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Not exactly a standing ovation
Rivian just got what you might call a very small thumbs-up: Wall Street Zen upgraded the stock from "strong sell" to "sell". So yes, it’s an upgrade — but it’s the financial equivalent of going from “absolutely not” to “eh, maybe not quite as bad.”
The analyst crowd is still split
If you were hoping the Street had suddenly fallen in love with Rivian, not so fast. Analysts are still all over the map:
- 11 Buy ratings
- 9 Holds
- 6 Sells
That leaves Rivian with a MarketBeat consensus of Hold and an average price target of $18.05, only a whisker above the stock’s $17.23 price tag.
Why investors still care
The rating change matters less for the number itself and more for the mood behind it. Rivian’s latest quarter reportedly beat EPS, but revenue still fell 25.8% year over year, and margins remain deeply negative. Translation: the company is making progress, but it’s still in the “prove it” phase, not the “mission accomplished” phase.
The bigger story
For Rivian, little rating tweaks don’t move the whole narrative. What matters is whether the company can keep improving efficiency, stop the bleeding on margins, and turn all that EV hype into something that looks more like a business and less like a very expensive science project.
Big picture: one notch better on a rating sheet is nice, but Rivian still needs the market to believe the turnaround is real.