XPEV is on track for its best day since February
U.S.-listed shares of Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Xpeng Inc - ADR (NYSE:XPEV) are in focus this morning, after the China-based companies beat revenue expectations for the first quarter. The former enjoyed artificial intelligence (AI) cloud services strength, while the latter's quarterly losses narrowed.
BIDU was last seen 0.8% lower to trade at $88.61, reversing earlier gains. The security still sports a 10.1% year-over-year lead, but overhead pressure at the $95 level has kept a tight lid on price action since late March, rejecting a bounce of its April 9, two-year low of $74.71. This area also happens to roughly coincide with its 320-day moving average.
XPEV is up 12.8% to trade at $22.20 at last glance, pacing for its best day since February. Shares are also trading at their highest level since March as they bounce off support from their 80-day moving average. Xpeng stock added 156% over the last 12 months, and is 89.6% higher in 2025.
Options traders are blasting both equities today, with BIDU and XPEV seeing 8 times the intraday average volume. The most active contract for the former is the weekly 5/30 100-strike call, and for the latter it's the weekly 5/23 22-strike call, with new positions being opened at both.