Does Lucid (LCID) Still Have a Credible Path to Breakeven Amid Dilution Concerns?

• Earlier this month, Lucid Group participated in investor conferences in Florida and London, where its interim CEO and CFO outlined production plans, capital needs, and progress on scaling the new Gravity SUV.
• At the same time, a cautious analyst downgrade highlighting extended losses and potential equity dilution contrasted with a more supportive backdrop from lower interest rates, sharpening investor focus on Lucid’s path to breakeven and funding.
• We’ll now examine how Morgan Stanley’s cautious outlook on losses and dilution risks reshapes Lucid Group’s existing investment narrative.

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Lucid Group Investment Narrative Recap

To own Lucid Group today, you need to believe that Gravity’s production ramp, broader model lineup and technology can eventually support scale and a path to breakeven, despite current heavy losses. The recent conferences and Morgan Stanley downgrade sharpen attention on two near term swing factors: execution on the Gravity SUV ramp as the key catalyst, and funding and dilution risk as the biggest overhang. The rate cut helps financing conditions but does not materially change these fundamentals.

Among recent announcements, Lucid’s plan to roughly double output to about 18,000 vehicles in 2025, while targeting breakeven around 72,000 units annually, ties directly into this debate. The investor presentations in Florida and London effectively put those production and capital markers in front of the market at the same time as the downgrade, making the credibility of Lucid’s scale up plans central to how investors weigh the upside from Gravity against the risk of further equity issuance.

Yet, while Gravity’s ramp is central to the story, investors also need to be aware of the potential impact of a sizeable equity raise and...

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Lucid Group's narrative projects $5.6 billion revenue and $285.8 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how Lucid Group's forecasts yield a $18.43 fair value, a 47% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Eighteen Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates span roughly US$0.50 to US$54.80 per share, highlighting very different expectations. Set against concerns about continued losses and dilution risk, it is worth weighing several of these views before deciding how Lucid might fit in your portfolio.

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