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Pony AI Inc. Class A2026.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Chinese autonomous-driving company developing robotaxi and autonomous trucking technology.

≈ China's WaymoMomentum laggard 6
Mkt cap
$1.93B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
87%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.36M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-50.2 pp
WACC 15.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · HKDHK$34.80
1D-8.4%
1W-7.4%
1M-26.5%
3M-43.2%
6M-56.5%
YTD-70.3%
1Yn/a
ATR %7.0%
52w lowhigh74.6% off high

What Pony AI does

Chinese autonomous-driving company developing robotaxi and autonomous trucking technology.

Revenue comes from robotaxi fares and fleet services, trucking freight fees, and fees for licensing its driving software to automakers and partners, while heavy spending goes into building out fleets and proving the technology. Partnerships with carmakers such as Toyota and with ride-hailing platforms are central to how it expands.

In one line: China's Waymo.

Products and services

  • Robotaxi service/technology
  • Autonomous trucking technology
  • ADAS technology licensing

Customers

  • Ride-hailing platforms/passengers
  • Logistics companies (autonomous trucking)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Autonomous driving
  • Robotaxi & autonomous trucking

What could go right

  • Robotaxi commercialization/scaling

What could go wrong

  • Regulatory approval pace for driverless operation
  • High capital burn before profitability

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, data, process know-how). Years of accumulated autonomous-driving data and technology validated through robotaxi pilot deployments in multiple Chinese cities.

Headquarters: Guangzhou/Beijing, China · Founded: 2016 · Employees: 1,669

Named competitors

Pony AI at a glance

Size Pony AI (2026.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $1.93B, the 425th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$34.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 56.5%, against -10.3% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 67.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.8%); the operating margin is -214.0% (peer median 1.9%).

Valuation It trades at 7.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 5.1× (7th most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 50.2 points below its cost of capital (15.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

507510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 892026.HK 46
Six months, rebased to 100: Pony AI against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Pony AI financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$977MHK$702MHK$585MHK$563MHK$535M
Revenue growth—+20%+4%+5%—
Gross profitHK$170MHK$65.2MHK$26.6MHK$34.2MHK$127M
EBITDAn/a-HK$1.97B-HK$2.14B-HK$1.01B-HK$1.21B
Net income-HK$1.16B-HK$1.04B-HK$2.14B-HK$977M-HK$1.16B
Free cash flown/a-HK$1.63B-HK$953M-HK$943M-HK$1.31B
Capital expendituren/aHK$342MHK$88.9MHK$39.9MHK$94.2M
Total debtHK$288MHK$225MHK$107MHK$57.4MHK$102M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Pony AI competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%PLNWKARO300315600271002373AIY300166603533PINELABS688343688088002354ETOR3013164686SOUNAICERT18602026.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Pony AI is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%0×5×10×15×PLNWKARO300315600271002373AIY300166603533688343688088002354ETOR4686300459SOUNAICERT18602026.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Pony AI is the large dot.

Pony AI competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2026.HK vs 0800.HK vs 9888.HK vs 6880.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Pony AI 2026.HK$1.93B-56%+67%-214%7.4×n/a
WeRide 0800.HK$1.33B-47%+109%-221%5.3×n/a
Bidu-sw 9888.HK$26.4B-43%-1%7%1.2×n/a
Momenta Global 6880.HK$4.02Bn/a+82%-32%28.1×n/a

How Pony AI compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Pony AI against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2026.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-26.5%+3.3%lowest of 21
6-month return-56.5%-10.3%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-74.6%-42.2%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+67.0%+9.8%highest of 21
Operating margin-214.0%1.9%lowest of 21
EV / Sales7.4×5.1×7th most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-50.2 pp-7.7 pp2nd lowest of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Pony AI 2026.HKHong Kong$1.93B-56%+67%-214%7.4×n/an/a
Planisware Societe anonyme PLNW.PAFrance$1.94B+46%+8%31%7.4×12.3%+16.8%
Karooooo KAROUnited States$1.95B+25%+32%25%5.5×10.4%+17.7%
Ourpalm 300315.SZChina$1.96B-3%-5%-65%16.0×55.8%-17.0%
Aisino 600271.SSChina$1.96B-16%-12%-24%1.8×n/an/a
China TransInfo Technology 002373.SZChina$1.89B-11%+16%1%1.2×22.0%-2.7%
iFAST AIY.SISingapore$1.89B-10%+35%24%1.9×-11.6%+24.8%
Business-Intelligence of Oriental Nations 300166.SZChina$1.88B-27%+7%-5%6.0×n/an/a
iReader Technology 603533.SSChina$1.98B+20%+14%-2%3.2×37.2%+9.5%
Pine Labs PINELABS.NSIndia$1.98B-19%+50%7%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen Intellifusion Technologies 688343.SSChina$1.87B-46%-4%-52%8.4×n/an/a
ArcSoft 688088.SSChina$1.87B-26%+10%12%11.2×41.3%+6.2%
Tianyu Digital Technology 002354.SZChina$2.00B+31%+8%-2%6.3×25.9%+15.8%
eToro ETORUnited States$1.86B-40%+10%32%0.7×-18.5%+15.4%
Hydsoft Technology 301316.SZChina$1.86B-41%+19%3%4.9×46.1%+26.7%
Justsystems 4686.TJapan$2.01B+33%+10%44%3.8×-6.3%+4.6%
Zhejiang Jinke Tom Culture Industry 300459.SZChina$2.01B-9%-10%-108%16.4×43.2%-12.5%
SoundHound AI SOUNUnited States$1.85B-54%+55%-96%8.1×n/an/a
C3.ai AIUnited States$1.84B+18%-38%-198%5.1×n/an/a
Certara CERTUnited States$1.84B+91%+1%5%4.8×40.7%+11.5%
Mobvista Incorporation 1860.HKHong Kong$2.05B-43%+26%4%0.8×-1.1%+31.9%

Questions

Who are Pony AI's main competitors?
Named competitors: WeRide (0800.HK), Baidu (Apollo Go) (9888.HK), Momenta (6880.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Planisware Societe anonyme (PLNW.PA), Karooooo (KARO), Ourpalm (300315.SZ), Aisino (600271.SS), China TransInfo Technology (002373.SZ), iFAST (AIY.SI).
Is Pony AI expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 7.4× against a peer median of 5.1×, 7th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Pony AI stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -56.5% against -10.3% for the median peer.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.