The price of BIDU (NYSE:BIDU) (HKEX:9888) is the talk of investment media as investors look for untapped AI growth ideas.
BIDU – Weekly Chart
The weekly chart of BIDU highlights weakness with the 2022 lows in play at $72.53 on the US ADR. As with all Chinese heavyweight stocks, investors must ask how long they can trade at such a discount to their US peers.
Baidu’s CEO Robin Li expects AI applications will grow explosively throughout 2025 and noted this in a letter to employees on January 1. He noted that the number of paying users for its digital library Wenku has surpassed 40 million and AI apps are also seeing strong user growth.
Wenku also offers content creation and generation for users and as of November 2024, the app’s AI features attracted over 70 million monthly active users.
“Staying at the forefront means taking on greater risks and facing higher possibilities of failure. It means we must endure loneliness and misunderstandings, persist through trial and error, and quickly adjust and start anew when there is a setback,” said Li.
There is risk as the Chinese market now boasts 200 Large Language Models but Baidu’s resilience and focus on scalable, industry-driven AI solutions may provide an edge for the stock to bounce back.
The stock is starting to get more attention among US investment communities due to its low valuation.
