Rivian is an early-stage electric vehicle manufacturer with a weak Piotroski F-Score of 3/9 and 24% free cash flow losses relative to revenue, but has beaten earnings estimates in 3 of the last 4 quarters and maintains strong positive news sentiment with an LLM sentiment score of +0.44.
Thesis pillars
- Supply Chain Concentration Risk→Stable
- Earnings Beat In Loss Phase→Stable
- Positive News Momentum→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (RIVN) Stock Analysis
Momentum Cont setup
Consumer Cyclical · Auto Manufacturers
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.58: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality.
Rivian Automotive manufactures battery-electric vehicles at its Normal, Illinois plant — capacity up to 215,000 units annually across R1T, R1S, and Electric Delivery Van platforms — selling directly to consumer and commercial customers in two segments: Automotive and Software... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.58: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Trend continuation, RSI 67, MACD bullish. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 27d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-06Recent Developments — Rivian Automotive, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Rivian Stock: This Tesla Rival is Soaring as Some Analysts See More Gains — benzinga Jul 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS Consumer Tech (June 29-July 2): Microsoft Announces Layoffs, Meta & Google Sued In Several States & More — benzinga Jul 5, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Gary Black Targets Elon Musk's Self-Driving Efforts as Rivian Stock Rally Shows no 'Newfound Infatuation' with Autonomou — benzinga Jul 3, 2026 positive
- NEWS Apple, Rivian, Tesla, CrowdStrike And SanDisk: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today — benzinga Jul 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Rivian Just Blew Past Delivery Estimates — This ETF Is Beating Diversified EV Funds — benzinga Jul 2, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-07-06T06:20:29Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerone customer affiliate of principal stockholder10-K Item 1A: 'A significant portion of our automotive revenues has been from one customer that is an affiliate of one of our principal stockholders'
- MEDIUMCustomerVolkswagen Group10-K Item 1A: 'a significant portion of our software and services revenues has been from Volkswagen Group'
- HIGHSuppliersingle- or limited-source suppliers10-K Item 1: 'hundreds of mostly single- or limited-source suppliers, for which no immediate or readily available alternative supplier exists'
- MEDIUMSupplierbattery raw materials (lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt)10-K Item 1: 'Battery raw materials, including lithium, nickel, graphite, and cobalt, represent one of the most vulnerable parts of our supply chain'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.58: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Trend continuation, RSI 67, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $17.33. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $19.39 (+4.1% upside). Prior stop was $17.33. Stop-loss: $17.33.
Concentration risk — Supplier: single- or limited-source suppliers; Target reached (-12.1% upside); Quality below floor (1.6 < 4.0).
Rivian Automotive, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -9.8). TrendMatrix value score: 4.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
34 analysts cover RIVN with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $18.
What does Rivian Automotive, Inc. do?Rivian Automotive manufactures battery-electric vehicles at its Normal, Illinois plant — capacity up to 215,000 units...
Rivian Automotive manufactures battery-electric vehicles at its Normal, Illinois plant — capacity up to 215,000 units annually across R1T, R1S, and Electric Delivery Van platforms — selling directly to consumer and commercial customers in two segments: Automotive and Software and Services. Amazon holds an initial order of 100,000 EDVs globally; a joint venture with Volkswagen Group licenses Rivian's software and electrical architecture across VW brands.