Lotus Technology Inc. (LOT)

Nasdaq: LOT · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · Shanghai · filing with the SEC since 2023

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Grade5.0

◀ Past 5.0● Present 4.9▶ Future 5.3

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The grade of Lotus Technology Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.0/10

◀ Past5.030% of the headline

● Present4.940% of the headline

▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2023.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s filings since 2023 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+244.5% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4 million in fiscal 2021 to $519 million in fiscal 2025, up 244.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 44% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span244.5%top 6% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 44% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 24% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak43.8%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

2.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 24% of 27 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 27 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lotus Technology Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 24% of 27 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

3.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 168%: owes 168¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Lotus Technology Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 2 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 168 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 13% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 40% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 27 in its family; net margin -89.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $519 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of -89.4% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of 278.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$519Mbottom 42% of its family
net margin-89.4%bottom 35% of its family
three-year revenue growth278.6%top 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

6.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-02-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 11 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-02-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 11 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Lotus Technology Inc.'s leadership is put at 6.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-02-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 11 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

6.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 26 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $550 million against debt of $129 million leaves 21.6% of its assets as net cash, top 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -79.6% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 8.7% (bottom 48%); research spending of 32.9% of revenue (top 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets21.6%top 17% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-79.6%bottom 21% of its family
gross margin8.7%bottom 48% of its family
research spending against revenue32.9%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

3.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 37% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 278.6% a year over the last three filed years against 244.5% over all 5, speeding up (top 2% of its family); the newest year grew -43.9% (bottom 6%); research spending grew -27.3% a year (bottom 21%); capital spending grew -15.9% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Lotus Technology Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $463 million (89%), Service at $56 million (11%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+34.1 points a yeartop 2% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-43.9%bottom 6% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-27.3%bottom 21% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-15.9%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

6.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 38% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Lotus Technology Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $519 million in fiscal 2025 came in 94.3% below the $9.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 2% of its family); net income of $464 million against a prior three-year average of $857 million (top 13%); a net margin of -89.4% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-94.3%bottom 2% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+46%top 13% of its family
net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton LOT · research, not advice