UOB Kay Hian stated that Baidu Group-SW's performance for the fourth quarter of last year surpassed the bank's expectations. The report noted that the monetization visibility for Baidu's AI Cloud business is improving and that its portfolio of AI applications is among the most comprehensive in the industry, leading to the maintenance of a "Buy" rating. The bank largely kept its revenue forecasts for the group's first quarter and full year unchanged, while raising its non-GAAP net profit forecasts for the first quarter and full year by 11% and 1%, respectively.