--- title: "Daiwa: XPeng is expected to benefit from its robotics business, maintaining a buy rating on the stock" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/289000878.md" description: "Daiwa Securities maintains a buy rating on XPeng but lowers the target price from $29 to $25. Analysts believe that XPeng will benefit from humanoid robots and autonomous driving business, raising the revenue forecast for 2027 by 13%. Despite the slowdown in domestic electric vehicle growth, the company's gross margin expansion, improved cost control, and the overseas delivery of the P7+ will drive overseas revenue to exceed 20% starting from the second fiscal quarter, while localized production will also help mitigate geopolitical risks" datetime: "2026-06-08T04:30:46.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/289000878.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289000878.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/289000878.md) --- # Daiwa: XPeng is expected to benefit from its robotics business, maintaining a buy rating on the stock Daiwa analyst Liu Weijian stated in a report that XPeng is expected to benefit from its AI-related businesses such as humanoid robots and autonomous taxis. Daiwa raised XPeng's revenue forecast for 2027 by 13% to reflect the revenue contribution from humanoid robots. He noted that, at the same time, the company's localization production strategy is expected to mitigate geopolitical risks. He mentioned that the recent expansion of XPeng's gross margin also indicates an improvement in the product mix and better cost control. He added that with the support of the P7+ starting overseas deliveries, XPeng's management expects overseas revenue contribution to exceed 20% starting from the second fiscal quarter. Due to the slowdown in the domestic electric vehicle market, Daiwa maintains a buy rating on the stock but lowered its target price from $29 to $25 ### Related Stocks - [XPEV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XPEV.US.md) - [09868.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09868.HK.md) - [8601.JP](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/8601.JP.md) ## Related News & Research - [Xpeng loses robotics product head as 2026 mass production target looms](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288797989.md) - [Xpeng scrambles to boost GX SUV production as wait times hit 35 weeks](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288665260.md) - [XPENG Invited to CVPR for the Third Time, Showcasing China's Advances in Physical AI to the World | XPEV Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288742011.md) - [Xpeng rolls off first locally assembled G6 SUV in Malaysia](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288865765.md) - [We were promised sex robots by 2026. Where are they?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289023063.md)