Should You Buy Lucid Motors While It's Below $2.50?

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The EV business continues to grow, but Lucid hasn't been a beneficiary, with negative gross margins showing how hard it is to make a profit in the market. Lucid's current level of cash burn ...

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It's difficult to make a sustainable profit in the auto industry, and competition is coming into the market quickly.Lucid (LCID 1.94%) has seen some of these challenges first-hand, which is why the stock is down to $2.01 per share as of Friday's market close. Is it time to jump on this EV stock below $2.50?Competition is now the challenge for LucidI want to start by looking at Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), the company Lucid would most like to be like. Tesla has positive margins and free cash flow, but you can see in the chart below that margins were highest during the pandemic when the supply of vehicles was low. In 2023, the company had to cut prices to maintain sales and hasn't grown the top line since. Margins were crushed in that time.TSLA Gross Profit Margin data by YChartsThis is the challenge for automakers. A hard good like an automobile has high marginal costs, inventory costs are high, and supply and demand are very real dynamics. As the supply of EVs goes up, demand hasn't kept pace, pushing prices and margins lower.Lucid's challenges are bigger than Tesla'sLike most EV makers, Lucid's challenge isn't just selling more vehicles; it's making a profit on the vehicles it sells. You can see below that gross margins are negative 106% and show no signs of an inflection.LCID Revenue (TTM) data by YChartsLucid has a couple of problems that don't seem to be improving. First, its vehicles are expensive, starting at $69,900, which puts them out of reach of the average buyer. That makes it difficult to scale because there's not enough demand beyond the 9,000 vehicles expected to be produced this year. It's hard to sell a vehicle for $70,000 when there are options for half that.The second problem is costs, which haven't come down nearly fast enough given the company's scale. Playing in the luxury market is inherently a low-volume market, and if a company can't make money at small volumes at these price points, it's a difficult road ahead.Debt and cash flowLosses are mounting and investors need to start considering how long Lucid will be able to fund the current level of losses. The conventional wisdom has been that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Lucid's biggest shareholder, will come to the rescue. In August, the fund did commit to investing $750 million in preferred shares and $750 million in an unsecured delayed draw term loan facility. That may seem like good news, but these new funds are senior to common shareholders. Lucid could go through bankruptcy, and the PIF could still control the company. Lucid's position in this backdrop is tough. $2 billion in debt is hanging over the company, and cash is dwindling.LCID Total Long Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YChartsThere's only enough cash for another year or so without raising more money. And a falling stock price makes a new capital raise harder.LCID Free Cash Flow data by YChartsLucid is in troubleThe losses, balance sheet, and competitive environment make the situation daunting for Lucid. The company can't survive without more capital, and even then it's hard to see how the company gets to a sustainable position.Lucid's stock isn't a buy now, and I don't see a recovery ahead. 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