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 May 2020

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  ☐

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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/ Herman Yu

Name

  :  

Herman Yu

Title

  :  

Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 20, 2020


Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1—Press Release

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Baidu Announces First Quarter 2020 Results

BEIJING, China, May 18, 2020 – Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) (“Baidu” or the “Company”), a leading search engine, knowledge and information centered Internet platform and AI company, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 20201.

“Despite shelter-in-place in the first quarter, Baidu’s total revenues declined just 7% year-over-year, resulting from our diversified revenue streams, including marketing services for wide-ranging industries, new AI businesses and iQIYI. With the pandemic coming under control in China, offline activities are rebounding and Baidu stands to benefit from a restart of the Chinese economy.” said Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu. “In March, a month after the peak of COVID-19 new cases, Baidu’s traffic remained robust with Baidu App DAUs reaching 222 million, up 28% year over year, in-app search queries up 45% and feed time spent up 51%. Our strategy to strengthen Baidu’s mobile ecosystem and promote in-app search has resulted in users increasingly come to Baidu for critical and reliable information.”

“Given COVID-19 headwinds, Baidu focused on quality revenue growth and continued to be disciplined with spending ROI, to maximize long-term shareholder value. In the first quarter, despite Baidu Core revenue declining 13% year over year to US$2.2 billion, Baidu Core adjusted EBITDA increased 38% to reach US$0.7 billion, and adjusted EBITDA margin reached 30%, increasing 11 points from last year,” said Herman Yu, CFO of Baidu. “Baidu Core’s operating efficiency can be attributed to the strengthening of Baidu mobile ecosystem, enabling in-app search to grow faster and be more profitable than browser search, and growing new AI businesses with smaller losses.”

First Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights

 

     Baidu, Inc.  
     Q1     Q4     Q1              
(In millions except per ADS, unaudited)    2019     2019     2020     YOY     QOQ  
     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$              

Total revenues

     24,123       28,884       22,545       3,184       (7 %)      (22 %) 

Operating income (loss)

     (936     4,655       (437     (62     (53 %)      —    

Operating income (non-GAAP) 2

     401       6,753       1,437       203       258     (79 %) 

Net income (loss) to Baidu

     (327     6,345       41       6       —         (99 %) 

Net income to Baidu (non-GAAP) 2

     967       9,193       3,082       435       219     (66 %) 

Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS

     (0.98     18.25       0.02       0.00       —         (100 %) 

Diluted earnings per ADS (non-GAAP) 2

     2.77       26.54       8.84       1.25       219     (67 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA 2

     1,770       8,175       2,852       403       61     (65 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA margin

     7     28     13     13    

 

 

1

Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB7.0808 to US$1.00, the exchange rate in effect as of March 31, 2020 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.

2 

Non-GAAP measures are defined in Non-GAAP Financial Measures section. Also see the table captioned “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures” for more details.

 

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     Baidu Core  
(In millions, unaudited)    Q1     Q4     Q1              
     2019     2019     2020     YOY     QOQ  
     RMB     RMB     RMB     US$              

Total revenues

     17,450       21,711       15,268       2,156       (13 %)      (30 %) 

Operating income

     1,091       6,870       1,848       261       69     (73 %) 

Operating income (non-GAAP) 2

     2,110       8,492       3,348       473       59     (61 %) 

Net income to Baidu Core

     703       7,433       1,698       240       142     (77 %) 

Net income to Baidu Core (non-GAAP) 2

     1,824       9,950       4,519       638       148     (55 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA2

     3,372       9,788       4,641       656       38     (53 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA margin

     19     45     30     30    

Other Highlights

Corporate

 

   

Baidu retooled its AI capabilities to help users, municipalities and health organizations better cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of Baidu’s corporate social responsibility:

 

   

Baidu provided tens of millions of free online doctor consultations on its healthcare platform and made available its online healthcare services, such as pneumonia screening, to third-party medical apps, to free up hospitals for critical emergencies.

