Li Auto (LI) stock fell on Thursday following the release of the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) Q2 2025 earnings report. The report started with adjusted earnings per share of 19 cents, compared to Wall Street’s estimate of 23 cents per share. The company’s adjusted EPS was also down 47.2% year-over-year from 36 cents.
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Li Auto reported revenue of $4.2 billion in Q2 2025, which was below analysts’ estimate of $4.46 billion. This also represented a 3.89% decline year-over-year from $4.37 billion. This is despite the company’s 111,074 EV deliveries during the quarter, a 2.3% year-over-year increase.
Li Auto stock was down 4.03% in pre-market trading on Thursday, following an 8.32% fall yesterday. The shares have also decreased 5.79% year-to-date but remain up 14.78% over the past 12 months.
Li Auto Guidance
Li Auto provided guidance for the third quarter of 2025 in its latest earnings report. The company expects revenue to range from $3.5 billion to $3.7 billion, representing a year-over-year decrease of 42.1% to 38.8%. This would also come in well below Wall Street’s estimate of $6.07 billion for the quarter.
Li Auto also included delivery estimates for Q3 2025 in today’s earnings release. It expects EV deliveries to come in between 90,000 and 95,000, which would be down 41.1% to 37.8% year-over-year.
Is Li Auto Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, the analysts’ consensus rating for Li Auto is Hold, based on four Buy, five Hold, and two Sell ratings over the past three months. With that comes an average LI stock price target of $29.66, representing a potential 31.24% upside for the shares. These ratings and price targets will likely change as analysts update their coverage following today’s earnings report.
