BBAI vs BIDU vs ECX Stock Comparison

BigBear.ai Holdings, Baidu and ECARX Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BIDU Baidu, Inc.
$78.27 -10.4% 1M -39.2% 1Y
Market cap
$26.63B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$18.33B
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
6 wins
ECX ECARX Holdings Inc.
$0.82 -24.8% 1M -65.3% 1Y
Market cap
$254.61M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$881.30M
Div. yield
–
Autonomous Driving Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Baidu leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Baidu 6, ECARX Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBAIBIDUECXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.13B $26.63B $254.61M BIDU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -13.2x -5.6x -8.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -13.7% -0.9% +11.4% ECX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -65.2% -2.6% -3.9% BIDU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -15.5% -2.0% -4.6% BIDU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -66.8% -39.2% -65.3% BIDU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -14.2%/yr -39.1%/yr BIDU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 77.5% 47.1% 82.7% BIDU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 55/100 77/100 ECX

Percentile Scorecard

BBAIBIDUECX

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

AxisBBAIBIDUECX
Valuation 26 #92 of 124 92 #11 of 124 100 #1 of 13
Growth 12 #100 of 113 19 #92 of 113 100 #1 of 12
Profitability 26 #81 of 109 55 #50 of 109 100 #1 of 12
Financial Health 87 #17 of 127 56 #56 of 127 8 #12 of 13
Shareholder Returns 3 #63 of 65 – –
Overall 31 55 77
  • BBAI ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • BIDU ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ECX ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBBAIBIDUECXSPY
1 month -15.4%-10.4%-24.8% -0.2%
3 months -14.8%-25.4%-24.1% +3.9%
6 months -42.7%-37.8%-28.1% +8.2%
Year to date -56.3%-40.1%-52.3% +12.9%
1 year -66.8%-39.2%-65.3% +12.3%
3 years +88.8%-26.9%-79.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +23.6%-9.9%-41.1% +23.3%
5 years —-53.6%-91.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-14.2%-39.1% +10.9%
10 years —-55.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —-7.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBBAIBIDUECXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 77.5%47.1%82.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.3%45.0%91.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.261.661.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.86-0.83-0.79 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.0%-55.3%-92.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -67.1%-51.8%-68.9% -1.2%
52-week high $7.17$162.52$2.64 $779.14
52-week low $2.12$77.20$0.80 $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.

MultipleBBAIBIDUECX
P/E now vs peer median -13.2xmedian 38.6x -5.6xmedian 38.6x -8.0x
P/S now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 4.4x 1.5xmedian 4.4x 0.3xmedian 18.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.4xmedian 34.5x —median 34.5x —
P/FCF now vs peer median -15.6xmedian 29.4x 5.6xmedian 29.4x —median 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 3.3x 0.6xmedian 3.3x -1.0xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.40median 1.28 0.10median 1.28 -0.17

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 monthsBBAIBIDUECX
Revenue $131.63M $18.33B $881.30M
Gross profit $36.75M $1.81B $184.00M
Operating income -$155.20M -$999.00M -$8.80M
Net income -$85.82M -$543.00M -$35.90M
Free cash flow -$72.70M $4.78B –
R&D $21.29M $2.84B $107.60M
EPS (diluted) $-0.18 $-11.24 $-0.10
Cash & equivalents $36.28M $3.61B $156.16M
Total debt $16.64M $10.97B $556.66M
Shares (diluted) 479.12M 42.88M 338.66M
Enterprise value -$281.14M -$46.81B -$23.24M

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
MetricBBAIBIDUECX
P/E -13.2x -5.6x -8.0x
P/FCF -15.6x 5.6x –
P/Operating cash flow -15.8x 18.0x –
P/S 8.6x 1.5x 0.3x
P/B 1.5x 0.6x -1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 0.7x -0.8x
EV/EBITDA -6.4x – –
EV/EBIT -5.3x -13.1x -74.4x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 0.7x 0.7x
EV/FCF -11.4x 2.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow -11.6x 8.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.40 0.10 -0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBAIBIDUECX
Revenue growth (1Y) -13.7% -0.9% 11.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.6% -0.5% 15.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.9% 12,345% 29.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.9% -36.6% 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -19.2% -140.6% 92.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -36.5% -32.9% 63.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 80.7% -114.0% 74.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.0% -30.7% 41.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 87.1% -201.2% 74.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.8% -55.3% 47.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -163.0% 2,449% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.7% -31.9% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -163.1% 236.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -20.1% -6.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBAIBIDUECX
Gross margin 27.9% 9.9% 20.9%
EBITDA margin -97.7% – –
Operating margin -117.9% -5.5% -1.0%
Pretax margin -81.7% -2.3% -2.2%
Net margin -65.2% -2.6% -3.9%
FCF margin -55.2% 26.1% –
Operating cash flow margin -54.4% 8.1% –
Return on equity -11.0% -1.3% –
Return on assets -10.1% -0.8% -4.2%
Return on invested capital -15.5% -2.0% -4.6%
Return on capital employed -19.8% -1.8% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x -2.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 15.0% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBAIBIDUECX
Debt / assets 2.0% 15.8% 56.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.3x -2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x – –
Debt / FCF -0.2x 2.3x –
Liabilities / assets 8.4% 40.1% 127.0%
Equity / assets 91.6% 59.9% -27.0%
Interest coverage -16.9x -2.7x -0.3x
Current ratio 5.7x 2.3x 0.7x
Quick ratio 5.3x 2.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 4.9x 1.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 7.97 – -1.07

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBAIBIDUECX
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -30.2% – –
Shareholder yield -30.2% – –
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.

ConsensusBBAIBIDUECX
Forward P/E – 14.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.25FY2026 $5.42FY2026 $-0.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -29.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +21.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $108.97MFY2026 $19.51BFY2026 $1.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -14.6%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +31.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% -0.6% +25.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBAIBIDUECX
Held by institutions 39.1% 17.5% 5.2%
Institutions holding 328 490 39
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +8.1% +3.3%
Institutions buying 185 236 23
Institutions selling 90 144 8
Buyers to sellers 2.06 1.64 2.88

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.

BBAIBIDUECX
BBAI 1.00 0.33 0.23
BIDU 0.33 1.00 0.11
ECX 0.23 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBAI, BIDU and ECX?

Baidu (BIDU) is the largest by market capitalisation: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) $1.13B, Baidu (BIDU) $26.63B, ECARX Holdings (ECX) $254.61M.

Which company is growing faster?

ECARX Holdings (ECX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -13.7%, Baidu (BIDU) -0.9%, ECARX Holdings (ECX) +11.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Baidu (BIDU) has the highest net margin (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -65.2%, Baidu (BIDU) -2.6%, ECARX Holdings (ECX) -3.9%). On return on invested capital, Baidu (BIDU) leads (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -15.5%, Baidu (BIDU) -2.0%, ECARX Holdings (ECX) -4.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Baidu (BIDU) returned the most: BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -66.8%, Baidu (BIDU) -39.2%, ECARX Holdings (ECX) -65.3%. Over five years, Baidu (BIDU) compounded fastest (Baidu (BIDU) -14.2%/yr, ECARX Holdings (ECX) -39.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Baidu (BIDU) has been the steadiest (BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) 77.5%, Baidu (BIDU) 47.1%, ECARX Holdings (ECX) 82.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBAI, BIDU and ECX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Baidu (BIDU) leads on 6. 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.