Pony AI (PONY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pony AI Inc. develops and commercializes autonomous driving technologies for passenger mobility, freight transportation and other applications. Its proprietary Virtual Driver platform integrates software, hardware and services, while its PonyWorld world model supports the development and deployment of its autonomous driving systems. The company operates three primary business lines: Robotaxi services, Robotruck services and Intelligent Solutions, which include autonomous driving domain controllers and other technology products and services for automakers and industry customers.

Founded in late 2016 in Fremont, California, by Jun “James” Peng and Tiancheng Lou, Pony.ai is headquartered in Guangzhou, China. The company also maintains offices and operating facilities in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Fremont and other locations. Pony.ai provides public-facing, fare-charging, fully driverless Robotaxi services in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen and has expanded its operations and partnerships into Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and other international markets.

Peng serves as chairman and chief executive officer. Before founding Pony.ai, he was chief architect at Baidu, where he was responsible for research and development within the company’s autonomous driving unit, and previously worked at Alphabet. Lou serves as executive director and chief technology officer and previously worked in Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit, Quora and Baidu. Toyota Motor Corporation is a major shareholder and strategic partner of Pony.ai.

Pony.ai completed its initial public offering in November 2024. Its American depositary shares, each representing one Class A ordinary share, trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol PONY. The company’s Class A ordinary shares have also traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under stock code 2026 since November 2025.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.08 to $7.28
• 50-Day Range: $6.58 to $10.83
• 52-Week Range: $6.36 to $24.92
• Volume: 2.88 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.75 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $19.95
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Pony AI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pony AI scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 92nd out of 134 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Pony AI has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Pony AI has a consensus price target of $19.95, representing about 179.0% upside from its current price of $7.15.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pony AI has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Decreasing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Pony AI are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($0.67) to ($0.68) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pony AI is -19.86, 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 Pony AI is -19.86, 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

Pony AI has a P/B Ratio of 1.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.67% of the float of Pony AI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Pony AI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Pony AI has recently decreased by 1.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Pony AI does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Pony AI does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Pony AI has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Pony AI this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 16 people have searched for PONY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Pony AI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 175% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pony AI insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $312,528.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Pony AI has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/26/2026
• Today: 7/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: TRANS - EQP&LSNG
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PONY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PONY
• CIK: 1969302
• Web: www.pony.ai
• Phone: 86-020-3466-7656
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,669
• Year Founded: 2016

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pony AI: $19.95
• High Price Target: $30.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +179.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.36)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$133.97 million
• Net Margins: -128.22%
• Pretax Margin: -84.24%
• Return on Equity: -17.13%
• Return on Assets: -15.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 16.12
• Quick Ratio: 16.12

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $110.27 million
• Price / Sales: 24.98
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.44 per share
• Price / Book: 1.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 385,293,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $2.75 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 4.04