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Investing.com - Macquarie has raised its price target on XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) to $25.00 from $24.00 while maintaining an Outperform rating on the Chinese electric vehicle maker. The target sits within the broader analyst range of $18.05 to $35.64, according to InvestingPro data, which shows the stock has already surged 64% year-to-date.
The research firm cited potential vehicle margin expansion as a key focus area for the company, despite noting that XPeng’s first-quarter net loss beat was partly attributable to other gains including subsidies and foreign exchange benefits. The company’s current gross profit margin stands at 15.2%, while revenue growth remains robust at 51% year-over-year.
Macquarie indicated that recent peer companies’ earnings beats from foreign exchange gains could suggest some potential non-operating upside surprise for XPeng as well.
The firm updated its estimates and rolled forward its valuation to fiscal year 2026 estimates based on a 1.5x price-to-sales multiple, which supported the higher price target.
XPeng’s Hong Kong-listed shares also received an updated target price of HK$99 from Macquarie as part of the same research note.
In other recent news, Xpeng Inc was the only Chinese automaker invited to present at the 2025 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition workshop on autonomous driving in Nashville, Tennessee. The company shared insights from its research and development efforts in a presentation titled "Scaling up Autonomous Driving via Large Foundation Models." Additionally, Goldman Sachs has upgraded Xpeng’s stock rating from Neutral to Buy, citing strategic improvements such as organizational restructuring and technology cost reduction. The firm has set a new price target of HK$94.00 for the Hong Kong-listed shares and US$24 for the NYSE-listed stock.
Xpeng is also reportedly developing advanced chips for Volkswagen vehicles, with self-designed Turing processors that claim to outperform those made by Nvidia. In another analyst update, CFRA has upgraded Xpeng’s stock from a Strong Sell to Hold, raising the price target to $20.00. This adjustment is based on projected revenue growth, with expectations of a 117% increase in 2025 and 24% in 2026. The company anticipates a 180% rise in car deliveries in 2025, driven by new models and market expansion, although the average selling price is expected to decrease due to a higher sales mix of cheaper models.
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