 

   

Baidu donated nearly 20,000 Xiaodu Smart Displays to frontline doctors and their families, allowing them to use contact-less, voice-enabled Internet and conveniently video conference home to stay in touch with their loved ones, while minimizing virus infection. DuerOS also partnered with online education organizations to enable home teaching for kids, while schools were closed down.

 

   

More than 100 Apollo-powered autonomous vehicles have been deployed across 17 cities in China, including Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xiamen, to provide medication, face mask and food deliveries, as well as unmanned fever screening and sterilization services.

 

   

Baidu AI call center solution was retooled to allow over 20 local governments and health commissions to call people and survey their health conditions and travel information. Baidu’s smart call center handled over 3 million calls in the first two months, which is equivalent to the workload of approximately 1,000 full-time employees over a month’s period. Baidu’s smart call center was also used to update the new hours of operation for businesses on Baidu Maps, as restaurants, shops and supermarkets re-opened for business.

 

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Baidu open-sourced LinearFold, its RNA analysis algorithm, to researchers worldwide for research on COVID-19. LinearFold can accelerate the prediction time of a virus’s RNA secondary structure, potentially from 55 minutes to 27 seconds, affording researchers an opportunity to better understand the pandemic and develop effective vaccines.

 

   

Baidu released its Annual ESG Report in May 2020, which details Baidu’s ESG policies and sustainability initiatives (see the report at http://csr.baidu.com/download.html).

 

   

Baidu completed a bond offering of US$1.0 billion in April 2020, consisting of US$600 million of 3.075% notes due 2025 and US$400 million of 3.425% notes due 2030, the proceeds from which are expected to be used to repay maturing bonds and for general corporate use.

 

   

Baidu returned $185 million to shareholders in the first quarter of 2020, under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program, bringing the cumulative repurchase total to approximately US$1.4 billion under the 2018 and 2019 Repurchase Programs.

 

   

Baidu’s board of directors recently approved a 2020 Share Repurchase Program effective until July 1, 2021, under which the Company may repurchase up to US$1 billion of its shares.

Mobile Ecosystem

 

   

Baidu App daily active users (“DAUs”) reached 222 million, up 28% year over year, in March 2020.

 

   

Baijiahao (“BJH”) publisher accounts reached 3.0 million, up 44% year over year, in March 2020. More original content creators are joining Baidu, due to the large user scale of the Baidu platform, including Baidu App, Haokan, Quanmin and Baidu Wiki.

 

   

App developers are migrating to Baidu Smart Mini Program (“SMP”), which allows users to access information and services within Baidu App and from its network, without having to download the individual apps. Baidu SMP monthly active users (“MAUs”) on Baidu App reached 354 million, up 96% year over year, in March 2020.

DuerOS

 

   

In March 2020, DuerOS monthly voice queries on Xiaodu devices reached 3.3 billion, up almost 5 fold from last year, and DuerOS total monthly voice queries reached 6.5 billion, up almost 3 fold from last year.

 

   

DuerOS skills store now offers over 3,800 skills in wide ranging genres, including education, video, online game and live streaming. DuerOS developer community has grown to over 40,000 members in March 2020.

 

   

DuerOS released Xiaodu Air, a 5.5-inch smart display, and Xiaodu Smart Speaker Kids Edition, which come equipped with advanced voice features, including allowing parents to personalize story telling with their own voices by recording 20 sentences and enabling parents to exit children mode through their voice prints.

 

   

IDC reported Xiaodu Smart Display ranked #1 in global smart display shipments for 2019, which has also been reported by Strategy Analytics and Canalys.

 

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Cloud, AI Services & AI Platform

 

   

Baidu signed a strategic agreement with a major public utilities company to provide AI enterprise solutions to improve customer service and office productivity. The public utilities company leveraged Baidu’s newly launched AI PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) to enable its customers to purchase electricity through facial recognition at its customer service centers, which significantly shortened queue time. Baidu AI PaaS was also used to help the customer’s employees more efficiently draft daily and weekly management reports, by recommending report highlights derived from relevant internal documents, using Baidu’s leading AI-powered recommendation engine.

 

   

Daily voice queries of Baidu IME (mobile keyboard) reached over 1 billion, increasing 185% year over year, in March 2020.

