Here are two companies, both EV makers, set to report results first thing Monday morning.
Fisker
Since its SPAC IPO in October 2020, shares of luxury EV maker Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) have dropped by about 36%. Over the past 12 months, the stock is down more than 44%. The company began producing cars in early November, but several features were missing from the delivered vehicles. Founder Henrik Fisker believes that getting cars to buyers is critical to success. It is the old tech mantra, “Ship it now. We’ll fix it in the next release.” The company’s outlook will carry a lot more weight than its fourth-quarter results.
Only 10 analysts cover Fisker, and just four have a Buy or Strong Buy rating. Another three rate the stock at Hold. At a recent share price of around $6.50, the implied gain based on a median price target of $14.00 is about 115.4%. At the high target of $21.00, the implied gain is about 223%.
Analysts expect Fisker to post revenue of $1.02 million in the fourth quarter, which would be up from $40,000 in the year-ago quarter and $10,000 in the prior quarter. The per-share loss is forecast at $0.42, better than the loss per share of $0.47 in both the prior and year-ago quarters. For the full 2022 fiscal year, revenue is forecast at $950,000, up from $110,000 last year. Analysts expect the company to post a loss per share of $1.61, worse than last year’s loss of $1.14.
Fisker is not expected to post a profit in any of 2022, 2023 or 2024. The projected enterprise value-to-sales multiple for 2023 is 1.0 and for 2024 is 0.5. Forecast revenue for 2023 totals $1.93 billion and for 2024, $3.8 billion. The stock’s 52-week trading range is $6.21 to $14.74. Fisker does not pay a dividend, and the total shareholder return for the past year was negative 42.44%.
Li Auto
Beijing-based Li Auto Inc. (NASDAQ: LI) has seen its share price fall by about 14.5% over the past 12 months. For the year to date, shares are up more than 16%. Two weeks ago, the company launched its L7 model, a plug-in hybrid challenger to Tesla’s Model Y all-electric EV. At the time the L7 was introduced, the base price was CNY319,800 ($46,365) compared to the Model Y price in China of CNY259,900 ($37,680). Li Auto delivered 133,246 electrified vehicles last year, up 47.2% compared to 2021.
Of 27 brokerages covering the firm, 25 have a Buy or Strong Buy rating. At a share price of around $23.70, the upside potential based on a median price target of $32.70 is 38%. At the high price target of $58.00, the upside potential is around 145%.
Fourth-quarter revenue is forecast at $2.56 billion, up almost 95% sequentially and by 53.3% year over year. Analysts have forecast EPS of $0.05, compared to a loss of $0.18 per share in the prior quarter and EPS of $0.11 in the same quarter last year. For the 2022 fiscal year, current estimates call for a loss per share of $0.05, down from EPS of $0.13 in 2021, on sales of $6.56 billion, up 54.4%.
Li Auto’s stock trades at 59.3 times estimated 2023 earnings of $0.40 and 29.0 times estimated 2024 earnings of $0.82 per share. The stock’s 52-week range is $12.52 to $41.49, and the company does not pay a dividend. Total shareholder return in the past year is negative 14.45%.
Originally published at 24/7 Wall St.
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