Friday, July 26, 2013

Baidu’s revenue up 39% in Q2

News this week: Market leading Chinese-language Internet search provider, Baidu, reported revenues of US$1.2 billion for the quarter ended 30th June 2013, a 39% year-on-year increase. However, net income attributable to the company dropped by 4.5% from last year, amounting to US$431 million. Diluted earnings per share in the period were RMB 7.52 (US$1.22).

In the second quarter of 2013, the number of active online marketing customers jumped by 33% over 2012 reaching 468,000. Revenue per online marketing customer in the period was US$2,623, a rise of 3.9% over last year.


Baidu’s management expects revenues in the third quarter to be between US$1.46 billion and US$1.46 billion, representing an increase of 40%-43% over the third quarter in 2012. Revenues generated in the third quarter of 2012 were US$995 million.

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