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WeRide Inc. (WRD)

NASDAQ / Technology / Software - Infrastructure

Share price

4.25 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

1.32B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2024, filed Mar 25, 2025
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
3, FY2022 to FY2024
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

-35.6% Computed

From the FY2024 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to book

1.25x Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

-7.7% Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, by fiscal year

FY2020 Revenue: 18.2M CNYFY2020 Net income: -694.9M CNYFY2021 Revenue: 138.2M CNYFY2021 Net income: -1.01B CNYFY2022 Revenue: 527.5M CNYFY2022 Net income: -1.30B CNYFY2023 Revenue: 401.8M CNYFY2023 Net income: -1.95B CNYFY2024 Revenue: 361.1M CNYFY2024 Net income: -2.52B CNY
Revenue Net income5 fiscal years; a year whose statement names no SEC filing is market data, and the table in Filings says which.
Named tests met
0 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was -35.6% in FY2024, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Software - Infrastructure industry (114 companies), -35.6% sits at the 20th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -25.7% to 16.2%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 0.02 in FY2024, in the band labelled "Conservative" (below 0.50), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting a balance sheet that relies little on borrowing.

Today, against the Software - Infrastructure industry (58 companies), 0.02 sits at the 10th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.17 to 1.26.

Year by year against peers
Whether WeRide Inc.'s gross margin stayed above the median of the Software - Infrastructure industry, year by year. (FY2021 to FY2024, 4 fiscal years of WeRide Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way WeRide Inc.'s gross margin has moved, and how steadily. (FY2020 to FY2024, 5 filed years of WeRide Inc.)
What could explain it
What in WeRide Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (2 readings drawn from the statement lines WeRide Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on WeRide Inc., and where in its filings. (3 questions for WeRide Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on WeRide Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (7 of sixteen figures read for WeRide Inc.)

These are WRD’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2024 annual report: 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-062519.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

WeRide Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Return on equity-35.6% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Return on capital employed, pre-tax-30.6% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Return on assets-32.7% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Gross margin30.7% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Operating margin-605.1% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Net margin-696.9% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
WRD -696.9%
MQ -2.2%EVCM 3.0%BAND -1.7%RDWR 6.7%ALLT 3.6%
-696.9%6.7%
Net margin: WRD against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

WeRide Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.02 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Current ratio13.43 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Quick ratio13.06 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Interest coverage
Why n/m

Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

n/m ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Altman Z-score7.04 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Net debt-4.13B ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Total assets 7.69BTotal liabilities 627.8MShareholders' equity 7.07BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What WeRide Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2024, from the balance sheet it filed (20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519).

WeRide Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets7.69B FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025
Total liabilities627.8M FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025
Shareholders' equity7.07B FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025
Cash4.27B FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025
Total debt143.0M FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025
Net debt-4.13B
Current ratio13.43
Debt to equity0.02
  • Interest cover: FY2024: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

WeRide Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
P/E on trailing twelve months
Why n/a

A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book1.25x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Price to sales24.49x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/m

EBITDA is zero or negative, so a multiple of it is not meaningful.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Diluted earnings per share
Why n/a

The FY2024 filing carries no diluted earnings per share we could read.

n/a FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Graham number
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value WRD on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for WeRide Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

WeRide Inc: valuation
Share price4.25 USD
Market capitalisation1.32B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/m
Graham numbern/m
Diluted earnings per share, FY2021n/a

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

Companies like WeRide Inc

  1. Marqeta, Inc. (MQ)Market cap 1.82B USD
  2. EverCommerce Inc. (EVCM)Market cap 1.68B USD
  3. Bandwidth Inc. (BAND)Market cap 1.60B USD
  4. Radware Ltd. (RDWR)Market cap 1.19B USD
  5. Allot Ltd. (ALLT)Market cap 445.7M USD

Same industry (Software - Infrastructure) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

WeRide Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield-7.7% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Free cash flow-677.6M CNY ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Free cash flow margin-187.6% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
FY2020 Free cash flow: -217.2M CNYFY2020 Net income: -694.9M CNYFY2021 Free cash flow: -532.3M CNYFY2021 Net income: -1.01B CNYFY2022 Free cash flow: -751.2M CNYFY2022 Net income: -1.30B CNYFY2023 Free cash flow: -511.5M CNYFY2023 Net income: -1.95B CNYFY2024 Free cash flow: -677.6M CNYFY2024 Net income: -2.52B CNY
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

WeRide Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
n/mFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
1.25xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/a Operating profit is zero or negative, so there is no profit for a buyer's price to be a multiple of.
-7.7%FY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2024Mar 25, 2025
n/a The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
n/aFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
0.02FY2024Mar 25, 2025
13.43FY2024Mar 25, 2025
24.49xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/mFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
7.04FY2024Oct 15, 2026
2.55FY2024Mar 25, 2025
3/9FY2024Mar 25, 2025

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2024, the newest full year on file. 3 filed fiscal years on record, FY2022 to FY2024, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

5 fiscal years, FY2020 to FY2024. 3 read from the annual reports WeRide Inc filed with the SEC, each naming its filing; the rest from statements that name none, which are market data. Amounts in CNY, as reported.

WeRide Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY2024361.1M-2.19B-2.52Bn/a-677.6M-605.1%-35.6%20-F, Mar 25, 20250001193125-25-062519
FY2023401.8M-1.57B-1.95Bn/a-511.5M-389.8%n/m20-F, Mar 25, 20250001193125-25-062519
FY2022527.5M-779.2M-1.30Bn/a-751.2M-147.7%n/a20-F, Mar 25, 20250001193125-25-062519
FY2021138.2M-500.5M-1.01B-3.75-532.3M-362.2%n/mMarket data, supplied Oct 15, 2026accession n/a
FY202018.2M-463.9M-694.9M-2.55-217.2M-2550.5%n/aMarket data, supplied Oct 15, 2026accession n/a
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2020 to FY2024: 111.1%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2020 and 2024, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2020 and 2021, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2020 and 2024, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

WeRide Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score2.55 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Piotroski F-score3/9 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Mar 25, 2025, 0001193125-25-062519
Named tests met0 of 30 Computed
Beta
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 0 met, 19 not met, 11 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
None of the named tests.
Does not
Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); EV/EBITDA and coverage; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Cash-covered dividend; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(18)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: The latest filed year has no per-share earnings we can read; the test needs 10.
  • P/E Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
  • PEG Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Rev Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: EBITDA is zero or negative, so a multiple of it is not meaningful.
  • Interest Coverage: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Share Count Change Yoy: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Beta: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Ncav: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

A thesis is your reason for owning it, in your words, with the figures that must stay true. Checking those figures every night against the newest filed accounts, and telling you once when one breaks, is what the subscription adds.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 18 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, P/E Ratio, EV/EBIT. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 11 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.
  • We hold 3 filed fiscal years rather than 10, so the run above is shorter than a full decade and is counted as what it is.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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