Apollo

 

   

Apollo continues to win smart transportation projects from municipalities, including Hefei (Anhui Province), Yangquan (Shanxi Province) and Chongqing, with state-of-the-art infrastructure solutions for smart transportation.

 

   

Navigant Research, a well-known research firm, names Apollo as one of the four global tier-one leaders in autonomous driving, recognizing Baidu as the only top-tier autonomous driving company from China.

 

   

Apollo received top ranking in the 2019 Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Road Test Report published by the Beijing Municipal Commission.

iQIYI

 

   

iQIYI subscribers reached 118.9 million, up 23% year over year, in March 2020. iQIYI’s large subscriber base further strengthens iQIYI’s foundation to produce entertainment-oriented blockbuster originals.

First Quarter 2020 Results

Total revenues reached RMB 22.5 billion ($3.18 billion), decreasing 7% year over year. Online marketing revenues were RMB 14.2 billion ($2.01 billion), decreasing 19% year over year. Other revenues were RMB 8.3 billion ($1.17 billion), increasing 28% year over year, driven mainly by the strong growth in iQIYI membership, cloud service and smart devices.

Revenue from Baidu Core reached RMB 15.3 billion ($2.16 billion), decreasing 13% year over year. Revenue from iQIYI reached RMB 7.6 billion ($1.08 billion), up 9% year over year. iQIYI membership revenue grew 35% year over year, offset by online advertising revenue declining 27% year over year.

Cost of revenues was RMB 14.7 billion ($2.07 billion), decreasing 1% year over year, primarily due to a decrease in traffic acquisition costs, offset by increase in content costs and impairment of intangible assets. The decrease in traffic acquisition costs reflected decreasing union revenues, as the Company focused on growing in-app search.

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB 3.9 billion ($544 million), decreasing 36% year over year, primarily due to decreased investment in channel spending and promotional marketing, as well as lower personnel related expenses.

Research and development expenses were RMB 4.4 billion ($628 million), increasing 7% year over year, primarily due to an increase in personnel related expenses.

Operating loss was RMB 437 million ($62 million) and operating margin was -2%. Baidu Core operating income was RMB 1.8 billion ($261 million) and Baidu Core operating margin was 12%.

Non-GAAP operating income was RMB 1.4 billion ($203 million) and non-GAAP operating margin was 6%. Non-GAAP Baidu Core operating income was RMB 3.3 billion ($473 million) and non-GAAP Baidu Core operating margin was 22%.

Total other loss was RMB 1.0 billion ($146 million), compared to total other income of RMB 900 million for Q1 2019. Total other loss in Q1 2020 was mainly due to impairment losses of RMB 1.6 billion ($232 million) on long-term investments.

Income tax expense was RMB 198 million ($28 million), compared to RMB 294 million in Q1 2019.

Net income attributable to Baidu was RMB 41 million ($6 million), and diluted earnings per ADS was RMB 0.02 ($0.00). Net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB 1.7 billion ($240 million). Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu was RMB 3.1 billion ($435 million), and non-GAAP net margin was 14%. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS amounted to RMB 9 ($1.25). Non-GAAP net income attributable to Baidu Core was RMB 4.5 billion ($638 million), and non-GAAP net margin for Baidu Core was 30%.

Adjusted EBITDA was RMB 2.9 billion ($403 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin was 13%. Adjusted EBITDA for Baidu Core was RMB 4.6 billion ($656 million) and adjusted EBITDA margin for Baidu Core was 30%.

As of March 31, 2020, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments were RMB 146.7 billion ($20.72 billion), and cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments excluding iQIYI were RMB 136.7 billion ($19.31 billion). Free cash flow was RMB 1.7 billion ($233 million). Free cash flow excluding iQIYI was RMB 2.3 billion ($327 million). For more information on the adoption of ASU 2019-02 beginning January 1, 2020, in accordance with the new accounting standard, please see explanation under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

 

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Financial Guidance

For the second quarter of 2020, Baidu expects revenues to be between RMB 25.0 billion ($3.5 billion) and RMB 27.3 billion ($3.9 billion), representing a growth rate of -5% to 4% year over year, which assumes that Baidu Core revenue will grow between -8% to 2% year over year. The COVID-19 situation in China is evolving, and business visibility is very limited. The above forecast reflects Baidu’s current and preliminary view, which is subject to substantial uncertainty.

