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Baidu's AI Cloud and Apollo Go Driving Robust Long-Term Prospects Despite Recent Earnings Miss
- 2025/01/11
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Baidu's stock, symbol BIDU, closed at eighty-three dollars and ninety-three cents on January 10, 2025, up one point forty-nine percent from the previous day. The stock has decreased twenty-eight point sixty-nine percent in one year and underperformed other stocks in the Internet Content & Information industry by zero point sixty-five percentage points[1].
The trading volume on January 10, 2025, was one million nine hundred sixty-four thousand four hundred shares, which is lower than the average volume seen in the past few days[2].
Recent news includes Baidu's third-quarter 2024 earnings report, which showed a double miss, leading to a six percent drop in the stock price to a multi-year support zone in the low eighties. Despite this, Baidu's AI Cloud and Apollo Go businesses made significant progress, and the company's long-term prospects remain strong due to advancements in AI and autonomous driving, supported by a robust balance sheet[4].
Major analyst updates include a consensus price target of one hundred forty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents based on ratings from twenty analysts. The high price target is two hundred thirty-five dollars issued by Barclays on May 27, 2022, and the low is eighty-five dollars issued by Susquehanna on November 25, 2024. The three most recent analyst ratings were released by Citigroup, Susquehanna, and Benchmark on November 29, 2024, November 25, 2024, and November 22, 2024, respectively, with an average price target of one hundred eighteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, implying a forty-two point zero one percent upside[3].
Looking forward, Baidu's stock price forecast for 2025 suggests a gradual increase, with the average price for January 2025 predicted to be sixty-five dollars and twenty cents, and reaching ninety-one dollars and twenty-nine cents by August 2025[5]. Overall, Baidu's stock presents a highly asymmetric risk/reward opportunity due to its strong long-term prospects and potential for substantial future growth.
The trading volume on January 10, 2025, was one million nine hundred sixty-four thousand four hundred shares, which is lower than the average volume seen in the past few days[2].
Recent news includes Baidu's third-quarter 2024 earnings report, which showed a double miss, leading to a six percent drop in the stock price to a multi-year support zone in the low eighties. Despite this, Baidu's AI Cloud and Apollo Go businesses made significant progress, and the company's long-term prospects remain strong due to advancements in AI and autonomous driving, supported by a robust balance sheet[4].
Major analyst updates include a consensus price target of one hundred forty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents based on ratings from twenty analysts. The high price target is two hundred thirty-five dollars issued by Barclays on May 27, 2022, and the low is eighty-five dollars issued by Susquehanna on November 25, 2024. The three most recent analyst ratings were released by Citigroup, Susquehanna, and Benchmark on November 29, 2024, November 25, 2024, and November 22, 2024, respectively, with an average price target of one hundred eighteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, implying a forty-two point zero one percent upside[3].
Looking forward, Baidu's stock price forecast for 2025 suggests a gradual increase, with the average price for January 2025 predicted to be sixty-five dollars and twenty cents, and reaching ninety-one dollars and twenty-nine cents by August 2025[5]. Overall, Baidu's stock presents a highly asymmetric risk/reward opportunity due to its strong long-term prospects and potential for substantial future growth.