Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom in San Francisco on May 24, 2024.
DETROIT – Lucid Group missed Wall Street's expectations for a second consecutive quarter as the all-electric vehicle maker continues to address problems with the launch of its new flagship Gravity SUV.
The company, for a second consecutive quarter, also cut its annual production guidance to around 18,000 vehicles from a previous forecast of between 18,000 and 20,000 units. Its original target for this year was 20,000 units. It also reduced the low end target of its capital expenditures by $100 million to between $1 billion and $1.2 billion.
Here's how the company performed in the third quarter, compared with average estimates compiled by LSEG:
Loss per share: $2.65 adjusted vs. a loss of $2.27 expected
$2.65 adjusted vs. a loss of $2.27 expected Revenue: $336.6 million vs. $379.1 million expected
Lucid reported a net loss for the quarter of $978.4 million, or $3.31 per share, compared with a net loss of $992.5 million, or $4.09 per share, in the same period last year. Adjusting for one-time items including restructuring, the company lost $2.65 a share.
Its quarterly revenue increased roughly 68% from $200 million a year earlier, while its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization widened year-over-over by 17%.
The company's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was a loss of $717.7 million vs. an expected loss of $597.4 million, according to estimates compiled by StreetAccount. That loss widened year-over-over by 17%. Its quarterly revenue increased roughly 68% from $200 million a year earlier.
Its quarterly revenue increased roughly 68% from $200 million a year earlier.
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