Conference Call Information

Baidu’s management will hold an earnings conference call at 9:15 PM on May 18, 2020, U.S. Eastern Time (9:15 AM on May 19, 2020, Beijing/Hong Kong Time).

Please register in advance of the conference call using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode and unique registrant ID by email.

For pre-registration, please click http://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/7490173. It will automatically direct you to the registration page of “Baidu Q1 2020 Earnings Conference Call”, where you may fill in your details for RSVP. If it requires you to enter a participant conference ID, please enter “7490173”.

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

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

A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until May 26, 2020:

 

International:    +61 2 8199 0299
Passcode:    7490173

About Baidu

Baidu, Inc. is a leading search engine, knowledge and information centered Internet platform and AI company. The Company’s mission is to make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BIDU”. Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.

 

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Contacts

Investors Relations, Baidu, Inc.

Tel: +86-10-5992-8888

Email: ir@baidu.com

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, the outlook for the second quarter of 2020, quotations from management in this announcement, as well as 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 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. 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 (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) 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 not only non-cash charges, but also other items that are infrequent or unusual 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, fair value change of long-term investments, 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 shares, 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, which is adjusted for accretion for the redeemable non-controlling interests, 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.

 

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Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Starting from January 1, 2020, Baidu adopted ASU 2019-02, Improvements to Accounting for Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials, which reclassifies cash outflows for costs incurred to acquire licensed contents from investing activities to operating activities. To increase comparability, 2019 free cash flow has been retrospectively adjusted to include cash outflows of acquisition of licensed copyrights, which is presented on the same basis as 2020 and going forward.

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

 

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Baidu, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

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

 

     Three Months Ended  
     March 31,     December 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
     2019     2019     2020     2020  
     RMB     RMB     RMB     USD  

Revenues:

        

Online marketing services

     17,657       20,765       14,243       2,011  

Others

     6,466       8,119       8,302       1,173  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     24,123       28,884       22,545       3,184  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

        

Cost of revenues(1)

     14,839       15,517       14,687       2,074  

Selling, general and administrative(1)

     6,054       3,956       3,852       544  

Research and development(1)

     4,166       4,756       4,443       628  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

     25,059       24,229       22,982       3,246  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     (936     4,655       (437     (62

Other income (loss):

        

Interest income

     1,072       2,096       1,441       204  

Interest expense

     (693     (674     (751     (106

Foreign exchange income (loss), net

     (313     35       (98     (13

(Loss) gain from equity method investments

     (860     (94     181       26  

Other income (loss), net

     1,694       (664     (1,816     (257
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (loss), net

     900       699       (1,043     (146
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (36     5,354       (1,480     (208

Income tax expense

     294       304       198       28  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (330     5,050       (1,678     (236

Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (3     (1,295     (1,719     (242
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu

     (327     6,345       41       6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per ADS (1 Class A ordinary share equals 10 ADSs):

        

-Basic

     (0.98     18.28       0.05       0.01  

-Diluted

     (0.98     18.25       0.02       0.00  

Earnings (loss) per share for Class A and Class B ordinary shares:

        

-Basic

     (9.81     182.82       0.52       0.07  

-Diluted

     (9.81     182.53       0.23       0.03  

Weighted average number of Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding:

 

     

Basic

     34,966,643       34,586,035       34,577,763       34,577,763  

Diluted

     34,966,643       34,613,834       34,757,943       34,757,943  

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

        

Cost of revenues

     66       92       81       11  

Selling, general and administrative

     516       413       464       66  

Research and development

     626       1,073       945       133  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation expenses

     1,208       1,578       1,490       210  

 

(2)

All translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB 7.0808 to US$1.00, the exchange rate in effect as of Mar 31, 2020 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 except for share information, unaudited)

