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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>Baidu reported (22 Nov) its 3Q22 results: revenue was up 1.9% YoY to RMB32.5bn, 2% higher than both our forecast and Bloomberg-consensus estimates; non-GAAP net income was RMB5.9bn, beating our/consensus estimates of RMB5.6/5.5bn, due to stringent cost control.</li><li>Non-ad revenue grew 25% YoY in 3Q22 and accounted for 26% of Baidu Core revenue (3Q21: 21%), driven by Baidu Cloud and AI-powered businesses.</li><li>The results demonstrated a continuously enhanced mobile ecosystem and solid progress on new AI and autonomous driving business, in our view. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Baidu reported (22 Nov) its 3Q22 results: revenue was up 1.9% YoY to RMB32.5bn, 2% higher than both our forecast and Bloomberg-consensus estimates; non-GAAP net income was RMB5.9bn, beating our/consensus estimates of RMB5.6/5.5bn, due to stringent cost control.Non-ad revenue grew 25% YoY in 3Q22 and accounted for 26% of Baidu Core revenue (3Q21: 21%), driven by Baidu Cloud and AI-powered businesses.The results demonstrated a continuously enhanced mobile ecosystem and solid progress on new AI and autonomous driving business, in our view. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Earnings beat on stringent cost control

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Consumption sentiment and offline activities’ recovery pace continued to weigh on internet sector’s 3Q financials performance.</li><li>Looking into 4Q and 2023, business model robustness, operating leverage improvement, and ability to expand into new revenue streams will be the key stock alpha drivers, while the heavily under-owned China Internet sector will remain sensitive to policies and other sentiment related beta drivers.</li><li>We expect leading technology companies will play vital role in building digital infrastructure and empowering enterprise digital transformation. </li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Consumption sentiment and offline activities’ recovery pace continued to weigh on internet sector’s 3Q financials performance.Looking into 4Q and 2023, business model robustness, operating leverage improvement, and ability to expand into new revenue streams will be the key stock alpha drivers, while the heavily under-owned China Internet sector will remain sensitive to policies and other sentiment related beta drivers.We expect leading technology companies will play vital role in building digital infrastructure and empowering enterprise digital transformation. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Internet Sector – 3Q22 preview: near term bumpy recovery

<div><ul><li>Competition on user time spend intensified in 3Q22. Per MoonFox data, in 3Q22, average number of apps installed per capita was 74 in 3Q22, up from 71 in 2Q22 and 66 in 3Q21, while average user time spend per capita per day on apps was 5.4 hours, flat QoQ and declined 0.1 hour YoY, indicating an intensifying competition on user time spend.</li><li>Leading internet giants are enlarging their shares in user time spend: combined user time spend on apps related to Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu accounted for 69.3% of total user time spend in Sep 2022 (Sep 2021: 68.5%; Jun 2022: 68.4%).</li><li>Tencent related apps grew its share in user time spend to 28.3% in Sep 2022 (Sep 2021: 26.7%; June 2022: 27.5%), which in our view could be attributed to the robust ramp-up of Video Accounts, indicating additional monetization opportunities ahead.</li></ul></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Competition on user time spend intensified in 3Q22. Per MoonFox data, in 3Q22, average number of apps installed per capita was 74 in 3Q22, up from 71 in 2Q22 and 66 in 3Q21, while average user time spend per capita per day on apps was 5.4 hours, flat QoQ and declined 0.1 hour YoY, indicating an intensifying competition on user time spend.Leading internet giants are enlarging their shares in user time spend: combined user time spend on apps related to Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu accounted for 69.3% of total user time spend in Sep 2022 (Sep 2021: 68.5%; Jun 2022: 68.4%).Tencent related apps grew its share in user time spend to 28.3% in Sep 2022 (Sep 2021: 26.7%; June 2022: 27.5%), which in our view could be attributed to the robust ramp-up of Video Accounts, indicating additional monetization opportunities ahead.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Internet Sector – 3Q22 industry data trend recap

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Baidu saw sequential recovery on core search and feed ads demand in July- August compared to June as pandemic impact gradually waned.</li><li>Although ads demand recovery is likely to be rocky given uncertain COVID resurgence conditions, we expect limited room for incremental negative impacts rolling into 2023.</li><li>Cash flows generated from ads business provide solid support for investing into new initiatives.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p></div></div></div></div>

Baidu saw sequential recovery on core search and feed ads demand in July- August compared to June as pandemic impact gradually waned.Although ads demand recovery is likely to be rocky given uncertain COVID resurgence conditions, we expect limited room for incremental negative impacts rolling into 2023.Cash flows generated from ads business provide solid support for investing into new initiatives.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Eyes on New Technologies Development

<div><ul><li>Factoring in 2Q22E ads headwinds. We expect 2Q22 rev -7% YoY, 1% below consensus.</li><li><p>Auto on good progress, while ads recovery needs more time.</p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">Maintain BUY. We trimmed earnings by 3-6% in FY22-24E, with SOTP-based TP at US$203 (24x FY23E P/E). Multiple downside risk is limited, and suggest to look into 2H22E ads recovery and LT AI cloud contribution.</span></p></li></ul></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Factoring in 2Q22E ads headwinds. We expect 2Q22 rev -7% YoY, 1% below consensus.Auto on good progress, while ads recovery needs more time.Maintain BUY. We trimmed earnings by 3-6% in FY22-24E, with SOTP-based TP at US$203 (24x FY23E P/E). Multiple downside risk is limited, and suggest to look into 2H22E ads recovery and LT AI cloud contribution.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Baidu (BIDU US) – Auto on progress, despite slower ads recovery

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Baidu, Inc. operates an Internet search engine. The Company offers algorithmic search, enterprise search, news, MP3, and image searches, voice assistance, online storage, and navigation services. Baidu serves clients globally.

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Baidu (BIDU US) – Earnings beat on stringent cost control

Baidu reported (22 Nov) its 3Q22 results: revenue was up 1.9% YoY to RMB32.5bn, 2% higher than both our forecast and Bloomberg-consensus estimates

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China Internet Sector – 3Q22 preview: near term bumpy recovery

We expect leading technology companies will play vital role in building digital infrastructure and empowering enterprise digital transformation.

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China Internet Sector – 3Q22 industry data trend recap

Combined user time spend on apps related to Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu accounted for 69.3% of total user time spend in Sep 2022 (Sep...

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Baidu (BIDU US) – Eyes on New Technologies Development

Baidu saw sequential recovery on core search and feed ads demand in July- August compared to June as pandemic impact gradually waned.

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Baidu (BIDU US) – Auto on progress, despite slower ads recovery

We expect 2Q22E topline/bottom line -7% YoY/-38% YoY, 1%/3% below consensus. 2Q22E would be the trough of ads (forecasting core ads -14% YoY, vs....

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