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6-K 1 d938996d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K
 
 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2025

Commission File Number: 000-51469

 

 

BAIDU, INC.

 

 

Baidu Campus

No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street

Haidian District, Beijing 100085

The People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒    Form 40-F ☐

 

 
 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Baidu, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby furnishes the press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, which is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Company hereby also furnishes the reconciliation of the material differences between its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 prepared under the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the International Financial Reporting Standards, which is attached hereto as exhibit 99.2.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release –– Baidu Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results
99.2    Reconciliation Between the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the International Financial Reporting Standards


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BAIDU, INC.

By

 

:

 

/s/ Haijian He

Name   :   Haijian He
Title   :   Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 20, 2025

EX-99.1 2 d938996dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Baidu Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results

BEIJING, China, Aug 20, 2025 – Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)), (“Baidu” or the “Company”), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025.

“In the second quarter, our AI Cloud business continued to deliver robust and healthy revenue growth, supported by our strengthening full-stack AI capabilities and comprehensive end-to-end AI products and solutions. This performance helped mitigate the near-term pressure on online marketing business, as we intensified the AI transformation of Baidu Search to elevate user experience and establish a stronger foundation for long-term growth. Apollo Go accelerated global expansion while actively exploring new business models, underscored by our leadership in both left-hand drive and right-hand drive robotaxi markets globally,” said Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu. “We remain focused on AI initiatives that offer the greatest long-term value creation potential, where our technology and innovation can make the most meaningful and lasting impact.”

“In Q2, mainly propelled by new AI initiatives, Baidu Core’s non-online marketing revenue exceeded RMB 10 billion for the first time, delivering 34% year-over-year growth and marking a more balanced, diversified mix,” said Haijian He, CFO of Baidu. “We remain committed to our AI investments, focusing on advancing AI transformation across the Mobile Ecosystem, sustaining healthy growth momentum in AI Cloud, and accelerating Apollo Go’s global expansion. While navigating near-term challenges, we believe these strategic priorities will drive significant long-term value.”

Second Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights 1

 

     Baidu, Inc.  
(In millions except per ADS, unaudited)    Q2
2024
     Q1
2025
     Q2
2025
            YOY     QOQ  
     RMB      RMB      RMB      US$               

Total revenues

     33,931        32,452        32,713        4,567        (4 %)      1

Operating income

     5,944        4,508        3,277        457        (45 %)      (27 %) 

Operating income (non-GAAP) 2

     7,500        5,333        4,445        620        (41 %)      (17 %) 

Net income to Baidu

     5,488        7,717        7,322        1,022        33     (5 %) 
 
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Unless otherwise noted, RMB to USD was converted at an exchange rate of RMB7.1636 as of June 30, 2025, as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Translations are provided solely for the convenience of the reader.

Non-GAAP measures are defined in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section (see also “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures” for more details).

 

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Net income to Baidu (non-GAAP) 2

     7,396       6,469       4,795       669       (35 %)      (26 %) 

Diluted earnings per ADS

     15.01       21.59       20.35       2.84       36     (6 %) 

Diluted earnings per ADS (non-GAAP) 2

     21.02       18.54       13.58       1.90       (35 %)      (27 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA 2

     9,147       7,209       6,492       906       (29 %)      (10 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA margin

     27     22     20     20    

 

     Baidu Core  
(In millions, unaudited)    Q2
2024
    Q1
2025
    Q2
2025
          YOY     QOQ  
     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$              

Total revenues

     26,687       25,463       26,251       3,664       (2 %)      3

Operating income

     5,608       4,164       3,322       464       (41 %)      (20 %) 

Operating income (non-GAAP) 2

     7,005       4,872       4,385       612       (37 %)      (10 %) 

Net income to Baidu Core

     5,462       7,633       7,382       1,030       35     (3 %) 

Net income to Baidu Core (non-GAAP) 2

     7,290       6,330       4,792       669       (34 %)      (24 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA2

     8,617       6,712       6,397       893       (26 %)      (5 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA margin

     32     26     24     24    

Operational Highlights

Corporate

 

   

Baidu open-sourced the ERNIE 4.5 series, its latest and most advanced family of foundation models comprising ten models of different architectures and sizes, in June 2025. The ERNIE 4.5 series delivers strong performance particularly in instruction following, world knowledge memorization, and visual understanding.

 

   

Baidu has returned US$677 million to shareholders since the beginning of Q1 2025, bringing the cumulative repurchase to US$2.3 billion under the 2023 share repurchase program.

 

   

Baidu launched MuseSteamer, its proprietary video generation model in July 2025.

AI Cloud

 

   

Baidu AI Cloud was ranked the No.1 AI cloud provider for the sixth consecutive year, according to IDC’s 2024 report on China’s AI public cloud market, issued in July 2025.

 

   

Qianfan, Baidu’s MaaS platform, expanded its model library with the open-sourced ERNIE 4.5 series and additional third-party models, while integrating more AI tools and functions to better support AI-native application development.

 

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Intelligent Driving

 

   

Apollo Go, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing service, provided over 2.2 million fully driverless rides in the second quarter of 2025, representing a 148% year-over-year increase. As of August 2025, the cumulative rides provided to the public by Apollo Go surpassed 14 million.

