Lucid Group
Lucid Group's revenue rose 67.6% to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was −258.7%, up from −373.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was −$3.8 billion. The diluted share count rose 28.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
What Lucid Group does
Lucid designs, makes and sells electric vehicles (EVs). It sells two models: the Lucid Air sedan, first delivered to customers in late 2021, and the Lucid Gravity SUV, which arrived on the road in late 2024. It designs their powertrains, battery systems and software itself, and sells directly to consumers through its retail network and online. As of December 31, 2025, it had opened 45 Studios and service centers in North America, 12 in Europe and 5 in the Middle East.
Lucid says production of cars on its new, lower-priced Midsize platform is scheduled to start in late 2026. In 2025 it formed a partnership with Uber and Nuro to launch robotaxis based on the Gravity; along with a $300 million investment from an Uber subsidiary, it agreed to deploy a minimum of 20,000 robotaxis. It also supplies powertrain and battery technology and parts to Aston Martin. Under an agreement, the Government of Saudi Arabia may buy up to 100,000 vehicles, with a minimum of 50,000. Lucid competes with traditional automakers and with newer companies focused on electric and other alternative fuel vehicles.
Lucid builds the Air and Gravity at its plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, which has installed capacity of 90,000 vehicles per year. A plant in Saudi Arabia assembles kits made in Arizona and is being expanded to build complete Midsize vehicles. As of December 31, 2025, Lucid had approximately 9,000 employees globally. An affiliate of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, is its controlling stockholder.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- It has lost money every year since it started and expects substantial losses for the foreseeable future.
- It depends on revenue from a small number of models, and has had delays in designing, launching and building its vehicles.
- The Saudi government buying far fewer vehicles than expected, or Lucid being unable to fill its orders.
- Shortages or price changes in materials, especially lithium-ion battery cells.
- Its limited experience making vehicles in high volume.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
Lucid Group lost money in fiscal 2025: a net loss of $2.7 billion.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Lucid Group yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Lucid Group's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
The example scenarios need a positive starting cash flow. Lucid Group's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025 and over the last three years, and so is cash from operations minus depreciation. You can still enter your own figures in the calculator.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $3.40
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
The P/E method needs positive earnings, and Lucid Group's latest diluted earnings per share were negative or zero.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 6,263 | 3,913 | 3,860 | 4,031 | 1,629 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,997 | 2,093 | 2,155 | 2,212 | 2,907 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −4,266 | −1,820 | −1,704 | −1,820 | 1,278 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt to equity | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 4.0x |
| Interest coverage | −1,113.9x | −84.8x | −124.4x | −91.8x | −36.8x |
| Current ratio | 16.4x | 5.2x | 4.7x | 4.2x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 16.1x | 4.3x | 4.0x | 3.8x | 0.8x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Lucid Group shares on the open market, and 1 insider sold $18,640, all of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Ori WinitzerDirector | Sold plan | 1,000 | $4.80 | $4,800 | Form 4 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Ori WinitzerDirector | Sold plan | 1,000 | $7.46 | $7,460 | Form 4 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Ori WinitzerDirector | Sold plan | 1,000 | $6.38 | $6,380 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations is positive | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 2 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 3 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −4.1% | −7.7% | 2.6% |
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| Lucid Group | FY25 | 67.6% | −258.7% | −280.7% | −136.7% | — | 3 | |
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7 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 5 | 4 | 27 | 608 | 595 | 808 | 1,354 |
| Revenue growth | — | −13.4% | 581.9% | 2,143.3% | −2.1% | 35.7% | 67.6% |
| Gross profit | 1 | 1 | −128 | −1,038 | −1,341 | −923 | −1,256 |
| Research and development | 220 | 511 | 750 | 822 | 937 | 1,176 | 1,211 |
| Operating income | −258 | −599 | −1,530 | −2,594 | −3,100 | −3,021 | −3,502 |
| Net income | −277 | −719 | −2,580 | −1,304 | −2,828 | −2,714 | −2,698 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | −130.80 | −284.20 | −64.10 | −15.10 | −13.59 | −12.52 | −12.09 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 2 | 2 | 74 | 169 | 208 | 244 | 313 |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | −235 | −570 | −1,058 | −2,226 | −2,490 | −2,020 | −2,932 |
| Capital expenditure | 104 | 460 | 421 | 1,075 | 911 | 884 | 868 |
| Free cash flow | −340 | −1,030 | −1,479 | −3,301 | −3,400 | −2,904 | −3,800 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 8 | 5 | 517 | 424 | 257 | 286 | 271 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 380 | 615 | 6,263 | 3,913 | 3,860 | 4,031 | 1,629 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 1 | 1,997 | 2,093 | 2,155 | 2,212 | 2,907 |
| Total assets | — | 1,403 | 7,882 | 7,879 | 8,513 | 9,648 | 8,387 |
| Total liabilities | — | 227 | 3,972 | 3,530 | 3,661 | 4,475 | 5,386 |
| Shareholders' equity | −621 | −1,319 | 3,909 | 4,350 | 4,852 | 3,873 | 717 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||||
| Gross margin | 14.5% | 22.8% | −471.3% | −170.7% | −225.2% | −114.3% | −92.8% |
| Operating margin | −5,619.5% | −15,071.1% | −5,645.1% | −426.5% | −520.7% | −373.9% | −258.7% |
| Net margin | −6,042.6% | −18,093.1% | −9,515.5% | −214.5% | −475.1% | −335.9% | −199.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | −7,398.4% | −25,899.8% | −5,456.6% | −542.8% | −571.2% | −359.4% | −280.7% |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | −188.6% | −86.3% | −91.8% | −136.7% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −199.2% | −31.6% | −61.5% | −62.2% | −117.6% |
| Return on assets | — | — | −55.6% | −16.6% | −34.5% | −29.9% | −29.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |