In this briefing:
1. NIO (NIO US): Lock-Up Expiry – This Could Get Messy
Yesterday, NIO Inc (NIO US)’s share tumbled 20% on the back of poor 1Q19 guidance. NIO warned that deliveries of ES8, its electric SUV, have been sluggish so far in 2019 and scrapped plans to build its Shanghai Manufacturing Plant. NIO blamed the slump on uncertainty over government subsidies for electric vehicles, China’s slowing economy and disruption caused by the Chinese New Year holidays.
The weak guidance could not come at a worse time as its six-month lock-up period expires on 11 March 2019. We continue to remain bears on NIO and believe that the lock-up expiry will lead to further share price weakness.
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