A better buy-in window may exist right now for WeRide Inc. ADR (WRD)

With 0.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.8 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $16.6 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $15.85. The 52-week range on WRD shows that it touched its highest point at $44.00 and its lowest point at $12.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $21.06.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WRD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.99%, but this was down by -33.01% over a month. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WRD yields -1.09 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.23.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 256.22 million WRD shares are outstanding with a float of 244.84 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 0.44 million, which was 16.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Dr. Xu Han as the firm’s Founder, Chairman & CEO, Dr. Yan Li serves as its Co-founder, Director & CTO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.0216 of WRD’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, WRD reported revenue of $70014000.0 and operating income of -$891114000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$844446000.0 and diluted EPS was -$3.798526.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With WRD analysts setting a high price target of 22.942003 and a low target of 19.096516, the average target price over the next 12 months is 21.035686. Based on these targets, WRD could surge 42.41% to reach the target high and rise by 18.54% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 30.58% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.