 

   

Apollo Go entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc. in July 2025 to deploy thousands of Apollo Go’s fully autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform across multiple international markets, with initial deployments planned for Asia and the Middle East.

 

   

Apollo Go entered into a strategic partnership with Lyft, Inc. in August 2025 to deploy Apollo Go’s fully autonomous vehicles across key European markets through the Lyft platform, starting with Germany and the United Kingdom and scaling to thousands of vehicles across Europe.

 

   

Apollo Go expanded its open-road testing area in Hong Kong to Tung Chung residential areas in June 2025, and to the Southern District in August.

 

   

Apollo Go commenced open-road testing in designated areas in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi in August 2025.

 

   

Apollo Go’s global footprint covered 16 cities as of June 2025.

Mobile Ecosystem

 

   

The AI transformation of Baidu Search accelerated rapidly. By the end of June, over 50% of mobile search result pages contained AI-generated content, up from 35% in April. By July, 64% of mobile search result pages contained AI-generated content, with traditional link-based results progressively replaced by structured, intelligent, and multimodal-first AI answers.

 

   

In June 2025, Baidu App’s MAUs reached 735 million, up 5% year over year.

 

   

Managed Page accounted for 50% of Baidu Core’s online marketing revenue in the second quarter of 2025.

Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Total revenues were RMB32.7 billion ($4.57 billion), decreasing 4% year over year.

 

   

Revenue from Baidu Core was RMB26.3 billion ($3.66 billion), decreasing 2% year over year; online marketing revenue was RMB16.2 billion ($2.27 billion), decreasing 15% year over year, and non-online marketing revenue was RMB10.0 billion ($1.40 billion), up 34% year over year, primarily driven by the boost of AI Cloud business.

 

   

Revenue from iQIYI was RMB6.6 billion ($926 million), decreasing 11% year over year.

Cost of revenues was RMB18.4 billion ($2.56 billion), increasing 12% year over year, primarily due to an increase in costs related to AI Cloud business and content costs.

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB6.0 billion ($832 million), increasing 5% year over year, primarily due to an increase in channel spending expenses, partially offset by a decrease in personnel-related expenses.

Research and development expenses were RMB5.1 billion ($715 million), decreasing 13% year over year, primarily due to a decrease in personnel-related expenses.

Operating income was RMB3.3 billion ($457 million). Baidu Core operating income was RMB3.3 billion ($464 million), and Baidu Core operating margin was 13%. Non-GAAP operating income was RMB4.4 billion ($620 million). Non-GAAP Baidu Core operating income was RMB4.4 billion ($612 million), and non-GAAP Baidu Core operating margin was 17%.

Total other income, net was RMB4.9 billion ($678 million), increasing 531% year over year, primarily due to an increase in fair value gain and pickup of earnings from long-term investments, partially offset by an increase in net foreign exchange loss arising from exchange rate fluctuation between Renminbi and U.S. dollar.

Income tax expense was RMB881 million ($123 million), compared to RMB1.1 billion in the same period last year.

Net income attributable to Baidu was RMB7.3 billion ($1.02 billion), and diluted earnings per ADS was RMB20.35 ($2.84). Net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB7.4 billion ($1.03 billion), and net margin for Baidu Core was 28%. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu was RMB4.8 billion ($669 million). Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS was RMB13.58 ($1.90). Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB4.8 billion ($669 million), and non-GAAP net margin for Baidu Core was 18%.

Adjusted EBITDA was RMB6.5 billion ($906 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin was 20%. Adjusted EBITDA for Baidu Core was RMB6.4 billion ($893 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin for Baidu Core was 24%.

As of June 30, 2025, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments were RMB124.2 billion ($17.34 billion), and cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments excluding iQIYI were RMB119.9 billion ($16.74 billion). As of June 30, 2025, cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments for Baidu Core were RMB229.7 billion ($32.07 billion). Free cash flow was negative RMB4.7 billion (negative $653 million), and free cash flow excluding iQIYI was negative RMB4.6 billion (negative $648 million), primarily due to an increase of investment in AI business. We define net cash position as total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments, net, long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments, and others, less total loans, convertible senior notes, and notes payable. As of June 30, 2025, net cash position for Baidu was RMB155.1 billion ($21.66 billion).

 

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Conference Call Information

Baidu’s management will hold an earnings conference call at 8.00 AM on Aug 20, 2025, U.S. Eastern Time (8.00 PM on Aug 20, 2025, Beijing Time).

Please register in advance of the conference call using the link provided below. It will automatically direct you to the registration page of “Baidu Inc. Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call”. Please follow the steps to enter your registration details, then click “Register”. Upon registering, you will then be provided with the dial-in number, the passcode, and your unique access PIN. This information will also be emailed to you as a calendar invite.

For pre-registration, please click:

https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10049043-p7skv7.html

In the 10 minutes prior to the call start time, you may use the conference access information (including dial-in number(s), the passcode and unique access PIN) provided in the calendar invite that you have received following your pre-registration.

