Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (KNDI)Consumer Cyclical | Recreational Vehicles | Jinhua, China | NasdaqGS
0.62 USD
-0.02
(-3.430%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.62 0.00 (-0.001%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Kandi Technologies is currently broken by a severe disconnect between its operational reality and its market valuation. While the company boasts a fortress-like balance sheet with massive free cash flow and negligible debt relative to its assets, the stock is trading at a fraction of book value because the business is actively destroying shareholder value through operations. Revenue has contracted by nearly a third year-over-year, and the company is posting significant losses on every dollar of sales, dragging down both operating and return on equity metrics. This fundamental deterioration is reflected in the price action, which has been in a multi-year downtrend, recently crossing below key moving averages as the market rejects the current valuation. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders aggressively buying puts to protect against further declines rather than betting on a recovery. Until the company can demonstrate a path to profitability and stabilize its shrinking top line, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a turnaround, making this a security to avoid entirely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.069515 |
| AutoETS | 0.093262 |
| MSTL | 0.103577 |
| AutoTheta | 0.110943 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 1.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.215 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.96 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 11.675 |
| Revenue per Share | 1.046 |
| Market Cap | 61,916,112 |
| Forward P/E | 4.11 |
| Beta | 0.62 |
| Profit Margins | -107.37% |
| Website | https://www.kandigroup.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put volume and open interest significantly exceed call activity across all expirations, with notable new flow into September and December puts. The lack of any in-the-money call positioning suggests the market views the $2.50 strike as a distant, unrealistic target in the near term, while the heavy put activity indicates a fear of further decline or a desire to hedge existing long positions.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5704698 |
| Address1 | Jinhua New Energy Vehicle Town |
| All Time High | 22.49 |
| All Time Low | 0.44 |
| Ask | 0.739 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 63,810 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 950,141 |
| Average Volume | 950,141 |
| Average Volume10Days | 63,810 |
| Beta | 0.615 |
| Bid | 0.447 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 3.265 |
| City | Jinhua |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.6166 |
| Current Ratio | 2.345 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 0.6425 |
| Day Low | 0.5647 |
| Debt To Equity | 11.675 |
| Display Name | Kandi |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,788,438,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,438,600 |
| Ebitda | -35,890,560 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.41046003 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 1.001 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -0.411 |
| Enterprise Value | -35,923,832 |
| Eps Forward | 0.15 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.08 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.6678 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.051200032 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.07666971 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -57.046978 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1.55 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.9334 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.60219353 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.5647 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.05189997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.09190715 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.5647 - 1.55 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,188,912,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 67,911,029 |
| Forward Eps | 0.15 |
| Forward P E | 4.1106663 |
| Free Cashflow | 128,878,944 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 595 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0219 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.42991 |
| Fullday Price | 0.6151 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.42648 |
| Gross Profits | 37,291,664 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.14733 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.0069 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 100,415,365 |
| Industry | Recreational Vehicles |
| Industry Disp | Recreational Vehicles |
| Industry Key | recreational-vehicles |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells electric off-road vehicles and associated parts in the People's Republic of China, the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and internationally. The company offers all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles, go-karts, golf carts, electric scooters, and electric self-balancing scooters for leisure and entertainment, agricultural operations, and site transportation applications. It also provides electric vehicles (EV) products and parts; lithium-ion cells; and battery packs and smart battery swap systems. The company was formerly known as Kandi Technologies, Corp and changed its name to Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. in December 2012. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Jinhua, China. |
| Long Name | Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 61,916,112 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_35507210 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -93,883,976 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 64,115,210 |
| Open | 0.632 |
| Operating Cashflow | 96,807,344 |
| Operating Margins | -0.77156997 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 86 57 9822 39856 |
| Post Market Change | -0.0014999509 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.24326159 |
| Post Market Price | 0.6151 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 0.6385 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.18885145 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.7080984 |
| Profit Margins | -1.0737001 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.354 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.021899998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.429914 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.6425 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.5647 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.5647 - 0.6425 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.632 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.6385 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.6166 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 255,170 |
| Return On Assets | -0.05924 |
| Return On Equity | -0.30993998 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.323 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.046 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Shares Outstanding | 100,415,365 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0136 |
| Shares Short | 1,363,884 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,480,042 |
| Short Name | Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0159 |
| Short Ratio | 2.1 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | KNDI |
| Total Cash | 118,448,648 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.432 |
| Total Debt | 31,529,432 |
| Total Revenue | 87,439,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.08 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 0.83345 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.21685004 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.26018363 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 255,170 |
| Website | https://www.kandigroup.com |
| Zip | 321,016 |