Aurora Innovation (AUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Aurora Innovation, Inc. develops autonomous vehicle technology designed to transport people and goods without human drivers. Its core product, the Aurora Driver, combines artificial intelligence, sensors, mapping, and other software and hardware systems to enable automated driving across trucking, ride-hailing, and logistics applications.

The company is initially focused on autonomous trucking, where its technology is intended to support long-haul freight operations and improve safety, efficiency, and vehicle utilization. Aurora is also developing autonomous passenger-vehicle applications and has worked with automotive, transportation, and logistics companies, including PACCAR, Volvo, Uber, and Toyota.

Aurora was founded in 2017 by Chris Urmson, Drew Bagnell, and Sterling Anderson. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has conducted testing and development activities in several U.S. locations. Chris Urmson serves as chief executive officer. Aurora became a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq under the symbol AUR in 2021 following a business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Y.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.30 to $6.52
• 50-Day Range: $5.46 to $7.23
• 52-Week Range: $3.60 to $8.56
• Volume: 19.80 million shs
• Average Volume: 29.57 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.22
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Aurora Innovation Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Aurora Innovation scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 315th out of 593 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: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Aurora Innovation has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $12.22, representing about 93.1% upside from its current price of $6.33.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Aurora Innovation has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

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 ($0.48) to ($0.47) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Aurora Innovation is -13.47, 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 -13.47, 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 5.75. 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

10.44% 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 5.62.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Aurora Innovation has recently increased by 9.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.00

News Sentiment

Aurora Innovation has a news sentiment score of 1.00. 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 0.83 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Aurora Innovation this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 24 people have searched for AUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -38% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

31 people have added Aurora Innovation to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 82% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Aurora Innovation insiders have sold 8,895.86% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $498,300.00 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: 9/10/2026
• Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026: 9/10/2026
• Morgan Stanley's 14th Annual Laguna Conference: 9/15/2026
• Investor Day 2026: 9/23/2026
• Evercore's 9th Annual ADAS, AV & AI Forum: 9/29/2026
• 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: $12.22
• High Price Target: $18.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +93.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.45
• Research Coverage: 11 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: 4,228.78
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.10 per share
• Price / Book: 5.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,004,160,000
• Free Float: 1,833,401,000
• Market Cap: $12.69 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.63