCF margin -15,020% 26.1% 41.9%
Operating cash flow margin -13,580% 8.1% 44.3%
Return on equity -46.0% -1.3% 90.9%
Return on assets -41.4% -0.8% 66.5%
Return on invested capital – -2.0% 71.1%
Return on capital employed -47.0% -1.8% 80.0%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x -2.7x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 4,100% – 2.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAURBIDUNVDA
Debt / assets – 15.8% 10.4%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.2x
Debt / FCF – 2.3x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 9.9% 40.1% 28.5%
Equity / assets 90.1% 59.9% 71.5%
Interest coverage – -2.7x –
Current ratio 11.4x 2.3x 4.6x
Quick ratio 11.1x 2.0x 3.0x
Cash ratio 11.1x 1.9x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 22.78 – 38.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAURBIDUNVDA
Dividend yield – – 0.2%
Net buyback yield -7.6% – 1.0%
Shareholder yield -7.6% – 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAURBIDUNVDA
Forward P/E – 14.4xFY2026 24.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.51FY2026 $5.42FY2026 $8.76FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -29.1%FY2026 +83.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +21.8% +91.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.39MFY2026 $19.51BFY2026 $383.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +379.8%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +77.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1,192.9% -0.6% +85.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAURBIDUNVDA
Held by institutions 84.5% 17.5% 69.0%
Institutions holding 460 490 5,922
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +8.1% +4.0%
Institutions buying 279 236 3,278
Institutions selling 100 144 2,313
Buyers to sellers 2.79 1.64 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AURBIDUNVDA
AUR 1.00 0.40 0.33
BIDU 0.40 1.00 0.41
NVDA 0.33 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AUR, BIDU and NVDA?

Nvidia (NVDA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aurora Innovation (AUR) $10.15B, Baidu (BIDU) $2.69B, Nvidia (NVDA) $5.28T.

Which company is growing faster?

Aurora Innovation (AUR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aurora Innovation (AUR) +400.0%, Baidu (BIDU) -0.9%, Nvidia (NVDA) +83.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nvidia (NVDA) has the highest net margin (Aurora Innovation (AUR) -18,000.0%, Baidu (BIDU) -2.6%, Nvidia (NVDA) 63.7%). On return on invested capital, Nvidia (NVDA) leads (Baidu (BIDU) -2.0%, Nvidia (NVDA) 71.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nvidia (NVDA) returned the most: Aurora Innovation (AUR) -5.4%, Baidu (BIDU) -36.6%, Nvidia (NVDA) +16.0%. Over five years, Nvidia (NVDA) compounded fastest (Aurora Innovation (AUR) -13.4%/yr, Baidu (BIDU) -14.2%/yr, Nvidia (NVDA) +54.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nvidia (NVDA) has been the steadiest (Aurora Innovation (AUR) 67.0%, Baidu (BIDU) 47.1%, Nvidia (NVDA) 37.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AUR, BIDU and NVDA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nvidia (NVDA) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.