Additionally, a live and archived webcast of this conference call will be available at https://ir.baidu.com.

About Baidu

Founded in 2000, Baidu’s mission is to make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu is a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, trading on NASDAQ under “BIDU” and HKEX under “9888”. One Baidu ADS represents eight Class A ordinary shares.

Contacts

Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.

Tel: +86-10-5992-8888

Email: ir@baidu.com

 

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Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “confident” and similar statements. Among other things, Baidu’s and other parties’ strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Baidu may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in announcements made on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about Baidu’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Baidu’s growth strategies; its future business development, including development of new products and services; its ability to attract and retain users and customers; competition in the Chinese Internet search and newsfeed market; competition for online marketing customers; changes in the Company’s revenues and certain cost or expense items as a percentage of its revenues; the outcome of ongoing, or any future, litigation or arbitration, including those relating to intellectual property rights; the expected growth of the Chinese-language Internet search and newsfeed market and the number of Internet and broadband users in China; Chinese governmental policies relating to the Internet and Internet search providers, and general economic conditions in China and elsewhere. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and announcements on the website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Baidu does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release, and Baidu undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement Baidu’s consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, Baidu uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu, non-GAAP net margin, non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Baidu believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance and liquidity by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its recurring core business operating results, such as operating performance excluding non-cash charges or non-operating in nature. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management’s internal comparisons to Baidu’s historical performance and liquidity. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that these non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company’s results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company’s data.

Non-GAAP operating income represents operating income excluding share-based compensation expenses, and amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations.

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu represents net income attributable to Baidu excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, disposal gain or loss, impairment of long-term investments, and fair value gain or loss of long-term investments and exchangeable bonds, adjusted for related income tax effects. Baidu’s share of equity method investments for these non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization and impairment of intangible assets not on the investees’ books, accretion of their redeemable non-controlling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per share, adjusted for related income tax effects, are also excluded.

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS represents diluted earnings per ADS calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares expressed in ADS. Adjusted EBITDA represents operating income excluding depreciation, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, and share-based compensation expenses.

For more information on non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned “Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measure.”

 

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Baidu, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(In millions except for per share (or ADS) information, unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     June 30,
2024
    March 31,
2025
    June 30,
2025
    June 30,
2025
    June 30,
2024
    June 30,
2025
    June 30,
2025
 
     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$(2)     RMB     RMB     US$(2)  

Revenues:

              

Online marketing services

     20,625       17,306       17,485       2,441       39,115       34,791       4,857  

Others

     13,306       15,146       15,228       2,126       26,329       30,374       4,240  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     33,931       32,452       32,713       4,567       65,444       65,165       9,097  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

              

Cost of revenues(1)

     16,398       17,487       18,357       2,563       31,689       35,844       5,004  

Selling, general and administrative(1)

     5,700       5,913       5,960       832       11,075       11,873       1,657  

Research and development(1)

     5,889       4,544       5,119       715       11,252       9,663       1,349  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     27,987       27,944       29,436       4,110       54,016       57,380       8,010  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     5,944       4,508       3,277       457       11,428       7,785       1,087  

Other income:

              

Interest income

     1,993       2,664       1,957       273       4,084       4,621       645  

Interest expense

     (742     (801     (701     (98     (1,508     (1,502     (210

Foreign exchange gain (loss), net

     93       (210     (621     (87     494       (831     (116

Share of (losses) earnings from equity method investments

     (119     574       694       97       (324     1,268       177  

Others, net

     (454     2,260       3,534       493       (729     5,794       809  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income, net

     771       4,487       4,863       678       2,017       9,350       1,305  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     6,715       8,995       8,140       1,135       13,445       17,135       2,392  

Income tax expense

     1,131       1,177       881       123       2,014       2,058       287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     5,584       7,818       7,259       1,012       11,431       15,077       2,105  

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     96       101       (63     (10     495       38       5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Baidu

     5,488       7,717       7,322       1,022       10,936       15,039       2,100  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per ADS (1 ADS representing 8 Class A ordinary shares):

 

           

-Basic

     15.11       21.86       20.90       2.92       30.12       42.76       5.97  

-Diluted

     15.01       21.59       20.35       2.84       29.98       41.95       5.86  

Earnings per share for Class A and Class B ordinary shares:

 

           

-Basic

     1.89       2.73       2.61       0.36       3.77       5.35       0.75  

-Diluted

     1.88       2.70       2.54       0.35       3.74       5.24       0.73  

Weighted average number of Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding (in millions):

 

         

-Basic

     2,796       2,751       2,720       2,720       2,800       2,735       2,735  

-Diluted

     2,804       2,762       2,730       2,730       2,810       2,746       2,746  

(1) Includes share-based compensation expenses as follows:

 

           

Cost of revenues

     146       77       120       17       254       197       28  

Selling, general and administrative

     385       313       276       38       802       589       82  

Research and development

     981       361       685       96       1,599       1,046       146  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation expenses

     1,512       751       1,081       151       2,655       1,832       256  

 

(2)

All translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB7.1636 to US$1.00, the exchange rate in effect as of June 30, 2025 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

