Is the business good?
How good a business is AUR?
Aurora Innovation, Inc. earns −42% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−42%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 51 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −19400%
Operating margin · Auto Parts median 8.5% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +11%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 15580%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | −891% |
| FY2022 | −2724% |
| FY2025 | −30033% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −400%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −19400%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −18000%
- Free cash flow margin
- −15020%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 15580%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $5.0M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$751M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$900M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −42%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.