Li Auto (LI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Li Auto Inc. is a Chinese automotive company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells new energy vehicles. The company focuses primarily on premium smart SUVs and has built its business around range-extended electric vehicle technology, which uses an onboard gasoline engine to generate electricity for the vehicle’s battery and electric motors.

Li Auto’s vehicle lineup has included the Li ONE and the L-series range-extended electric SUVs, including the Li L6, L7, L8 and L9. The company has also expanded into battery-electric vehicles, including the Li MEGA multi-purpose vehicle. Its products incorporate driver-assistance systems, connected-car features and other intelligent vehicle technologies.

Founded in 2015, Li Auto is headquartered in Beijing and primarily serves customers in China. The company sells vehicles through a direct-sales model supported by retail locations, delivery centers, service facilities and charging infrastructure. Li Xiang, also known as Li Auto’s founder, serves as chairman and chief executive officer. The company’s American depositary shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol LI.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.35 to $11.59
• 50-Day Range: $11.23 to $13.80
• 52-Week Range: $11.09 to $26.33
• Volume: 2.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.21 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 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 312th out of 482 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 43.3% upside from its current price of $11.36.

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 -16.95, 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 -16.95, 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 1.16. 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: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.65

News Sentiment

Li Auto has a news sentiment score of 0.65. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 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 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Li Auto to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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: 9/30/2026
• 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: +43.3%
• 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: 0.70
• Cash Flow: $0.78 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.56
• Book Value: $9.79 per share
• Price / Book: 1.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 986,980,000
• Free Float: 508,296,000
• Market Cap: $11.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.55