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Baidu, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions, unaudited)

 

     December 31,
2024
     June 30,
2025
     June 30,
2025
 
     RMB      RMB      US$  

ASSETS

        

Current assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     24,832        29,940        4,179  

Restricted cash

     11,697        320        45  

Short-term investments, net

     102,608        93,926        13,112  

Accounts receivable, net

     10,104        11,568        1,615  

Amounts due from related parties

     790        758        106  

Other current assets, net

     18,818        20,706        2,890  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     168,849        157,218        21,947  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current assets:

        

Fixed assets, net

     30,102        32,456        4,531  

Licensed copyrights, net

     6,930        6,670        931  

Produced content, net

     14,695        14,468        2,020  

Intangible assets, net

     772        3,266        456  

Goodwill

     22,586        37,637        5,254  

Long-term investments, net

     41,721        45,103        6,296  

Long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments

     98,535        110,123        15,373  

Amounts due from related parties

     137        119        17  

Deferred tax assets, net

     2,193        2,352        328  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     10,898        10,682        1,491  

Receivables related to the proposed acquisition of YY Live, net

     13,547        —         —   

Other non-current assets

     16,815        30,475        4,253  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

     258,931        293,351        40,950  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     427,780        450,569        62,897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY

 

     

Current liabilities:

        

Short-term loans

     10,669        7,048        984  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     41,443        38,208        5,334  

Customer deposits and deferred revenue

     14,624        13,142        1,835  

Deferred income

     684        490        68  

Long-term loans, current portion

     168        15,022        2,097  

Convertible senior notes, current portion

     242        1,484        207  

Notes payable, current portion

     8,026        4,653        650  

Amounts due to related parties

     1,794        1,636        228  

Operating lease liabilities

     3,303        3,442        480  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     80,953        85,125        11,883  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities:

        

Deferred income

     231        194        27  

Deferred revenue

     585        663        93  

Amounts due to related parties

     56        46        6  

Long-term loans

     15,596        2,300        321  

Notes payable

     27,996        46,512        6,493  

Convertible senior notes

     8,351        6,739        941  

Deferred tax liabilities

     3,870        4,196        586  

Operating lease liabilities

     4,973        4,643        648  

Other non-current liabilities

     1,557        2,239        312  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

     63,215        67,532        9,427  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     144,168        152,657        21,310  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

     9,870        12,652        1,766  

Equity

        

Total Baidu shareholders’ equity

     263,620        275,057        38,396  

Noncontrolling interests

     10,122        10,203        1,425  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total equity

     273,742        285,260        39,821  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and equity

     427,780        450,569        62,897  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

9


Baidu, Inc.

Selected Information

(In millions, unaudited)

 

    Three months ended
June 30, 2024 (RMB)
    Three months ended
March 31, 2025 (RMB)
    Three months ended
June 30, 2025 (RMB)
    Three months ended
June 30, 2025 (US$)
 
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Elim &
adj(2)
    Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Elim &
adj(2)
    Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Elim &
adj(2)
    Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Elim &
adj(2)
    Baidu,
Inc.
 

Total revenues

    26,687       7,439       (195     33,931       25,463       7,186       (197     32,452       26,251       6,628       (166     32,713       3,664       926       (23     4,567  

YOY

                    (2 %)      (11 %)        (4 %)         

QOQ

                    3     (8 %)        1        

Costs and expenses:

                               

Cost of revenues (1)

    10,888       5,678       (168     16,398       12,246       5,406       (165     17,487       13,214       5,292       (149     18,357       1,844       739       (20     2,563  

Selling, general and administrative (1)

    4,751       970       (21     5,700       4,921       1,026       (34     5,913       5,018       960       (18     5,960       700       134       (2     832  

Research and development (1)

    5,440       449       —        5,889       4,132       412       —        4,544       4,697       422       —        5,119       656       59       —        715  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

    21,079       7,097       (189     27,987       21,299       6,844       (199     27,944       22,929       6,674       (167     29,436       3,200       932       (22     4,110  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

YOY

                               

Cost of revenues

                    21     (7 %)        12        

Selling, general and administrative

                    6     (1 %)        5        

Research and development

                    (14 %)      (6 %)        (13 %)         

Costs and expenses

                    9     (6 %)        5        

Operating income (loss)

    5,608       342       (6     5,944       4,164       342       2       4,508       3,322       (46     1       3,277       464       (6     (1     457  

YOY

                    (41 %)      —          (45 %)         

QOQ

                    (20 %)      —          (27 %)         

Operating margin

    21     5       18     16     5       14     13     (1 %)        10        

Add: total other income (loss), net

    1,011       (240     —        771       4,602       (115     —        4,487       4,925       (62     —        4,863       687       (9     —        678  

Less: income tax expense

    1,105       26       —        1,131       1,136       41       —        1,177       854       27       —        881       119       4       —        123  

Less: net income (loss) attributable to NCI

    52       7       37 (3)      96       (3     4       100 (3)      101       11       (1     (73 )(3)      (63     2       —        (12 )(3)      (10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu

