‘Next Tesla’ tag sends Rivian above $100 billion — without sales

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By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Esha Dey | Bloomberg

Irvine-based Rivian Automotive reached a market value of over $100 billion two days after its initial public offering, drawing comparisons to Tesla Inc.

But there are stark differences: When Tesla went public in 2010, the Elon Musk-led firm disclosed $93 million in revenue and losses far below the $1 billion Rivian reported for the first half.

What’s more, Tesla’s initial market capitalization was about $2 billion and didn’t reach $90 billion until 2020.

Eleven years later, Rivian is the world’s fifth-largest automaker by market cap having delivered only a few electric vehicles to customers. After gaining 29% in their first day of trading, Rivian shares soared as much as 24% Thursday, vaulting its valuation past General Motors.

“Along with the IPO of Lucid (LCID) the race to be the ‘next Tesla’ is well underway and increasingly happening in public markets,” Ben Laidler, eToro global market strategist, wrote in a note.

“Rivian’s valuation makes it a legitimate option for institutional investors who have previously only had Tesla to play the electric-vehicle space,” Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, wrote in a note. Colas said some investors cycle through new companies as they go public, selling the “‘old’ name and replacing it with the ‘new.’”

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