Aurora Innovation (AUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aurora Innovation, Inc. develops autonomous driving technology for commercial and passenger vehicles. Its primary product is the Aurora Driver, an autonomous driving system designed to combine hardware, software and artificial intelligence to enable vehicles to operate without a human driver. The company focuses on applications including long-haul trucking, delivery and logistics, and autonomous ride-hailing.

Aurora works with automotive manufacturers, trucking companies, logistics providers and transportation platforms to integrate its technology into production vehicles and commercial fleets. The company has announced relationships involving companies such as PACCAR, Volvo and Toyota, as well as collaborations with transportation and logistics businesses. Its operations and testing activities have primarily focused on the United States, including Texas and other selected regions suitable for autonomous vehicle development and deployment.

The company was founded in 2017 by Chris Urmson, Drew Bagnell and Sterling Anderson, who previously held autonomous-driving and advanced-technology roles at organizations including Google, Carnegie Mellon University and Tesla. Aurora became a publicly traded company in 2021 through a business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Y and trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol AUR. Chris Urmson serves as chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.40 to $5.63
• 50-Day Range: $5.29 to $7.23
• 52-Week Range: $3.60 to $8.56
• Volume: 21.45 million shs
• Average Volume: 33.66 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $13.11
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Aurora Innovation Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aurora Innovation scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 241st out of 596 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Aurora Innovation has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $13.11, representing about 137.5% upside from its current price of $5.52.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aurora Innovation has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Aurora Innovation are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.49) to ($0.48) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aurora Innovation is -11.74, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Aurora Innovation is -11.74, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Aurora Innovation has a P/B Ratio of 5.02. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.81% of the float of Aurora Innovation has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Aurora Innovation has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.24.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aurora Innovation has recently increased by 3.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Aurora Innovation does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Aurora Innovation does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.98

News Sentiment

Aurora Innovation has a news sentiment score of 0.98. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Aurora Innovation this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

42 people have searched for AUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 68% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

30 people have added Aurora Innovation to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 88% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aurora Innovation insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $44,826,378.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.52% of the stock of Aurora Innovation is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.71% of the stock of Aurora Innovation is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AUR
• CIK: 1828108
• Web: www.aurora.tech
• Phone: 888-583-9506
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,900
• Year Founded: 2016

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Aurora Innovation: $13.11
• High Price Target: $18.00
• Low Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +137.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.47)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$816 million
• Net Margins: -18,000.00%
• Pretax Margin: -18,000.00%
• Return on Equity: -43.94%
• Return on Assets: -39.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 11.38
• Quick Ratio: 11.38

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3 million
• Price / Sales: 3,687.65
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.10 per share
• Price / Book: 5.02

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,004,160,000
• Free Float: 1,833,401,000
• Market Cap: $11.06 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.69