 

     December 31,     Mar 31,     Mar 31,  
     2019     2020     2020  
     RMB     RMB     USD  

ASSETS

      

Current assets:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

     33,443       21,761       3,073  

Restricted cash

     996       1,009       142  

Short-term investments

     112,924       123,916       17,500  

Accounts receivable, net

     7,416       7,911       1,117  

Amounts due from related parties

     1,594       1,777       251  

Other current assets, net

     9,189       8,911       1,259  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     165,562       165,285       23,342  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current assets:

      

Fixed assets, net

     18,311       17,175       2,426  

Licensed copyrights, net

     6,287       5,938       838  

Intangible assets, net

     1,600       1,226       173  

Goodwill

     18,250       18,250       2,577  

Long-term investments, net

     69,410       69,599       9,829  

Amounts due from related parties

     3,564       3,640       514  

Deferred tax assets, net

     2,193       2,321       328  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     7,332       7,458       1,053  

Other non-current assets

     8,807       8,125       1,148  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

     135,754       133,732       18,886  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     301,316       299,017       42,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

      

Current liabilities:

      

Short-term loans

     2,618       2,572       363  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     32,701       31,040       4,384  

Customer deposits and deferred revenue

     11,062       10,829       1,529  

Deferred income

     529       520       73  

Long-term loans, current portion

     737       746       105  

Notes payable, current portion

     5,219       5,308       750  

Amounts due to related parties

     2,231       2,584       365  

Operating lease liabilities

     2,283       2,416       341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     57,380       56,015       7,910  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities:

      

Deferred income

     17       24       3  

Deferred revenue

     1,009       895       126  

Amounts due to related parties

     3,846       3,868       546  

Long-term loans

     7,804       7,927       1,120  

Notes payable

     38,090       38,740       5,471  

Convertible senior notes

     12,297       12,611       1,781  

Deferred tax liabilities

     3,273       3,179       449  

Operating lease liabilities

     4,486       4,463       630  

Other non-current liabilities

     299       482       68  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

     71,121       72,189       10,194  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     128,501       128,204       18,104  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

     1,109       1,140       161  

Equity

      

Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, 825,000,000 shares authorized, and 27,381,621 shares and 27,265,366 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020

     —         —         —    

Class B Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.00005 per share, 35,400,000 shares authorized, and 7,201,254 shares and 7,201,254 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020

     —         —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

     38,714       39,996       5,649  

Retained earnings

     126,268       124,714       17,613  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,383     (1,664     (235
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Baidu shareholders’ equity

     163,599       163,046       23,027  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interests

     8,107       6,627       936  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     171,706       169,673       23,963  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and equity

     301,316       299,017       42,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2/5


Baidu, Inc.

Selected Information

(In millions except for per ADS information, unaudited)

 

    Three months ended
March 31, 2019 (RMB)
    Three months ended
December31, 2019 (RMB)
    Three months ended
March 31, 2020 (RMB)
    Three months ended
March 31, 2020 (USD)
 
    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

    17,450       6,990       (317     24,123       21,711       7,497       (324     28,884       15,268       7,650       (373     22,545       2,156       1,080       (52     3,184  

YOY

                    (13 %)      9       (7 %)         

QOQ

                    (30 %)      2       (22 %)         

Operating costs and expenses:

                               

Cost of revenues (1)

    7,849       7,277       (287     14,839       8,215       7,914       (612     15,517       7,088       7,903       (304     14,687       1,001       1,116       (43     2,074  

Selling, general and administrative (1)

    4,940       1,141       (27     6,054       2,575       1,400       (19     3,956       2,560       1,311       (19     3,852       362       185       (3     544  

Research and development (1)

    3,570       598       (2     4,166       4,051       711       (6     4,756       3,772       678       (7     4,443       532       96       —         628  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

    16,359       9,016       (316     25,059       14,841       10,025       (637     24,229       13,420       9,892       (330     22,982       1,895       1,397       (46     3,246  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

YOY

                    (18 %)      10       (8 %)         