    5,462       69       (43     5,488       7,633       182       (98     7,717       7,382       (134     74       7,322       1,030       (19     11       1,022  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

YOY

                    35     —          33        

QOQ

                    (3 %)      —          (5 %)         

Net margin

    20     1       16     30     3       24     28     (2 %)        22        

Non-GAAP financial measures:

                               

Operating income (non-GAAP)

    7,005       501         7,500       4,872       459         5,333       4,385       59         4,445       612       9         620  

YOY

                    (37 %)      (88 %)        (41 %)         

QOQ

                    (10 %)      (87 %)        (17 %)         

Operating margin (non-GAAP)

    26     7       22     19     6       16     17     1       14        

Net income attributable to Baidu (non-GAAP)

    7,290       247         7,396       6,330       304         6,469       4,792       15         4,795       669       2         669  

YOY

                    (34 %)      (94 %)        (35 %)         

QOQ

                    (24 %)      (95 %)        (26 %)         

Net margin (non-GAAP)

    27     3       22     25     4       20     18     0       15        

Adjusted EBITDA

    8,617       536         9,147       6,712       495         7,209       6,397       94         6,492       893       14         906  

YOY

                    (26 %)      (82 %)        (29 %)         

QOQ

                    (5 %)      (81 %)        (10 %)         

Adjusted EBITDA margin

    32     7       27     26     7       22     24     1       20        

(1) Includes share-based compensation as follows:

                               

Cost of revenues

    117       29         146       50       27         77       88       32         120       12       5         17  

Selling, general and administrative

    292       93         385       257       56         313       238       38         276       33       5         38  

Research and development

    945       36         981       329       32         361       652       33         685       91       5         96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation

    1,354       158         1,512       636       115         751       978       103         1,081       136       15         151  

 

(2)

Relates to intersegment eliminations and adjustments 

(3)

Relates to the net income attributable to iQIYI noncontrolling interests 

 

10


Baidu, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In millions,unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended  
     June 30, 2024 (RMB)     March 31, 2025 (RMB)     June 30, 2025 (RMB)     June 30, 2025 (US$)  
     Baidu
excl.
iQIYI
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
excl.
iQIYI
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
excl.
iQIYI
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
excl.
iQIYI
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     7,970       409       8,379       (6,340     339       (6,001     (864     (13     (877     (120     (2     (122

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     13,824       337       14,161       (1,175     (30     (1,205     (8,428     (113     (8,541     (1,176     (16     (1,192

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (9,946     869       (9,077     19,639       860       20,499       (8,688     (465     (9,153     (1,213     (65     (1,278

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     66       22       88       (5     (1     (6     (210     (28     (238     (29     (4     (33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     11,914       1,637       13,551       12,119       1,168       13,287       (18,190     (619     (18,809     (2,538     (87     (2,625

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

                        

At beginning of period

     36,964       6,270       43,234       32,999       3,590       36,589       45,118       4,758       49,876       6,298       664       6,962  

At end of period

     48,878       7,907       56,785       45,118       4,758       49,876       26,928       4,139       31,067       3,760       577       4,337  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     7,970       409       8,379       (6,340     339       (6,001     (864     (13     (877     (120     (2     (122

Less: Capital expenditures

     (2,090     (28     (2,118     (2,869     (31     (2,900     (3,779     (21     (3,800     (528     (3     (531
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

     5,880       381       6,261       (9,209     308       (8,901     (4,643     (34     (4,677     (648     (5     (653

Note: Baidu excl. iQIYI represents Baidu, Inc. minus iQIYI’s consolidated cash flows.  Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures

 

11


Baidu, Inc.

(In millions except for per ADS information, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended  
     June 30, 2024 (RMB)     March 31, 2025 (RMB)     June 30, 2025 (RMB)     June 30, 2025 (US$)  
     Baidu
Core
    iQIYI      Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
 

Operating income (loss)

     5,608       342        5,944       4,164       342       4,508       3,322       (46     3,277       464       (6     457  

Add: Share-based compensation expenses

     1,354       158        1,512       636       115       751       978       103       1,081       136       15       151  

Add: Amortization and impairment of intangible assets(1)

     43       1        44       72       2       74       85       2       87       12       —        12  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (non-GAAP)

     7,005       501        7,500       4,872       459       5,333       4,385       59       4,445       612       9       620  

Add: Depreciation of fixed assets

     1,612       35        1,647       1,840       36       1,876       2,012       35       2,047       281       5       286  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     8,617       536        9,147       6,712       495       7,209       6,397       94       6,492       893       14       906  

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu

     5,462       69        5,488       7,633       182       7,717       7,382       (134     7,322       1,030       (19     1,022  

Add: Share-based compensation expenses

     1,353       158        1,425       635       115       687       977       103       1,024       136       14       142  

Add: Amortization and impairment of intangible assets(1)

     41       1        41       70       2       71       83       2       84       12       —        12  

Add: Disposal (gain)

     (30     —         (30     (91     —        (91     (262     —        (267     (37     —        (37

Add: Impairment of long-term investments

     26       17        34       —        2       1       101       26       113       14       4       16  

