Growth Metrics

Baidu (BIDU) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Baidu has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 4.53% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1574.0% year-over-year to 4.53%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 7.01%, down 3413.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.51%, 2049.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 4.53% at Baidu, up from 91.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 29.68% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 91.1% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 15.53% and a median of 21.87% in 2022 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 1851bps in 2021 and later plummeted -12056bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 9.44% in 2021, then soared by 149bps to 23.47% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 25.9% in 2023, then decreased by -22bps to 20.26% in 2024, then tumbled by -78bps to 4.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for BIDU at 4.53% in Q4 2025, 91.1% in Q3 2025, and 18.72% in Q2 2025.