NIO stock slips premarket as China orders record recall over screen blackout risk

NIO Inc shares climbed roughly 4.5% to $4.91 in premarket trading Friday, building on Thursday’s 5.9% jump that pushed the stock to $4.70 by the close. Thursday’s volume surpassed 121 million shares.

Chinese EV maker Nio forecasts its first-ever adjusted operating profit in Q4 2025, driven by stronger vehicle sales and tighter cost controls. Shares of the U.S.-listed company jumped about 9% in premarket trading. Nio projects adjusted operating profits between 700 million yuan and 1.2 billion yuan. It also expects to deliver 326,028 vehicles in 2025, a 47% increase, with the more affordable Firefly subcompact model launching mid-year.

Shares of NIO Inc. dropped almost 5% on Monday, slipping to about $4.47 in late morning trading in New York, despite the electric-vehicle company reporting a significant surge in January deliveries.

NIO’s U.S.-listed shares are set to draw attention when trading restarts Monday, following the Chinese EV maker’s report of a steep rise in January deliveries. The company also revealed its cumulative deliveries have exceeded one million.

NIO Inc’s U.S.-listed shares edged up roughly 0.3% to $4.58 on Wednesday, after tumbling sharply the day before to hover near the bottom of their recent trading range.

Nio Inc shares slipped slightly in early premarket Tuesday after the Chinese EV maker vowed to push forward with its European operations. This comes as Brussels proposed a potential path for China-made electric vehicles to sidestep EU tariffs. The U.S.-listed ADR dipped about 0.2% to $4.84, following a 4.5% gain on Monday when it closed at $4.85.

NIO Inc’s U.S.-listed shares dropped 1.9% to $4.64 on Friday, marking a second day of losses despite the S&P 500 closing higher. The stock ended about $2.11 under its 52-week high of $6.75 and roughly 13 cents above its low of $4.51. Trading volume was below recent averages, according to MarketWatch data.

CYVN Investments RSC Ltd and L’imad Holding Company - P.J.S.C disclosed they held 418,833,157 Class A ordinary shares of NIO Inc at year-end, an amended Schedule 13D filing showed. The filing said the stake equated to about 17.9% of NIO’s Class A shares outstanding, or about 16.9% of total ordinary shares outstanding, and reported no transactions in the stock over the past 60 days.