Add: Fair value loss (gain) of long-term investments and exchangeable bonds

     531       2        531       (1,889     (2     (1,890     (3,317     18       (3,309     (462     3       (462

Add: Reconciling items on equity method investments(2)

     83       —         83       (66     5       (64     (121     —        (121     (17     —        (17

Add: Tax effects on non-GAAP adjustments(3)

     (176     —         (176     38       —        38       (51     —        (51     (7     —        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Baidu (non-GAAP)

     7,290       247        7,396       6,330       304       6,469       4,792       15       4,795       669       2       669  

Diluted earnings per ADS

          15.01           21.59           20.35           2.84  

Add: Accretion of the redeemable noncontrolling interests

          0.57           0.57           0.64           0.09  

Add: Non-GAAP adjustments to earnings per ADS

          5.44           (3.62         (7.41         (1.03
       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per ADS (non-GAAP)

          21.02           18.54           13.58           1.90  

 

(1)

This represents amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations.

(2)

This represents Baidu’s share of equity method investments for other non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization and impairment of intangible assets not on the investee’s books, accretion of their redeemable noncontrolling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per share.

(3)

This represents tax impact of all non-GAAP adjustments.

 

12

EX-99.2 3 d938996dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Reconciliation between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards

Ernst & Young was engaged by the Company to conduct limited assurance engagement in accordance with International Standards on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised), Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information(“ISAE 3000 (Revised)”) issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) on the ‘Reconciliation between U.S. GAAP and IFRS Accounting Standards (the “IFRSs”) as set out on pages [ ] to [ ] of the 2025 Second Quarter Results (together, the “GAAP Difference Reconciliation”).

Ernst & Young’s engagement did not involve independent examination of any of the underlying financial information. The work carried out in accordance with ISAE 3000 (Revised) is different in scope from an audit or a review conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing or International Standards on Review Engagements issued by the IAASB and consequently, Ernst & Young did not express an audit opinion nor a review conclusion on the GAAP Difference Reconciliation. Ernst & Young’s engagement was intended solely for the use of the Directors in connection with the above purpose for this 2025 Second Quarter Results and may not be suitable for another purpose.

The procedures performed by Ernst & Young were based on their professional judgment, having regard to their understanding of the management’s process on preparing the GAAP Difference Reconciliation, nature, business performance and financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”). Given the circumstances of the engagement, the procedures performed included:

 

  (i)

Comparing the relevant financial information in the columns “Amounts as reported under U.S. GAAP” as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation with the respective line items in the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of income for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as at June 30, 2025 (the “Interim Financial Statements”) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (the “U.S. GAAP”), as appropriate;

 

  (ii)

Evaluating the assessment made by the board of directors in identifying the differences between the accounting treatments according to the Company’s accounting policies in accordance with the U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, and the evidence supporting the IFRS adjustments made in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation in arriving at the “Amounts under IFRSs” as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation; and

 

  (iii)

Checking the arithmetic accuracy of the computation of the Group’s financial information in the columns “Amounts under IFRSs” as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation.

The procedures performed by Ernst & Young in this limited assurance engagement vary in nature and timing from, and are less in extent than for a reasonable assurance engagement. Consequently, the level of assurance obtained in a limited assurance engagement is substantially lower than the assurance that would have been obtained had a reasonable assurance engagement been performed. Accordingly, Ernst & Young do not express a reasonable assurance opinion.

 

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Based on the procedures performed and evidence obtained, Ernst & Young has concluded that nothing has come to their attention that causes them to believe:

 

  (i)

the amounts in the columns “Amounts as reported under U.S. GAAP” as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation for the six months ended June 30, 2025 are not, in agreement with the respective line items in the Interim Financial Statements prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP;

 

  (ii)

the IFRSs adjustments as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation, do not reflect, in all material respects, the different accounting treatments according to the Group’s accounting policies in accordance with the U.S. GAAP and the IFRSs of the relevant period; and

 

  (iii)

the computation of the amounts in the columns “Amounts under IFRSs” as disclosed in the GAAP Difference Reconciliation are not arithmetically accurate.

 

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Reconciliation of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Extract)

 

           For the six months ended June 30, 2024         
           IFRS adjustments         
     Amounts as
reported
under U.S.
GAAP
    Investments
in debt
investments
    Investments
measured
at fair value
    Equity
method
investments
    Operating
leases
    Redeemable
preferred
shares
    Share-based
compensation
    Convertible
senior
notes
     Amounts
under
IFRSs
 
           (Note (i))     (Note (ii))     (Note (iii))     (Note (iv))     (Note (v))     (Note (vi))     (Note (vii))         
     (RMB in millions)         

Cost of revenues

     31,689       —        —        —        (139     —        (24     —         31,526  

Selling, general and administrative

     11,075       —        —        —        (5     —        (92     —         10,978  

Research and development

     11,252       —        —        —        (44     —        (202     —         11,006  

Other income (loss):

                   

-   Interest income

     4,084       (1,245     —        —        —        —        —        —         2,839  

-   Interest expense

     (1,508     —        —        —        (158     —        —        461        (1,205

-   Others(1)

     (1,053     1,110       (286     3,087       —        475       —        217        3,550  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     13,445       (135     (286     3,087       30       475       318       678        17,612  

Income taxes

     2,014       (11     (102     (5     8       (45     —           1,859  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

     11,431       (124     (184     3,092       22       520       318       678        15,753  

Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     495       —        (94     —        (2     1       16       371        787  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Baidu, Inc.

