Qihoo 360 IPO Soars 134% in Market Debut

Renaissance Capital IPO Research submits: Recent Chinese Internet IPOs are seeing strong interest from US investors. Today's IPO 21Vianet priced above the range and follows on the heels of the impressive debut of Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU) on March 30.

Renaissance Capital IPO Research submits: The US IPO market surged over the past with ten companies completing offerings, making it the busiest week for US IPOs since November 2007.

Renaissance Capital IPO Research submits: Founded by former executives of Yahoo! (YHOO) China, this young company offers Internet security products free of charge to a massive user base, which has more than doubled in two years to over 300 million.

Stone Fox Capital submits:Over the last 6 months, China has had four internet related IPOs that soared nearly 100% on the first trading day. The latest came last week in the form of Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU). The stock was up an amazing 134% in its market debut, but only ranks second trailing the 161% gain of Yoku.com (YOKU). Should you buy now?Any prudent investor should take a pause after such a meteoric rise.

ByNick Chiu:Baidu.com, Inc. (BIDU), the leading Chinese-language Internet search provider, has seen its shares decline 32.64% since Aug. 17, 2012, with the closing price of $133.98. Investors are concerned, as BIDU has been experiencing increased competition in a slowing market.

ByMichael Fu:Qihoo (QIHU) has surged +40% in the past few months due to Wall Street analysts' optimism over the monetization potential of Qihoo's own search engine. Baidu (BIDU) has declined nearly 20% during the time, but has recently regained much of those losses.

By Emerging Money: By Sean Geary Earlier this week, Baidu (BIDU) reported earnings and guidance that largely disappointed market participants, resulting in a 10% plunge. Is now the time to jump into this beaten-down search engine?

By Tactical Investor:Baidu Inc (BIDU) is the leading Chinese language internet search provider. It controls over 78% of the market in China. Despite all its attempts, Google (GOOG) was unable to make significant inroads and dethrone homegrown favorite Baidu. It trails at a distant second, with only 15.7% market share in computer-based searches.