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Serve Robotics (SERV) Valuation Check After Hitting Robot Deployment Goal Early And Drawing Fresh Analyst Interest

Simply Wall St · 3d ago

Serve Robotics (SERV) is back in focus after passing its 2025 goal early by deploying more than 2,000 autonomous delivery robots across U.S. cities and expanding into Fort Lauderdale, alongside fresh analyst coverage and easing short interest.

See our latest analysis for Serve Robotics.

The recent deployment milestone and fresh analyst coverage have come alongside strong near term momentum, with a 1 day share price return of 14.40% and a 7 day share price return of 48.46% at a latest share price of $15.41. However, the 1 year total shareholder return of an 8.27% decline shows the longer term picture has been more mixed, as changing short interest hints at shifting views on the company’s risk profile.

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With SERV up strongly in the short term but still showing a 1 year total shareholder return decline and trading below some analyst price targets, you have to ask: is there still a buying opportunity here, or is future growth already priced in?

Price to Book of 3.5x: Is it justified?

On a P/B basis, Serve Robotics looks expensive at 3.5x compared with both the US Hospitality industry and its direct peers, even after the recent share price pullback.

P/B compares a company’s market value to its book value, so a higher ratio often reflects expectations of stronger future growth or more valuable assets relative to accounting equity. For an early stage, loss making robotics business with limited revenue of about US$2m and a reported net loss of US$80.2m, a premium P/B means the market is paying up heavily for potential rather than current financial performance.

The statements flag that Serve Robotics’ 3.5x P/B sits above the US Hospitality industry average of 2.7x and above a peer group average of 2.2x. That is a clear premium, suggesting investors are valuing SERV more richly than similar companies, even as it remains unprofitable, has a negative return on equity of 28.26% and lacks a DCF based fair value estimate.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Result: Price to book of 3.5x (OVERVALUED)

However, SERV’s small revenue base of about US$1.9m, together with a net loss of US$80.2m and a premium P/B multiple, could quickly challenge the current optimism.

Find out about the key risks to this Serve Robotics narrative.

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