Xpeng

China-based electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) has seen its share price drop by about 13.6% over the past 12 months. Since putting up a 52-week high on November 30, the shares are down 57%. Xpeng is scheduled to report quarterly results before markets open on Monday.

Xpeng is included among the more than 80 Chinese companies threatened with delisting on U.S. exchanges for failing to meet federal accounting requirements. The company has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion on the SEC list.

All 17 analysts covering the stock have a Buy or Strong Buy rating. At a share price of around $23.60, the upside potential based on a median price target of $47.46 is 101%. At the high price target of $63.64, the upside potential is almost 170%.

First-quarter revenue is forecast at $1.1 billion, down 18% sequentially and 62.7% lower year over year. The company’s adjusted loss per share is forecast at $0.30, compared to a per-share loss of $0.11 in the prior quarter. A year ago, Xpeng reported a loss per share of $0.88 in the March quarter. For full fiscal 2022, the company is expected to post a loss per share of $0.93, compared with 2021’s loss of $0.81 per share, on sales of $6.3 billion, up 90.8%.

Xpeng is not expected to report a profit in 2022 or 2023. The stock trades at 227.6 times estimated 2024 EPS of $0.10. The stock’s 52-week range is $18.01 to $56.45. Xpeng does not pay a dividend, and total shareholder return for the past year is negative 14.6%.

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Zoom Video

Over the past 12 months, shares of Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) have dropped by almost 71%. Since posting a 12-month high in early July of last year, the stock is down by 77%. The company has so far failed to convince investors that it has a plan for growth that doesn’t include a pandemic and a lot of free money sloshing around for people to invest. Zoom’s outlook is further fogged by having to face Microsoft as its chief competitor. The company reports results late Monday.

Analysts are showing mixed sentiment on the stock, with 15 Hold ratings, 10 Buy ratings and four Strong Buy ratings out of a total of 30 brokerages covering the stock. At a share price of around $90.90, the upside potential based on a median price target of $150.00 is 65%. At the high price target of $295.00, the upside potential is 225%.

First-quarter revenue is forecast at $1.07 billion, up 0.2% sequentially and 11.9% year over year. Adjusted EPS are pegged at $0.88, down 32.1% sequentially and 33.3% lower year over year. For the full 2023 fiscal year ending in January, current estimates call for EPS of $4.08, down 29.3%, on sales of $4.54 billion, up 10.8%.

The stock trades at 25.4 times expected 2023 EPS, 22.3 times estimated 2024 earnings of $4.08 and 21.7 times estimated 2025 earnings of $4.19 per share. The stock’s 52-week range is $79.03 to $406.48. Zoom does not pay a dividend, and total shareholder return for the past year is negative 70.7%.