     10,936       (124     (90     3,092       24       519       302       307        14,966  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Reconciliation of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Extract)

 

           For the six months ended June 30, 2025        
           IFRS adjustments        
     Amounts as
reported
under U.S.
GAAP
    Investments
in debt
investments
    Investments
measured
at fair value
    Equity
method
investments
    Operating
leases
    Redeemable
preferred
shares
    Share-based
compensation
    Convertible
senior notes
    Amounts
under
IFRSs
 
           (Note (i))     (Note (ii))     (Note (iii))     (Note (iv))     (Note (v))     (Note (vi))     (Note (vii))        
     (RMB in millions)  

Cost of revenues

     35,844       —        —        —        (73     —        (19     —        35,752  

Selling, general and administrative

     11,873       —        —        —        (6     —        (52     —        11,815  

Research and development

     9,663       —        —        —        (16     —        (109     —        9,538  

Other income (loss):

                  

-   Interest income

     4,621       (1,386     —        —        —        —        —        —        3,235  

-   Interest expense

     (1,502     —        —        —        (149     —        —        362       (1,289

-   Others(1)

     7,062       1,591       (106     37       —        186       —        (347     8,423  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     17,135       205       (106     37       (54     186       180       15       17,598  

Income taxes

     2,058       17       (9     (5     (8     (7     —        —        2,046  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     15,077       188       (97     42       (46     193       180       15       15,552  

Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     38       —        (47     —        (1     —        25       8       23  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Baidu, Inc.

     15,039       188       (50     42       (45     193       155       7       15,529  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

“Others” represents net of “Others, net” and “Share of losses from equity method investments” as reported under U.S. GAAP.

 

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Reconciliation of Consolidated Balance Sheets (Extract)

 

            As of December 31, 2024        
            IFRS adjustments        
     Amounts as
reported
under U.S.
GAAP
     Investments
in debt
investments
     Investments
measured
at fair value
     Equity
method
investments
    Operating
leases
    Redeemable
preferred
shares
    Share-Based
compensation
     Convertible
senior
notes
    Amounts
under
IFRSs
 
            (Note (i))      (Note (ii))      (Note (iii))     (Note (iv))     (Note (v))     (Note (vi))      (Note (vii))        
     (RMB in millions)  

Short-term investments, net

     102,608        105        —         —        —        —        —         —        102,713  

Long-term investments, net

     41,721        —         653        (1,021     —        —        —         —        41,353  

Long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments

     98,535        86        —         —        —        —        —         —        98,621  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     10,898        —         —         —        (136     —        —         —        10,762  

Deferred tax assets, net

     2,193        —         —         —        10       —        17        —        2,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     427,780        191        653        (1,021     (126     —        17        —        427,494  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible senior notes

     8,593        —         —         —        —        —        —         (682     7,911  

Redeemable preferred shares

     —         —         —         —        —        7,752       —         —        7,752  

Deferred tax liabilities

     3,870        28        29        (16     —        (23     —         —        3,888  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     144,168        28        29        (16     —        7,729       —         (682     151,256  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

     9,870        —         —         —        —        (9,870     —         —        —   

Total Baidu, Inc. shareholders’ equity

     263,620        163        405        (1,005     (92     1,955       17        308       265,371  

Noncontrolling interests

     10,122        —         219        —        (34     186       —         374       10,867  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     273,742        163        624        (1,005     (126     2,141       17        682       276,238  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Reconciliation of Consolidated Balance Sheets (Extract)

 

            As of June 30, 2025        
            IFRS adjustments        
     Amounts as
reported
under U.S.
GAAP
     Investments
in debt
investments
     Investments
measured
at fair value
     Equity
method
investments
    Operating
leases
    Redeemable
preferred
shares
    Share-Based
compensation
     Convertible
senior notes
    Amounts
under
IFRSs
 
            (Note (i))      (Note (ii))      (Note (iii))     (Note (iv))     (Note (v))     (Note (vi))      (Note (vii))        
     (RMB in millions)  

Short-term investments, net

     93,926        300        —         —        —        —        —         —        94,226  

Long-term investments, net

     45,103        —         540        (1,033     —        —        —         —        44,610  

Long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments

     110,123        96        —         —        —        —        —         —        110,219  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     10,682        —         —         —        (192     —        —         —        10,490  

Deferred tax assets, net

     2,352        —         —         —        19       —        17        —        2,388  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     450,569        396        540        (1,033     (173     —        17        —        450,316  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible senior notes

     8,223        —         —         —        —        —        —         (681     7,542  

Redeemable preferred shares

     —         —         —         —        —        9,701       —         —        9,701  

Deferred tax liabilities

     4,196        45        18        (21     —        (4     —         —        4,234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     152,657        45        18        (21     —        9,697       —         (681     161,715  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

     12,652        —         —         —        —        (12,652     —         —        —   

Total Baidu, Inc. shareholders’ equity

     275,057        351        318        (1,012     (137     2,768       17        307       277,669  

Noncontrolling interests

     10,203        —         204        —        (36     187       —         374       10,932  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     285,260        351        522        (1,012     (173     2,955       17        681       288,601  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes:

(i) Investments in debt investments

Under U.S. GAAP, the classification and measurement of debt investments are based on the entity’s investment intent. Debt investments that the Group has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity (HTM) investments and stated at amortized cost less allowance for credit losses. Debt investments that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading investments and measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt investments that are not classified as trading or as HTM are classified as available-for-sale (AFS) investments and measured at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).

Under IFRSs, the classification and measurement of debt instruments, depends on the instrument’s contractual cash flow (CCF) characteristics and the business model under which they are managed. The assessment of the CCF determines whether the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. Debt investments are measured at amortized cost if they pass the CCF characteristics test and are held with the objective of collecting CCF. Debt investments are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (loss) if they pass the CCF characteristics test and are held with the objective of both collecting CCF and selling financial assets. Debt investments that are not measured at amortized cost or fair value through other comprehensive income (loss) is measured at fair value through profit or loss. Therefore, adjustments were made to the debt investments that should be classified as fair value through profit or loss because they did not meet CCF under IFRSs.

(ii) Investments measured at fair value

Under U.S. GAAP, for equity investments without readily determinable fair value and do not qualify for the net asset value per share practical expedient, the Group elects to use the measurement alternative to measure these investments at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer, if any.

Available-for-sale debt investments are convertible debt instruments and investments in preferred shares that are currently redeemable at the Group’s option. Under U.S. GAAP, these available-for-sale debt investments are measured at fair value. Interest income is recognized in earnings. All other changes in the carrying amount of these debt investments are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

Under IFRSs, these investments were classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through profit or loss.

(iii) Equity method investments

The Group as the investor recorded its share of earnings or losses from its equity method investees in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Under IFRSs, the accounting policies of the equity method investees must be the same as those of the investor. Therefore, adjustments were made to the Group’s share of earnings or losses of the investees, from U.S. GAAP to IFRSs, for the IFRS reconciliation.

(iv) Operating leases

Under U.S. GAAP, at lease commencement date, the Group classifies a lease as a finance lease or an operating lease. For operating leases, the lease liability is based on the present value of the remaining lease payments using the discount rate determined at lease commencement date, while the right-of-use asset is remeasured at the amount of the lease liability, adjusted for the remaining balance of any lease incentives received cumulative prepaid or accrued rents, unamortized initial direct costs and any impairment. This treatment under U.S. GAAP generally results in expenses being incurred on a straight- line basis over the lease term.

Under IFRSs, all leases are accounted for similar to finance leases under U.S. GAAP where right-of-use assets are generally depreciated on a straight-line basis while lease liabilities are measured under the effective interest method, which results in higher expenses at the beginning of the lease term and lower expenses towards the end of the lease term.

(v) Redeemable preferred shares

Under U.S. GAAP, the Group classified the redeemable preferred shares in redeemable noncontrolling interests (mezzanine-equity), in the consolidated balance sheets, initially recorded at fair value, net of issuance costs. The Group elects to use the effective interest method to account for the changes of redemption value over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date of the preferred shares.

Under IFRSs, these investments were classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through profit or loss. The amounts of changes in fair value of the redeemable preferred shares that were attributed to changes in credit risk of the redeemable preferred shares were recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

 

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(vi) Share-based compensation

Under U.S. GAAP, the Group elects to recognize share-based compensation using the straight-line method for all share-based awards issued with no performance obligations. Under U.S. GAAP, the Group elects to determine the total fair value of the share options by estimating the value of the option subject to graded vesting as a single award using an average expected life.

Under IFRSs, the accelerated method is required to recognize compensation expense for all employee equity awards granted with graded vesting. Under IFRSs, the total fair value of the share options is required to be determined by estimating the value of each vesting tranche separately using a separate expected life.

(vii) Convertible senior notes

Under U.S. GAAP, the convertible debts are measured at amortized cost, with any difference between the initial carrying value and the repayment amount recognized as interest expenses using the effective interest method over the period from the issuance date to the maturity date.

Under IFRSs, the convertible debts were designated as at fair value through profit or loss. The convertible debts were initially recognized at their fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition, changes in fair value of the convertible debts were generally recognized in the profit or loss, except for the portion of change in fair value attributable to changes in credit risk of the convertible debts, which is recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

Under U.S. GAAP, the classification of the convertible debts as current or non-current is not affected by the holder’s option to convert the convertible debts into an equity instrument. Under the amendments to IAS 1 in 2024, the convertible debts are classified as current if the holder has an option to convert the host liability into the Group’s own equity instruments at any time before maturity, as the Group does not have the right to defer settlement for at least twelve months from the reporting date. The Group applied the amendments retrospectively as required by the amendments to IAS 1.

 

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