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As Nvidia-fueled surge continues, WeRide is now worth 1/16th of Uber

Investors are buying what Nvidia is buying.

Nate Becker

After jumping more than 80% on Friday, ADRs of WeRide pushed even higher on Tuesday, with investors continuing to hope that everything Nvidia touches turns to gold.

The Chinese self-driving car company’s stock jumped 27% in afternoon trading. Investors are piling in after Nvidia disclosed late last week that it had bought a roughly $25 million stake in the company. The continued surge on Tuesday pushed the company’s market cap to about $11 billion. That’s roughly one-sixteenth the valuation of Uber.

It’s a crazy run-up for WeRide, which was founded in 2017 and just went public in October. Until Friday, its ADRs had gone up 1% since its IPO. Now the stock has registered back-to-back increases of 83% and 27%.

On its surface, this is a company that has posted net losses for at least four years in a row with revenue that actually contracted 24% from 2022 to 2023, according to the latest data available via FactSet. 

Nevertheless, investors seem to be buying what Nvidia is, well, buying.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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