What Happened?
Shares of electric vehicle charging company EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) jumped 3.1% in the morning session after it secured a $225 million credit facility to accelerate the buildout of its nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The proceeds from the deal were earmarked to accelerate the deployment of more than 1,500 additional high-power fast charging stalls nationwide. This transaction was noted as the largest commercial bank facility for electric vehicle charging in the United States. The five-year credit facility, which was oversubscribed, also included an option to increase the total financing by $75 million to $300 million. The strong interest from the participating global project finance banks signaled significant lender confidence in the company's expansion plans and the future of EV infrastructure.
After the initial pop the shares cooled down to $3.59, down 0.4% from previous close.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
EVgo’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 56 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 3 months ago when the stock gained 32.6% on the news that the company reported strong first quarter 2025 results which beat analysts' sales and EBITDA expectations. In addition, full-year EBITDA guidance outpaced Wall Street's estimates. What really stood out was how much more energy people used at its chargers, as network throughput jumped 60%. That helped push revenue up 36%, led by a big rise in charging fees as more cars plugged into EVgo's growing network of stations. Zooming out, we think this quarter featured some important positives.
EVgo is down 14.4% since the beginning of the year, and at $3.59 per share, it is trading 59.9% below its 52-week high of $8.94 from October 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of EVgo’s shares at the IPO in November 2020 would now be looking at an investment worth $365.39.
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