Cost of revenues

                    (10 %)      9       (1 %)         

Selling, general and administrative

                    (48 %)      15       (36 %)         

Research and development

                    6     13       7        

Operating income (loss)

    1,091       (2,026     (1     (936     6,870       (2,528     313       4,655       1,848       (2,242     (43     (437     261       (317     (6     (62

YOY

                    69     11       (53 %)         

QOQ

                    (73 %)      (11 %)        —            

Operating margin

    6     (29 %)        (4 %)      32     (34 %)        16     12     (29 %)        (2 %)         

Add: total other income (loss),net

    689       211       —         900       624       75       —         699       (414     (629     —         (1,043     (58     (88     —         (146

Less: income tax expense

    287       7       —         294       281       23       —         304       193       5       —         198       27       1       —         28  

Less: net income (loss) attributable to NCI

    790       (8     (785 )(3)      (3     (220     18       (1,093 )(3)      (1,295     (457     (1     (1,261 )(3)      (1,719     (64           (178 )(3)      (242
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income(loss) attributable to Baidu

    703       (1,814     784       (327     7,433       (2,494     1,406       6,345       1,698       (2,875     1,218       41       240       (406     172       6  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

YOY

                    142     58       —            

QOQ

                    (77 %)      15       (99 %)         

Net margin

    4     (26 %)        (1 %)      34     (33 %)        22     11     (38 %)        0        

Other Key Metrics:

                               

Operating income (loss) (non-GAAP)

    2,110       (1,708       401       8,492       (2,052       6,753       3,348       (1,868       1,437       473       (264       203  

YOY

                    59     9       258        

QOQ

                    (61 %)      (9 %)        (79 %)         

Non-GAAP operating margin

    12     (24 %)        2     39     (27 %)        23     22     (24 %)        6        

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu (non-GAAP)

    1,824       (1,508       967       9,950       (1,901       9,193       4,519       (2,482       3,082       638       (351       435  

YOY

                    148     65       219        

QOQ

                    (55 %)      31       (66 %)         

Non-GAAP net margin

    10     (22 %)        4     46     (25 %)        32     30     (32 %)        14        

Adjusted EBITDA

    3,372       (1,601       1,770       9,788       (1,926       8,175       4,641       (1,746       2,852       656       (247       403  

YOY

                    38     9       61        

QOQ

                    (53 %)      (9 %)        (65 %)         

Adjusted EBITDA margin

    19     (23 %)        7     45     (26 %)        28     30     (23 %)        13        

(1) Includes share-based compensation as follows:

                               

Cost of revenues

    30       36         66       43       49         92       34       47         81       5       6         11  

Selling, general and administrative

    338       178         516       220       193         413       273       191         464       39       27         66  

Research and development

    584       42         626       1,001       72         1,073       877       68         945       123       10         133  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation

    952       256         1,208       1,264       314         1,578       1,184       306         1,490       167       43         210  

 

(2)

Relates to intersegment eliminations and adjustments

(3)

Relates to the net loss attributable to iQIYI noncontrolling interests

 

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Baidu, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In millions, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended  
     March 31, 2019 (RMB)     December 31, 2019 (RMB)     March 31, 2020 (RMB)     March 31, 2020 (USD)  
     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

     1,282       379       1,661       8,688       2,343       11,031       2,801       (604     2,197       395       (85     310  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (3,746     (902     (4,648     10,194       (2,089     8,105       (11,084     (1,610     (12,694     (1,566     (227     (1,793

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     153       7,926       8,079       (1,181     (259     (1,440     (1,296     (79     (1,375     (183     (11     (194

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

     (214     (138     (352     (254     (178     (432     139       64       203       20       9       29  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     (2,525     7,265       4,740       17,447       (183     17,264       (9,440     (2,229     (11,669     (1,334     (314     (1,648

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

                        

At beginning of period

     23,067       6,760       29,827       10,082       7,093       17,175       27,529       6,910       34,439       3,887       976       4,863  

