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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2018; the latest 2020-04-29.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2020-04-29) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+50.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 8.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 5.0 billion in fiscal 2018 to CNY 87 billion in fiscal 2025, up 50.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 7 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 2.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: NIO Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.0 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 20% 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -361%: lost 361¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 97%: owes 97¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, NIO Inc. lost about 361 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 10 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 97 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 10.6% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 41% of 27 in its family; net margin -17.1%.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 87 billion in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of -17.1% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 21.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 33% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: NIO 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 2026-03-18 (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.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 42% of 26 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of CNY 26 billion against debt of CNY 8.6 billion leaves 14.1% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.5% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 13.6% (top 48%); research spending of 12.1% of revenue (top 40%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 45% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 21.1% a year over the last three filed years against 50.7% over all 8, slowing (bottom 10% of its family); the newest year grew 33.1% (top 17%); research spending grew -0.7% a year (bottom 44%); capital spending grew -4.5% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). NIO Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at CNY 77 billion (88%), Service at CNY 4.2 billion (5%), Others Revenue at CNY 4.0 billion (5%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 29% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
NIO Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 87 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.2% above the CNY 76 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of CNY 15 billion against a prior three-year average of CNY 19 billion (top 37%); a net margin of -17.1% against -33.5% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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