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Wium Malan, CFA

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Chinese digital advertising revenue growth has slowed down considerably over the past 4 quarters and Baidu has continued to consistently lose market share to the broader industry.</li>
<li>Non-Marketing revenue has led the growth for Baidu over the past 2 years and now contributes roughly 26% to Baidu Core (excludes iQiyi) revenue.</li>
<li>On a PE basis, Baidu is trading at only a slight discount to global giant, Alphabet, which testifies to the negative impact on earnings expectations from Baidu’s growth engines.</li>
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Chinese digital advertising revenue growth has slowed down considerably over the past 4 quarters and Baidu has continued to consistently lose market share to the broader industry.
Non-Marketing revenue has led the growth for Baidu over the past 2 years and now contributes roughly 26% to Baidu Core (excludes iQiyi) revenue.
On a PE basis, Baidu is trading at only a slight discount to global giant, Alphabet, which testifies to the negative impact on earnings expectations from Baidu’s growth engines.


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