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Li Auto Inc. (LI)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Li Auto Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Li Auto Inc.

Li Auto Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells premium smart electric vehicles primarily in China. Its product lineup includes extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), such as the Li L series SUVs and the Li MEGA family MPV. The company serves families seeking electric vehicles priced over RMB 200,000 and has expanded its market presence to Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Africa.

Snapshot

Revenue
$16.06B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-18.8%
Net income
$162.9M
Diluted EPS
$0.08
Gross margin
18.7%
Operating margin
-0.5%
Net margin
1.0%
FCF margin
-11.4%
ROE
1.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
148.8×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$11.64B
Long-term debt / equity
0.05×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Li Auto

  • Revenue fell 18.8% to $16.1B in FY2025, slower than the 13.5% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -0.5% in FY2025, +3.3 pp against -3.8% in FY2021.
  • Free cash flow was negative $1.8B in FY2025.
  • Net income fell 85.2% to $163M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Li Auto’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin18.7%
20th percentile of 275
Operating margin-0.5%
29th percentile of 348
Net margin1.0%
39th percentile of 377
FCF margin-11.4%
6th percentile of 351
Revenue growth (YoY)-18.8%
7th percentile of 394
ROE1.6%
36th percentile of 343
P/E148.8×
98th percentile of 249
Long-term debt / equity0.05×
15th percentile of 234
Short interest11.77d
94th percentile of 401

Li Auto’s P/E of 148.8 ranks in the 98th percentile of the 249 peers with a meaningful P/E. Li Auto’s FCF margin of -11.4% ranks in the 6th percentile of the 351 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it. Li Auto’s revenue growth of -18.8% ranks in the 7th percentile of the 394 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
2 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
1 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$94.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$76.5M6.5MReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$10.5M893.3KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$6.8M577.8KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$686,42658.5KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
29.2M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+11.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
11.77
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1429.2M+11.8%11.77
2026-07-3126.1M-2.2%6.14
2026-07-1526.7M+6.1%7.11
2026-06-3025.2M+3.3%7.29
2026-06-1524.4M-4.4%5.10
2026-05-2925.5M+11.0%3.59
2026-05-1523.0M+0.3%6.73
2026-04-3022.9M+0.5%8.51

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$16.06B$19.79B$17.44B$6.57B$4.24B
Gross profit$3.00B$4.06B$3.87B$1.27B$904.1M
Operating income$-74.5M$961.6M$1.04B$-529.9M$-159.6M
Net income$162.9M$1.10B$1.66B$-294.7M$-50.4M
Diluted EPS$0.08$0.52$0.78$-0.15$-0.03

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-1.23B$2.18B$7.14B$1.07B$1.31B
Capital expenditure$601.4M$1.06B$916.5M$743.5M$540.5M
Free cash flow$-1.83B$1.12B$6.22B$326.6M$768.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryMotor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Oldest indexed filing2019
SEC CIK1791706

Selected SEC filings

20-F2026-04-10
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6-K2026-09-01
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6-K2026-08-26
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6-K2026-08-24
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6-K2026-08-17
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.