Investment in WeRide: WeRide, a Chinese autonomous driving company, has received significant investments from ARK Invest, which purchased 858,295 shares recently, including 191,149 shares through its ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF.
Market Potential: ARK's Big Ideas 2025 report suggests that the autonomous mobility market could reach trillions of dollars, with the potential for global robotaxi fleets to grow to tens of millions of vehicles by 2030.
High-Profile Investors: WeRide has attracted a range of notable investors, including Bosch, Fidelity, Nvidia, and several sovereign wealth funds from Asia and the Middle East, indicating strong confidence in its business model.
Stock Performance: Following the investment news, WeRide's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) saw a premarket increase of 1.6%.
Wall Street analysts forecast WRD stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WRD is 14.77 USD with a low forecast of 12.00 USD and a high forecast of 17.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
3 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast WRD stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WRD is 14.77 USD with a low forecast of 12.00 USD and a high forecast of 17.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
3 Buy
0 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 8.840
Low
12.00
Averages
14.77
High
17.00
Current: 8.840
Low
12.00
Averages
14.77
High
17.00
Citi
Jeff Chung
Buy
maintain
$15.30
2026-01-19
New
Reason
Citi
Jeff Chung
Price Target
$15.30
AI Analysis
2026-01-19
New
maintain
Buy
Reason
Citi analyst Jeff Chung added a "90-day upside catalyst watch" on WeRide while keeping a Buy rating on the shares with a $15.30 price target. Citi sees upside in the stock from Waymo's potential financing round in Q1 at an implied valuation of 280-times 2025 price-to-sales. This could re-rate WeRide's valuation, which equates to 34-times 2025 price-to-sales, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Citi also expects improving sentiment around WeRide's possible entry into Southbound Stock Connect in June.
JPMorgan
Alex Yao
Overweight
downgrade
$21 -> $17
2025-12-07
Reason
JPMorgan
Alex Yao
Price Target
$21 -> $17
2025-12-07
downgrade
Overweight
Reason
JPMorgan analyst Alex Yao lowered the firm's price target on WeRide to $17 from $21 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm sees the company's monetization scaling more slowly in China until policies catch up the robotaxi technology. The analyst cut near-term estimates for WeRide but keeps its longer term earnings power assumptions largely unchanged.
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Citi
NULL
to
Buy
initiated
$15.50
2025-09-29
Reason
Citi
Price Target
$15.50
2025-09-29
initiated
NULL
to
Buy
Reason
Citi initiated coverage of WeRide with a Buy rating and $15.50 price target. The firm believes the robotaxi sector is at an \"inflection point.\" Citi is positive on the robotaxi market in China, expecting the penetration to grow from 0.1% in 2025 to 9.0% in 2030 and 30% in 2035. The firm rolled out coverage of China's largest robotaxi operators, Pony AI and WeRide, with Buys.
UBS
Buy
initiated
$12
2025-08-04
Reason
UBS
Price Target
$12
2025-08-04
initiated
Buy
Reason
UBS initiated coverage of WeRide with a Buy rating and $12 price target. The firm says the company has pioneered L4, or high driving automation, deployment acorss 30 cities in 10 countries, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm likes WeRide's overseas strategy and "top-tier" robotaxi technology. It estimates 71% annual sales growth through 2030.
About WRD
WeRide Inc is a holding company mainly engaged in the commercialization of autonomous driving technology. The Company mainly operates three businesses. The company sells autonomous driving vehicles, primarily including robobuses, robotaxis and robosweepers, and related sensor suites. The Company provides autonomous driving related operational and technical support services. The Company also offers other technology services, including advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) research and development services, and intelligent data services. The Company's autonomous driving products and solutions are available in multiple countries including China, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, France, Singapore and Japan.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
