10 Cheap AI Stocks to Buy According to Analysts

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6. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU)

Average Upside Potential: 37.10%

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is one of the cheap AI stocks to buy according to analysts. On May 18, Baidu announced its unaudited financial results for Q1 2026, reporting total revenue of RMB 32.1 billion. For the first time, the company’s Core AI-powered Business exceeded half of its total General Business revenue, reaching RMB 13.6 billion (a 49% year-over-year increase) and solidifying AI as Baidu’s primary growth driver.

The financial momentum was led by AI Cloud Infrastructure, which grew 79% year over year to RMB 8.8 billion, fueled by a 184% surge in GPU Cloud revenue. In parallel, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, delivered 3.2 million fully driverless rides (a 120% year-over-year increase) while expanding its global footprint to 27 cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

On the product front, Baidu launched its ERNIE 5.1 LLM, which topped Chinese model rankings on the text and search leaderboards. The company also advanced its AI Applications division by launching DuMate, a general-purpose productivity agent; Miaoda 3.0, an enterprise vibe coding platform; and Famou Agent 2.0, a self-evolving ML agent that established a new state-of-the-art record on MLE-Bench.

Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is an internet service and AI company that provides AI-powered search, online entertainment, and conversational marketing services. The company integrates its proprietary ERNIE foundation models across its mobile ecosystem, core search functionality, and online marketing infrastructure.

While we acknowledge the potential of BIDU to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BIDU and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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