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Motor vehicles & passenger car bodies company · E9 · FY ends Dec · Revenue $16.06B · -0.46% margin · -$1.83B FCF
$12.39
$0.47 (-3.65%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-0.46% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue declined 18.8% YoY. Margins deteriorated 5.3pp alongside, both lines moving the wrong way.
At 155x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Free cash flow declined 263% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened.
154.9x earnings. The market is pricing in years of above-average growth. If that thesis breaks, downside from multiple compression alone could be 30%+. This is a stock where you're paying for the future, not the present.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$16.06B
▼ -18.8% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$161M
▼ -85.4% YoY
Op. Margin
-0.46%
▼ -5.3pp YoY
ROIC
-0.30%
▼ -3.1pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$1.83B
▼ -263.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$1.23B
▼ -156.4% YoY
Net Debt
-$4.61B
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$14.27B
5Y CAGR: +61.8%
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At a P/E of 154.9, Li Auto (LI)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Li Auto scores 44/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full . This is analysis, not investment advice.
Li Auto scores 44 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -0.5% operating margin and a -0.3% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh LI's valuation and scores 44/100 on quality (mixed). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.