DeepSeek fever fuels patriotic bets on Chinese AI stocks By Reuters
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Feb 06 2025
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Source: Investing.com
Surge in AI Investments: Chinese investors are heavily investing in AI-related stocks following the breakthrough of the startup DeepSeek, which has sparked nationalistic fervor and optimism about China's technological capabilities amid ongoing U.S.-China tensions.
Market Impact and Future Outlook: The rise of DeepSeek is expected to accelerate Chinese innovation in AI, potentially leading to significant growth in the sector, with analysts predicting a substantial increase in earnings and valuations for Chinese tech firms as they capitalize on AI advancements.
Analyst Views on BIDU
Wall Street analysts forecast BIDU stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BIDU is 160.67 USD with a low forecast of 100.00 USD and a high forecast of 215.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
13 Analyst Rating
11 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 162.520
Low
100.00
Averages
160.67
High
215.00
Current: 162.520
Low
100.00
Averages
160.67
High
215.00
About BIDU
Baidu Inc is a Chinese language Internet search provider. The Company operates its businesses through two segments, Baidu Core segment and iQIYI segment. Baidu Core segment mainly provides search-based, feed-based, and other online marketing services, as well as products and services from the Company’s new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, such as display advertisement and based on performance criteria other than cost-per-click, cloud services, smart devices and services, non-marketing consumer-facing services such as membership, and intelligent driving. iQIYI segment produces, aggregates and distributes a wide variety of professionally produced content, as well as a broad spectrum of other video content, in a variety of formats, including a variety of products and services encompassing online video, online games, online literature, comics and others.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
