Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Aurora Innovation, Inc. AUR
$5.67 +2.72% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $11.12B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $5.0M, up 400.0% from a year earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -19400.0% from -83600.0% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 10.7% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 5%
- Gross marginTop 1%
- Operating marginBottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 44%
- 6-month returnTop 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 35%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | -71600.0% | 7040.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -83600.0% | -19400.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -60100.0% | -15020.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 400.0% | — | Top 2% | |
| Gross margin | 7040.0% | -71600.0% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Operating margin | -19400.0% | -83600.0% | ↑ | Bottom 1% |
| Net margin | -18000.0% | -81000.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -15020.0% | -60100.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -46.9% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -64.7% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4100.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -6.38%
- Shareholder yield
- -6.38%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +10.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +18.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.20
- Target vs current price
- +150.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -20.0% | -3.7% | +16.4% | -7.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +5.0% | +11.3% | +10.6% | +6.4% | -1.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +0.0% | -2.2% | +6.3% | -0.2% | +60.1% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +8.3% | -1.3% | -4.2% | -26.0% | -13.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +8.3% | -3.0% | +3.2% | -2.5% | -17.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | -4.7% | +6.0% | -6.2% | -22.7% | -18.5% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +0.0% | -7.9% | +27.7% | -10.7% | +10.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -18.2% | -3.9% | -25.0% | -12.4% | -2.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.14 | -$0.12 | -20.0% | $2.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.12 | +5.0% | $1.0M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -$0.12 | -$0.12 | +0.0% | $1.0M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.12 | +8.3% | $1.0M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.12 | +8.3% | $1.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.12 | -$0.11 | -4.7% | — |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | +0.0% | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -$0.13 | -$0.11 | -18.2% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 2213.20× | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -6.75% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
| Earnings yield | -8.29% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.4%
- RSI (14)
- 41.5
- Relative volume
- 0.42×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.29
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2021 | Dec 27, 2022 | -93.3% | 276 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $11.12B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.47
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.0M
- 52-week range
- $3.60 – $8.57
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $82.0M | $68.0M | $0 | $0 | $3.0M |
| Gross profit | -$615.0M | -$609.0M | -$716.0M | -$676.0M | -$14.0M |
| Operating income | -$731.0M | -$1.85B | -$835.0M | -$786.0M | -$901.0M |
| Net income | -$755.0M | -$1.72B | -$796.0M | -$748.0M | -$816.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.67 | -$2.37 | -$0.60 | -$0.46 | -$0.44 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $2.0M |
| Net income | -$208.0M | -$193.0M | -$208.0M | -$201.0M | -$201.0M | -$206.0M | -$223.0M | -$270.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.13 | -$0.12 | -$0.12 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | -$0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$563.3M | -$508.0M | -$598.0M | -$611.0M | -$581.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$48.1M | -$15.0M | -$15.0M | -$34.0M | -$31.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$611.3M | -$523.0M | -$613.0M | -$645.0M | -$612.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $8.0M | $13.0M | $840.0M | $497.0M | $916.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.22B
- Total assets
- $2.17B
- Total liabilities
- $214.0M
- Total debt
- $82.0M
- Net debt
- -$54.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.95B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 198,257,624
- Days to cover
- 7.24
- Change vs previous report
- +3.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.