Lucid Climbs 12% for a Big Second-Day Recovery as CEO Directly Rebuts Bankruptcy and Take-Private Rumors

Lucid stock jumped 12% to $6.69 on Thursday, a second straight day of gains, after CEO Silvio Napoli personally rebutted bankruptcy and take-private rumors on LinkedIn, calling the reports "so far from the facts" and stating the board never explored either scenario.

Napoli reaffirmed that Lucid has sufficient liquidity to fund operations well into next year and that its outside advisers are not recommending bankruptcy or a take-private deal, with a full update promised on the August 4 earnings call, though LCID stock remains highly volatile amid real cash-burn concerns.

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Shares of Lucid ( NASDAQ:LCID ) are up 12% to $6.69 Thursday morning, extending a sharp rebound into a second straight up day. The rally follows a personal LinkedIn post from CEO Silvio Napoli that directly rebuts the take-private and bankruptcy reports that sent Lucid stock tumbling to $4.62 earlier this week.

Lucid shares closed Wednesday at $5.95, itself a sharp recovery off the prior session's plunge. Thursday's move puts the stock back above its 50-day moving average of $5.85 for the first time since the rumor cycle began.

This is the third piece in our series on the story. The July 14 report covered the initial take-private and Chapter 11 headlines that broke the stock, and the July 15 follow-up captured Lucid's company-level denial and an analyst affirming the funding runway.

In a LinkedIn post Thursday, Napoli stated, "We generally do not comment on rumors. But the claims circulated yesterday were so far from the facts that they require a direct response." He continued, "Lucid is not considering bankruptcy or a transaction to take the company private. Those reports are false. The Board did not explore either scenario. Period."

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Napoli also asserted that, per the most recent quarterly filing, Lucid has "sufficient liquidity to fund its operations well into next year," and that outside advisors "are not advising Lucid on a take-private transaction or bankruptcy." He said his priority is to "turn this company around" and pledged a full update on the August 4 earnings call.

The step matters because it moves beyond Wednesday's boilerplate company statement. The CEO is now personally on the record, which traders read as a much higher bar for legal and reputational risk if any of the underlying claims later shifted.

Retail discourse around Lucid is polarized. One camp reads Thursday's move as a short-squeeze and oversold bounce after weeks of relentless downside, while the other camp calls it a liquidity trap in a business burning roughly $1 billion a quarter.

The bear case has hard numbers behind it. Lucid cut its U.S. workforce by 18%, suspended 2026 production guidance, and faces securities class action exposure tied to a 29-day Gravity SUV delivery halt. Polymarket traders are pricing a 31% probability of a Lucid bankruptcy announcement before 2027, and the LCID options chain shows a put/call ratio of 0.87.

The bull case leans on Napoli's forceful rebuttal, the Saudi Public Investment Fund backstop, and the $800 million July draw from Ayar Third Investment Company that pushed liquidity to roughly $4.7 billion. The Wall Street consensus remains cautious, with an average target of $8.30 and 8 of 12 ratings at Hold.

Rivian ( NASDAQ:RIVN ) continues to trade as the better-executing EV peer, having reaffirmed 2026 production guidance of 62,000 to 67,000 vehicles and locked in a $1 billion Volkswagen equity infusion. Rivian shares are modestly higher Thursday morning, but the story remains company-specific to Lucid.

Uber Technologies ( NYSE:UBER ) matters here as both Lucid's robotaxi partner and a strategic investor in Lucid's most recent capital raise. Uber's earlier $300 million commitment remains one of the strongest external validations of Lucid's autonomous roadmap, alongside partnerships with NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) and Nuro.