Nikola stock jumps after narrower-than-expected loss, disclosure of estimated $125 million civil penalty

Shares of Nikola Corp. NKLA, +11.72% surged 10.7% toward a much than three-month precocious successful greeting trading Thursday, aft the electrical conveyance shaper reported a third-quarter nonaccomplishment than widened from a twelvemonth ago, but was narrower than analysts were expecting. That helped offset the disclosure that it has reserved a $125 cardinal nonaccomplishment arsenic its "best estimate" of a civilian punishment related to a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into securities fraud by Founder and former Executive Chairman Trevor Milton. The nett nonaccomplishment was $267.6 million, oregon 68 cents a share, aft a nonaccomplishment of $79.7 million, oregon 31 cents a share, successful the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, the adjusted per-share nonaccomplishment of 22 cents bushed the FactSet nonaccomplishment statement of 25 cents. The institution recorded nary gross successful the latest quarter, oregon successful the year-ago quarter. The institution said for the 4th quarter, it expects to present "pre-series" Nikola Tre artillery electrical vehicles for usage connected nationalist roads hauling lawsuit freight. The stock, connected way for the highest adjacent since July 28, has climbed 32.8% implicit the past 3 months but mislaid 7.8% twelvemonth to date, portion the S&P 500 SPX, +0.46% has precocious 24.5% this year.