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Baidu or Alibaba? Why This Is the Stock to Play China's AI Boom

Baidu is among the Chinese tech stocks that have rallied this year amid optimism over artificial intelligence -- an upward trend line that looks to buck years of rocky performance from regulatory and growth challenges.Shares in Baidu are up more than 65% in 2025, closing near $137 on Monday, though the stock slipped 2% in Tuesday's premarket. Crashing from peaks above $300 in early 2021, Baidu stock has spent much of the time since wallowing between $80 and $150, but hasn't traded this high in two years.While Baidu has recently been outperforming its tech and AI rival Alibaba -- rallying almost 50% in the past month compared with Alibaba's 32% -- the latter company may be a better pick, analysts at Nomura said over the weekend."Alibaba is a more attractive alternative," analysts Jialong Shi and Rachel Guo wrote in a note. They rate Baidu at Neutral with a price target of $135.Nomura rates Alibaba at Buy with a price target of $170. The stock clos

Baidu or Alibaba? Why This Is the Stock to Play China's AI Boom

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