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Updated: Dec 13, 2025

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Li Auto
NASDAQ:LI
$17.08
$0.07 |0.41%
Day Range:
$17.04 - $17.45
Market Cap:
17.36B
P/E Ratio:
15.7715
Avg Value:
$24.95
Year Range:
$16.77 - $33.12
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General Information
Li Auto is a leading Chinese NEV manufacturer that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells premium smart NEVs.

The company started volume production of its first model Li One in November 2019. The model is a six-seater, large, premium plug-in electric SUV equipped with a range extension system and advanced smart vehicle solutions. It sold over 500,000 NEVs in 2024, accounting for about 4% of China's passenger new energy vehicle market. Beyond Li One, the company expands its product line, including both BEVs and PHEVs, to target a broader consumer base.

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Li Auto (LI) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Li Auto (LI)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Li Auto (LI) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

20.04

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

94.32

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how Li Auto compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
XPEVXPeng
0
0
52.88
77.12
RIVNRivian Automotive
0
0
34.18
69.69
NIONIO
0
0
26.27
78.56
PSNYPolestar Automotive
0
0
0
3.93
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 4 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $18.00 - $20.20 with an average of $18.72

9.26%
Expected movement for Li Auto (LI) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Li Auto (LI)

HSBC
Date:
Dec 4, 2025
Action:
Downgrades
Prev. Target:
$30.30
New Target:
$18.60
Barclays
Date:
Dec 2, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$24.00
New Target:
$18.00
Piper Sandler
Date:
Dec 1, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$19.00
New Target:
$18.00
Citigroup
Date:
Nov 28, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$25.60
New Target:
$20.20
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, LI's earnings have increased for the past three years, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Financial Health
What is the current state of the company's financial situation?

We measure the health of a company based on how profitable they are and their ability to cover both their short-term and long-term debts. The key indicators that we use are the Operating Margin, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-Equity ratio relative to the companies peers

Operational Margin -0.0430

The operating margin measures how much profit a company makes after it spends money on wages, materials or other administrative expenses but before interest and taxes. It is a good representation of how efficiently a company is able to generate profit from its core operations.

Quick Ratio 1.5795

The quick ratio measures how much of a company's debt, that is due in less than 1 year, can be covered using its cash equivalents, marketable securities, and money that is currently owed to them (accounts receivables).

A company with a quick ratio of less than 1.00 does not, in many cases, have the capital on hand to meet its short-term obligations if they were all due at once, while a quick ratio greater than one indicates the company has the financial resources to remain solvent in the short term.

Debt-to-Equity 1.0994

Debt-to-equity is calculated by dividing a company's total liabilities by its shareholders equity. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through debt versus wholly owned funds. Generally speaking, a D/E ratio below 1.0 would be seen as relatively safe, whereas ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky.

The chart above shows Li Auto (LI) operating margin, quick ratio, and debt-to-equity ratio compared to its peers. The black markers represent the peer averages for each ratio and the blue bars represent Li Auto (LI) ratio values.
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Past Performance
How has Li Auto (LI) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Li Auto (LI) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -0.7321 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of -0.1061

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Analyzing Li Auto (LI) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, LI's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is LI's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
27.01
45.29
123.85
144.46
127.81
Operating Revenue
26.13
44.11
120.29
138.54
122.07
Cost Of Revenue
21.25
36.50
96.35
114.80
102.99
Gross Profit
5.76
8.79
27.50
29.66
24.82
Operating Expense
6.78
12.45
20.09
22.64
21.20
Selling General And Administration
3.49
5.50
9.77
12.23
11.09
Research and Development
3.29
6.78
10.59
11.07
10.71
Operating Income
-1.02
-3.65
7.41
7.02
3.62
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
0.68
0.87
2.00
1.63
1.70
Other Income Expense
0.19
0.63
1.05
0.66
0.06
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.19
0.63
1.05
0.66
0.06
Pre-Tax Income
-0.15
-2.16
10.45
9.32
5.39
Tax Provision
0.17
-0.13
-1.36
1.27
0.73
Net Income
-0.32
-2.01
11.70
8.03
4.64
Net Income Common Stockholders
-0.32
-2.01
11.70
8.03
4.64
Total Operating Income As Reported
-1.02
-3.65
7.41
7.02
3.62
Total Expenses
28.03
48.94
116.44
137.44
124.19
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
-0.32
-2.01
11.70
8.03
4.64
Normalized Income
-0.32
-2.01
11.70
8.03
4.64
Interest Income
0.74
0.98
2.08
0.00
0.00
Interest Expense
0.06
0.11
0.09
0.19
0.17
Net Interest Income
0.68
0.87
2.00
1.63
1.70
EBIT
-0.09
-2.05
10.54
9.50
5.56
EBITDA
-0.09
-1.22
11.31
9.50
5.56
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
21.25
35.84
96.35
114.80
102.99
Reconciled Depreciation
0.00
1.21
0.00
0.00
0.00
Normalized EBITDA
-0.09
-1.22
11.31
9.50
5.56
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
61.85
86.54
143.47
162.35
153.12
Current Assets
52.38
66.99
114.53
126.31
112.75
Total Non-Current Assets
9.47
19.55
28.94
36.04
40.37
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
20.78
41.35
82.89
91.03
79.92
Current Liabilities
12.11
27.37
72.74
69.22
62.54
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.80
2.14
3.71
0.00
6.13
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
41.06
45.19
60.58
71.32
73.20
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
47.03
54.09
61.89
79.03
75.83
Common Stock Equity
41.06
44.86
60.14
70.87
72.69
Net Tangible Assets
40.02
43.01
58.02
68.43
71.75
Working Capital
40.27
39.62
41.78
57.09
50.21
Invested Capital
47.06
54.48
68.87
79.31
82.15
Tangible Book Value
40.02
43.01
58.02
68.43
71.75
Total Debt
7.84
12.26
13.55
16.34
17.89
Net Debt
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Share Issued
2.07
2.08
2.12
2.12
2.14
Ordinary Shares Number
1.93
1.95
1.99
2.01
2.03
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
7.38
Net Income from Continuing Operations
-2.03
Depreciation and Amortization
1.21
Deferred Tax
-0.13
Deferred Income Tax
-0.13
Stock-Based Compensation
2.05
Other Non-Cash Items
0.03
Change in Working Capital
5.04
Change in Receivables
0.07
Changes in Account Receivables
0.07
Change in Inventory
-5.92
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
11.73
Change in Payable
10.56
Change in Account Payable
10.59
Change in Other Current Assets
-1.51
Change in Other Current Liabilities
1.83
Change in Other Working Capital
0.01
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-4.36
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
-5.12
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
0.76
Purchase of Investment
-59.71
Sale of Investment
60.47
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
16.71
5.64
0.19
-0.42
-0.01
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
5.64
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
3.08
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
3.08
Long-Term Debt Issuance
3.74
Long-Term Debt Payments
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
Cash Dividends Paid
Net Other Financing Charges
End Cash Position
86.46
152.80
272.56
309.42
223.71
Changes in Cash
20.79
8.65
50.87
-25.62
-35.66
Beginning Cash Position
66.14
142.87
221.65
334.84
259.21
Capital Expenditure
-5.13
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
3.74
Repayment of Debt
Repurchase of Capital Stock
Free Cash Flow
8.34
4.38
45.68
8.20
-9.85