WRD vs QCOM vs BIDU Stock Comparison

WeRide, Qualcomm and Baidu Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WRD WeRide Inc.
$4.37 -21.0% 1M -60.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.35B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$92.10M
Div. yield
–
Autonomous Driving Technology
2 wins
QCOM Qualcomm Inc/De
$184.17 -8.8% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$194.67B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.07B
Div. yield
1.97%
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins
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
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Qualcomm leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qualcomm 5, Baidu 2, WeRide 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWRDQCOMBIDULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.35B $194.67B $26.63B QCOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -6.0x 21.0x -5.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.1x 14.4x BIDU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +244.8% +1.9% -0.9% WRD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -243.6% 21.0% -2.6% QCOM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -24.9% 20.5% -2.0% QCOM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.97% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -60.8% -1.9% -39.2% QCOM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +6.6%/yr -14.2%/yr QCOM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.3% 53.0% 47.1% BIDU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 61/100 55/100 WRD

Percentile Scorecard

WRDQCOMBIDU

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

AxisWRDQCOMBIDU
Valuation 42 #8 of 13 80 #20 of 94 92 #11 of 124
Growth 91 #2 of 12 33 #62 of 92 19 #92 of 113
Profitability 82 #3 of 12 85 #14 of 90 55 #50 of 109
Financial Health 50 #7 of 13 28 #72 of 99 56 #56 of 127
Shareholder Returns – 79 #16 of 73 –
Overall 66 61 55
  • WRD ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation
  • QCOM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • BIDU ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWRDQCOMBIDUSPY
1 month -21.0%-8.8%-10.4% -0.2%
3 months -24.8%+13.1%-25.4% +3.9%
6 months -44.1%+22.8%-37.8% +8.2%
Year to date -49.7%+7.7%-40.1% +12.9%
1 year -60.8%-1.9%-39.2% +12.3%
3 years —+73.0%-26.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+20.1%-9.9% +23.3%
5 years —+37.8%-53.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+6.6%-14.2% +10.9%
10 years —+162.8%-55.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+10.1%-7.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWRDQCOMBIDUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.3%53.0%47.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.5%52.5%45.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.262.071.66 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.01-0.04-0.83 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.9%-45.6%-55.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -62.7%-26.6%-51.8% -1.2%
52-week high $11.72$251.02$162.52 $779.14
52-week low $4.08$124.07$77.20 $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.

MultipleWRDQCOMBIDU
P/E now vs peer median -6.0x 21.0xmedian 45.6x -5.6xmedian 38.6x
P/S now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 18.7x 4.4xmedian 7.7x 1.5xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median — 16.9xmedian 29.0x —median 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.5x 18.7xmedian 40.6x 5.6xmedian 29.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.1x 7.0xmedian 4.6x 0.6xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median — 5.05median 2.28 0.10median 1.28

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 monthsWRDQCOMBIDU
Revenue $92.10M $44.07B $18.33B
Gross profit $39.20M $23.90B $1.81B
Operating income -$260.29M $10.22B -$999.00M
Net income -$237.93M $9.26B -$543.00M
Free cash flow – $10.42B $4.78B
R&D $219.70M $9.89B $2.84B
EPS (diluted) – $8.66 $-11.24
Cash & equivalents $629.27M $4.53B $3.61B
Total debt $194.84M $12.78B $10.97B
Shares (diluted) – 1.07B 42.88M
Enterprise value -$1.69B $154.59B -$46.81B

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
MetricWRDQCOMBIDU
P/E -6.0x 21.0x -5.6x
P/FCF – 18.7x 5.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.7x 18.0x
P/S 14.6x 4.4x 1.5x
P/B 1.4x 7.0x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 7.4x 0.7x
EV/EBITDA – 16.9x –
EV/EBIT -2.9x 19.5x -13.1x
EV/Revenue 8.2x 4.5x 0.7x
EV/FCF – 19.1x 2.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.1x 8.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 5.05 0.10

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWRDQCOMBIDU
Revenue growth (1Y) 244.8% 1.9% -0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% -0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 142.5% -0.8% 12,345%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% -36.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.9% -15.0% -140.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% -32.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 29.9% -20.0% -114.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% -30.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – -17.8% -201.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.2% -55.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.1% 2,449%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% -31.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -10.4% 236.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.9% -6.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWRDQCOMBIDU
Gross margin 42.6% 54.2% 9.9%
EBITDA margin – 26.8% –
Operating margin -282.6% 23.2% -5.5%
Pretax margin -258.0% 25.4% -2.3%
Net margin -243.6% 21.0% -2.6%
FCF margin – 23.6% 26.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 28.1% 8.1%
Return on equity -24.1% 33.7% -1.3%
Return on assets -20.5% 16.2% -0.8%
Return on invested capital -24.9% 20.5% -2.0%
Return on capital employed -26.6% 22.3% -1.8%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.8x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 7.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWRDQCOMBIDU
Debt / assets 6.3% 22.3% 15.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x –
Debt / FCF – 1.2x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 17.5% 51.8% 40.1%
Equity / assets 82.5% 48.2% 59.9%
Interest coverage – 14.8x -2.7x
Current ratio 5.4x 2.0x 2.3x
Quick ratio 4.0x 1.1x 2.0x
Cash ratio 3.7x 0.7x 1.9x
Altman Z-score 2.21 6.20 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWRDQCOMBIDU
Dividend yield – 2.0% –
Net buyback yield – 4.5% –
Shareholder yield – 6.5% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 36.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% –

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.

ConsensusWRDQCOMBIDU
Forward P/E – 17.1xFY2026 14.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.62FY2026 $10.79FY2026 $5.42FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -10.3%FY2026 -29.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -3.0% +21.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $149.56MFY2026 $45.55BFY2026 $19.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +52.8%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +88.4% -5.0% -0.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWRDQCOMBIDU
Held by institutions 26.0% 79.7% 17.5%
Institutions holding 110 3,030 490
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% +2.8% +8.1%
Institutions buying 51 1,416 236
Institutions selling 35 1,333 144
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.06 1.64

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.

WRDQCOMBIDU
WRD 1.00 0.26 0.40
QCOM 0.26 1.00 0.20
BIDU 0.40 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WRD, QCOM and BIDU?

Qualcomm (QCOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: WeRide (WRD) $1.35B, Qualcomm (QCOM) $194.67B, Baidu (BIDU) $26.63B.

Which company is growing faster?

WeRide (WRD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: WeRide (WRD) +244.8%, Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.9%, Baidu (BIDU) -0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qualcomm (QCOM) has the highest net margin (WeRide (WRD) -243.6%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 21.0%, Baidu (BIDU) -2.6%). On return on invested capital, Qualcomm (QCOM) leads (WeRide (WRD) -24.9%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.5%, Baidu (BIDU) -2.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Qualcomm (QCOM) returned the most: WeRide (WRD) -60.8%, Qualcomm (QCOM) -1.9%, Baidu (BIDU) -39.2%. Over five years, Qualcomm (QCOM) compounded fastest (Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.6%/yr, Baidu (BIDU) -14.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Qualcomm (QCOM) 1.97%. WeRide (WRD) and Baidu (BIDU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Baidu (BIDU) has been the steadiest (WeRide (WRD) 60.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 53.0%, Baidu (BIDU) 47.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WRD, QCOM and BIDU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qualcomm (QCOM) leads on 5. 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.