WeRide initiated with an Overweight at JPMorgan

JPMorgan initiated coverage of WeRide (WRD) with an Overweight rating and $21 price target WeRide is a leading global autonomous driving company that develops technologies from Level 2 to Level 4 for a wide range of use cases, including advanced driver assistance systems solutions, robobus, robosweeper, robovan and robotaxi, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says WeRide is also the first autonomous driving company in the world with products operating and testing in 30 cities and nine countries across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. It expects WeRide to benefit from global autonomous driving adoption in the next three to five years.