Li Auto (LI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Li Auto Inc. (NASDAQ: LI) is a Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer that develops, manufactures and sells smart electric vehicles. The company has focused primarily on family-oriented vehicles, combining battery-electric powertrains with extended-range electric vehicle technology designed to provide additional driving range through an onboard engine-generator.

Li Auto’s product portfolio has included the Li ONE and the Li L-series of premium sport utility vehicles, including the L6, L7, L8 and L9. The company has also expanded into battery-electric vehicles with models such as the Li MEGA multi-purpose vehicle. Its vehicles incorporate software, driver-assistance features and connected-vehicle technologies.

Founded in 2015 by Li Xiang, Li Auto is headquartered in Beijing, China. Li Xiang serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer. The company primarily serves the Chinese market through its direct sales, delivery and service network, and its American depositary shares began trading on the Nasdaq in 2020.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.43 to $11.55
• 50-Day Range: $11.50 to $13.80
• 52-Week Range: $11.43 to $27.10
• Volume: 2.29 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $16.28
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Li Auto Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Li Auto scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 361st out of 481 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Li Auto has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.77, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Li Auto has a consensus price target of $16.28, representing about 41.6% upside from its current price of $11.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Li Auto has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Li Auto are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.28) to $0.47 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Li Auto is -17.16, 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 Li Auto is -17.16, 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

Li Auto has a P/B Ratio of 1.17. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.76% of the float of Li Auto has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Li Auto has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.45.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Li Auto has recently increased by 1.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Li Auto does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Li Auto does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.61

News Sentiment

Li Auto has a news sentiment score of 0.61. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Search Interest

7 people have searched for LI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Li Auto to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Li Auto insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

48.50% of the stock of Li Auto is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.88% of the stock of Li Auto is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Automobiles
• Sub-Industry: Automobile Manufacturers
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LI
• CIK: 1791706
• Web: www.lixiang.com
• Phone: 86-10-8742-7209
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 30,728
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Li Auto: $16.28
• High Price Target: $19.00
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +41.6%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.77
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.67)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $160.79 million
• Net Margins: -4.44%
• Pretax Margin: -5.08%
• Return on Equity: -6.58%
• Return on Assets: -3.14%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.11
• Current Ratio: 1.81
• Quick Ratio: 1.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $16.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.71
• Cash Flow: $0.75 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.28
• Book Value: $9.79 per share
• Price / Book: 1.17

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 986,980,000
• Free Float: 508,296,000
• Market Cap: $11.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.55