Baidu shares slip on results, downgrades
Feb. 5, 2013, 11:05 a.m. EST
By Dan Gallagher
Corrects share price..
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Baidu Inc.
BIDU
-10.09%
saw its U.S.-listed shares fall nearly 11% to $95.90 on Tuesday
morning, after the stock was downgraded by at least two brokers
following its fourth-quarter results. Stifel Nicolaus and Raymond James
both lowered their ratings on the Chinese search engine firm to the
equivalent of neutral, following what was classified as "in-line
results" that included signs of increased spending by the company. "We
applaud Baidu's strategy of investing for the future, but we believe
Baidu's shares will be range bound until margins stabilize and its
investment programs begin to bear fruit," Stifel analyst George Askew
wrote in a note to clients
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