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2022-03-18

EV stocks are speculation.

EV Stock Valuations Make No Sense. Time to Recalibrate.

Wild trading, due to a plethora of issues, has made it nearly impossible to track the valuations of electric-vehicle stocks like Tesla and Rivian. Recent ups and downs have shaken up the sector and th

EV Stock Valuations Make No Sense. Time to Recalibrate.

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BYD, Lucid, Polestar, Rivian, NIO, Li, and XPeng trade for 3 times, 27 times, 11 times, 19 times, 5 times, 3 times, and 7 times, respectively. There isn’t an easy way to divine a pattern in any those multiples. Investors can’t correlate long-term-growth rates or near-term-profit expectations with the numbers.</p><p>Instead, EV stocks have been tossed on a sea of issues. China and the overall stock market are driving Wednesday trading. But EV stocks have also been impacted by rising interest rates, inflation, and parts shortages. In addition, a spike in gas prices, caused in part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have fueled more interest in EVs and EV stocks.</p><p>Most of the 2022 developments have been negative. The EV stocks Barron’s tracks are down about 37% year to date on average.</p><p>Another small negative impacting the sector in 2022 is changing EV incentives. EV purchase incentives fell, a little, in China beginning in 2022. 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