NASDAQ$NKLAQ

Nikola Corp · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Nikola reported first quarter results, began serial production of the Nikola Tre BEV, and shipped saleable production trucks.

Nikola Corporation reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. They began serial production of the Nikola Tre BEV on March 21 and shipped 11 saleable production trucks to dealers in April. The company is scaling production and aims to deliver 300-500 production vehicles this year.

  • Started serial production of the Nikola Tre BEV on March 21.
  • Received Purchase Orders (POs) for 134 Tre BEVs utilizing California’s HVIP incentive through April.
  • Shipped 11 saleable production trucks to dealers in April for customer delivery.
  • Completed Tre FCEV alpha pilot testing with Anheuser-Busch (A-B) in Southern California operations in April.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.89M

Previous: $0.00
EPS (adj)

-$6.30

Previous: -$4.20-50.0%
Adjusted EBITDA

-$79.2M

Previous: -$53.4M-48.1%
Capital Expenditures

-$30.1M

Previous: -$24.5M-22.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$161M

Previous: -$83.8M-92.7%
Net Income

-$153M

Previous: -$120M-27.2%
Operating Income

-$151M

Previous: -$121M-25.5%
Gross Profit

$431K

Previous: $0.00
Cash & Equivalents

$360M

Previous: $764M-52.8%
Total Assets

$910M

Previous: $1B-9.3%
Stock-Based Comp

$53.5M

Previous: $50.3M+6.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Nikola · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.89M

Q1 2022
Beat estimate in 4 of 13 quarters(31%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Nikola · $36K total across 1 segment · Q2 2020

  • Solar Revenues
    $36K

Forward guidance

Nikola looks forward to achieving the following milestones in 2022

Tailwinds

  • Deliver 300 to 500 production Tre BEV trucks
  • Successful FCEV alpha pilot testing with Anheuser-Busch and TTSI
  • Build, validate and test Tre FCEV beta trucks
  • Announce location, break ground, and commence construction of the first hydrogen production hub in Arizona
  • Announce two or more dispensing station partners in California

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 13 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2022

Historical avgQ1 2022

+211.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-12.0%

Avg return

5 days after

-20.4%

Avg return

30 days after

41%

11 / 27 earnings

Positive

+2900.0%

Q3 2019

Best reaction

-29.7%

Q2 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2024+3.3%-24.1%-1.9%
Q3 2024-11.1%-24.4%-54.2%
Q2 2024+2.8%-1.0%-32.3%
Q1 2024-9.1%-10.3%-20.8%
Q4 2023+8.8%+8.1%-5.8%
Q3 2023+8.6%-1.0%-6.8%
Q2 2023-29.7%-43.0%-65.6%
Q1 2023-18.8%-22.4%-38.9%
Q4 2022-4.7%-4.8%-36.1%
Q3 2022-10.3%-15.1%-13.9%
Q2 2022+7.6%-7.1%-29.8%
Q1 2022-6.3%-22.7%-7.4%
Q4 2021+15.7%+12.0%+48.4%
Q3 2021+3.4%
Q2 2021-5.2%
Q1 2021+11.0%
Q4 2020-14.5%
Q3 2020-7.9%
Q2 2020-4.0%
Q1 2020-3.6%
Q4 2019-20.0%
Q3 2019+2900.0%
Q2 2019+2900.0%
Q1 2019+0.0%
Q4 2018+0.0%
Q3 2018+0.4%
Q2 2018+0.0%

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