At end of period

     20,542       14,025       34,567       27,529       6,910       34,439       18,089       4,681       22,770       2,553       662       3,215  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     1,282       379       1,661       8,688       2,343       11,031       2,801       (604     2,197       395       (85     310  

Less: Capital expenditures

     (2,801     (172     (2,973     (652     (232     (884     (478     (67     (545     (68     (9     (77

Less: Acquisition of licensed copyrights(1)

     (49     (2,706     (2,755     (54     (3,656     (3,710     —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

     (1,568     (2,499     (4,067     7,982       (1,545     6,437       2,323       (671     1,652       327       (94     233  

Note: Baidu excl. iQIYI represents Baidu, Inc. minus iQIYI’s consolidated cash flows.

 

(1)

Starting from January 1, 2020, Baidu adopted ASU 2019-02, Improvements to Accounting for Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials, which reclassifies cash outflows for costs incurred to acquire licensed contents from investing activities to operating activities. To increase comparability, 2019 non-GAAP measure of free cash flow has been retrospectively adjusted to include cash outflows of acquisition of licensed copyrights, which is presented on the same basis as 2020 and going forward.

 

Free cash flow, previously reported

     (1,519     207       (1,312     8,036       2,111       10,147       2,323        2,056       4,379       327        290       617  

Less: Acquisition of licensed copyrights

     (49     (2,706     (2,755     (54     (3,656     (3,710     —          (2,727     (2,727     —          (384     (384
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow, revised

     (1,568     (2,499     (4,067     7,982       (1,545     6,437       2,323        (671     1,652       327        (94     233  


Baidu, Inc.

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures

(In millions except for ADS and per ADS information, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended     Three months ended  
     March 31, 2019 (RMB)     December 31, 2019 (RMB)     March 31, 2020 (RMB)     March 31, 2020 (USD)  
     Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
    Baidu
Core
    iQIYI     Baidu,
Inc.
 

Operating income (loss)

     1,091       (2,026     (936     6,870       (2,528     4,655       1,848       (2,242     (437     261       (317     (62

Add: Share-based compensation expenses

     952       256       1,208       1,264       314       1,578       1,184       306       1,490       167       43       210  

Add: Amortization and impairment of intangible assets(1)

     67       62       129       358       162       520       316       68       384       45       10       55  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) (non-GAAP)

     2,110       (1,708     401       8,492       (2,052     6,753       3,348       (1,868     1,437       473       (264     203  

Add: Depreciation of fixed assets

     1,262       107       1,369       1,296       126       1,422       1,293       122       1,415       183       17       200  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     3,372       (1,601     1,770       9,788       (1,926     8,175       4,641       (1,746     2,852       656       (247     403  

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu

     703       (1,814     (327     7,433       (2,494     6,345       1,698       (2,875     41       240       (406     6  

Add: Share-based compensation expenses

     947       256       1,092       1,257       314       1,433       1,177       306       1,348       166       43       190  

Add: Amortization and impairment of intangible assets(1)(3)

     27       49       54       15       131       88       143       54       173       20       8       25  

Add: Disposal loss (gain)(3)

     (31     1       (30     445       —         445       (252     —         (252     (36     —         (36

Add: Impairment of long-term investments(3)

     279       —         279       465       141       544       1,528       24       1,542       216       3       218  

Add: Fair value change of long-term investments(3)

     (1,058     —         (1,058     (60     (1     (61     (176     —         (176     (25     —         (25

Add: Reconciling items on equity method investments(2)

     957       —         957       395       8       399       401       9       406       57       1       57  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Baidu (non-GAAP)

     1,824       (1,508     967       9,950       (1,901     9,193       4,519       (2,482     3,082       638       (351     435  

Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS

         (0.98         18.25           0.02           0.00  

Add: Accretion of the redeemable noncontrolling interests

         0.05           0.06           0.07           0.01  

Add: Non-GAAP adjustments to earnings per ADS

         3.70           8.23           8.75           1.24  
      

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per ADS (non-GAAP)

         2.77           26.54           8.84           1.25  

 

(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 shares, adjusted for related income tax effects.

(3)

Net of related tax impact

 

5/5