Nio sold to $ 2 billion in ‘transformational’ year

American investment receipts fell Nio Inc. more than 3% in Monday’s extended session after the China-based electric car maker reported mixed results in the fourth quarter and said revenue for 2020 was “transformative” to $ 2 one billion.

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it said it lost RMB1.39 billion ($ 212.8 million) in the quarter, or 16 cents per ADR, compared to a loss of RMB2.8 billion in the period a year ago. Without one-time items, Nio lost $ 203.6 million, or 14 cents in installments.

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Fourth-quarter revenue jumped 133% to $ 1.02 billion, the company said. Revenue for the full year 2020 rose 108% to $ 2.49 billion, Nio said.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected a quarterly loss of 6 cents per ADR on sales of $ 1.025 billion.

Nio said it delivered 17,353 vehicles in the quarter, including 7,574 of their medium-sized SUV, the ES6. That compares with 8,224 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2019.

For the full year 2020, it delivered 43,728 vehicles, up from 20,565 vehicles in 2019.

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Fourth-quarter delivery was a record for the company and they decided to “transform 2020,” founder and CEO William Li said in a statement. That trend has continued into 2021, he said.

The company managed to deliver about 20,000 to 20,500 vehicles in the first quarter, which would be an increase of between 15% and 18% from fourth quarter delivery. It accounted for revenue between $ 1.13 billion and $ 1.16 billion for the quarter.

Shares of Nio ended the regular trading day up nearly 9%. For the past 12 months, the stock has gained 1,100%, compared to 32% for the S&P 500 SPX index,
+ 2.38%.

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