Baidu Stock News

President Trump's reciprocal tariffs and his short lived trade dispute with China's Xi Jinping led to heavy selloffs of Chinese companies that rely on exporting to the US market.

Baidu has given its search product the biggest overhaul in 10 years by adding artificial intelligence features. Baidu search has been facing pressure from AI rivals like Tencent and DeepSeek.

China's Baidu on Wednesday launched an AI-driven video generator for businesses as well as a major upgrade to its search engine.

Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Tuesday that Haijian He has been appointed as chief financial officer of the company, effective immediately.

BEIJING , July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)) ("Baidu" or the "Company"), a leading AI company with a strong Internet foundation, today announced the appointment of Mr. Haijian He as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.

Despite ongoing macro headwinds and a painful AI-driven Search transition, Baidu is a truly asymmetric bet right now. Last quarter, BIDU marked a return to positive top-line growth, driven by an upsurge in AI cloud revenue. Furthermore, its robotaxi network is expanding rapidly. At ~$86/share ($29.9B market cap), the company is trading near its net cash balance. While aggressive AI investments ...

Baidu trades at a deep discount to equity, with a strong balance sheet, significant cash position, and improving margins, making it a compelling value play. China's recent policy shift, potential rate cuts, and a $5B buyback program could catalyze better capital allocation and renewed growth. Risks include heavy reliance on search, political uncertainty, and slow diversification, but investment...

Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.  Tech experts are divided.