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$BIDU — BUY 📊 | 6 MONTHS THESIS
🎯 latest | Rev $19.6B | EPS $12.06 vs $11.43 🟢
💡 Consensus estimated EPS of $11.43, but actual came in at $12.06 (+5.5%). The market is discounting continued regulatory and competitive threats, yet Baidu is delivering operational resilience. The variant view is that the earnings beat is not a one-off but the start of a trend, as AI and cloud begin to drive incremental profitability.
📉 Reward/risk: 2.2:1
🏢 Business Quality: 6/10 - Dominant search engine in China with strong AI capabilities, but core business is mature and faces intense competition from ByteDance and Tencent. High margins and net cash position provide downside protection, but growth is low single-digit.
📊 Valuation: cheap - P/E 9.2x vs.
📊 Our read: BUY. Full analysis →
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