NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO) is one of the 10 Must-Watch Stocks Right Now.

NIO Inc. rallied for a second day on Friday, jumping 5.59 percent to close at $5.86 after earning a 42 percent price target and rating upgrade from an investment company.

In a market note, HSBC boosted its price target for the stock to $6.80 from $4.80 previously, while also issuing a โ€œbuyโ€ recommendation versus โ€œholdโ€ prior.

The coverage followed NIO Inc.โ€™s (NYSE:NIO) highly optimistic outlook this year, coupled with a strong earnings performance in 2025, with net losses narrowing by 33 percent to 14.9 billion yuan from 22.4 billion in 2024. Total revenues also increased by 33 percent to 87.5 billion yuan from 65.7 billion yuan year-on-year.

In the fourth quarter, the company swung to a net profit of 282.7 million yuan from a net loss of $7.1 billion yuan in the same period a year earlier. Total revenues surged by 76 percent to 34.6 billion yuan from 19.7 billion yuan year-on-year.

For this year, NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO) announced targets of more-than-doubling revenues by 103.4 to 109.2 percent to a range of 24.482 billion to 25.176 billion yuan.

It also projects total vehicle deliveries to end between 80,000 and 83,000 units, or an implied growth of 90.1 percent to 97.2 percent from the same quarter of 2025.

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