EVgo Inc. (EVGO) Stock Analysis
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Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $1.42: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10 and A.R:R 8.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 31%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.50; Below-average business quality.
EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles in the United States. It offers electricity directly to drivers; original equipment manufacturer charging and related services; and commercial charging. The company also provides ancillary... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $1.42: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10 and A.R:R 8.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 31%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 80d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: speculative.
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5 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Revenue shrinking — -15.7% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Volatile — 8.2% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $1.42: Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10 and A.R:R 8.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 31%; Elevated put/call ratio: 5.50; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $1.37. Score 4.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $3.32 (+132.1% upside). Prior stop was $1.37. Stop-loss: $1.37.
Quality below floor (2.0 < 4.0).
EVgo Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -3.5). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover EVGO with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $4.
What does EVgo Inc. do?EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles in the United States. It...
EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles in the United States. It offers electricity directly to drivers; original equipment manufacturer charging and related services; and commercial charging. The company also provides ancillary services, such as customization of digital applications, charging data integration, access to chargers behind parking lot or garage pay gates, microtargeted advertising, and charging reservations; and hardware, design, and construction services for charging sites, as well as ongoing operations, maintenance, and networking and software integration solutions through eXtend. In addition, it offers PlugShare, such as data, research, and advertising services and equipment procurement and operational services. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California. EVgo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EVgo Holdings LLC.