NASDAQ$NKLAQ

Nikola Corp · Q3 2020 earnings

Q3 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported financial results, made progress on key milestones, and maintained a strong cash position.

Nikola Corporation reported its Q3 2020 financial results, highlighting the assembly of the first Nikola Tre BEV prototypes and ongoing work with customers on BEV truck orders. The company ended the quarter with a strong cash position of $908 million.

  • Completed the assembly of the first Nikola Tre BEV testing vehicles at IVECO's Ulm, Germany manufacturing facility.
  • Announced a strategic collaboration with General Motors.
  • Made substantial progress toward completion of building modifications at Nikola's manufacturing facility on IVECO's industrial complex in Ulm, Germany.
  • Broke ground on construction at Nikola's Coolidge, Arizona greenfield manufacturing facility.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $296K-100.0%
EPS (adj)

-$4.80

Previous: -$1.80-166.6%
Adjusted EBITDA

-$58.8M

Previous: -$11.1M-429.8%
Capital Expenditures

-$5.86M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$90.8M

No prior period
Net Income

-$117M

Previous: -$15.5M-657.2%
Operating Income

-$117M

Previous: -$13M-800.9%
Gross Profit

$0.00

Previous: $155K-100.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$908M

Previous: $818K+110867.2%
Total Assets

$1.14B

Previous: $238M+376.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$52.2M

Previous: $1.19M+4304.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Nikola · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q3 2020-100%vs Q3 2019
Beat estimate in 3 of 7 quarters(43%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

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

  • Solar Revenues
    $36K

Forward guidance

Nikola remains committed to announcing potential collaboration partners concerning electricity procurement and the rollout of hydrogen fueling infrastructure. In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2020, Nikola expects to make continued progress against its milestones for the development of the Tre BEV and construction of the Coolidge, Arizona, facility.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 13 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

+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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