Baidu Ahead of Q1: Kunlunxin IPO Is a Catalyst to Short the Parent, Not a Gift
Baidu is scheduled to report Q1 results within days. With the company’s AI-chip arm (Kunlunxin) reportedly prepping a Hong Kong IPO, investor enthusiasm has pushed BIDU to a $54.2B market cap and a stretched P/E of 85x. We think the spin/IPO risk and the likelihood of value being carved out make BIDU vulnerable to a mid-term downside; this is a tac…