5 Best Rising Penny Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts

​3. ECARX Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ECX)

One Month Performance: 11.43%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 21

Analyst Upside Potential: 156.32%

ECARX Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ECX) is one of the Best Rising Penny Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts. Recently, on June 22, ECARX Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ECX) announced entering into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire Flyme software business, including Flyme Auto and Flyme OS. The deal is worth $266 million (RMB 1.8 billion). The stock has gained more than 17% since the announcement.

​Management noted that Flyme Auto is already running in over 2 million ECARX-powered vehicles, making this an acquisition of technology the company already relies on heavily. Moreover, Flyme OS brings over 15 years of development history that spans smartphones, wearables, and vehicles.

​Notably, the deal is structured as a clean carve-out from DreamSmart Group, with all key IP, R&D teams, OEM contracts, and engineering resources transferring to ECARX within six months of closing. Moreover, the financing is split roughly 70% through Chinese bank loans and 30% from internal sources. ECARX will also inject an additional RMB 200 million post-closing to support operations.

​The acquisition is expected to enable the company to compete more aggressively in the fast-growing in-car intelligence market.

ECARX Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ECX) is an automotive technology company focusing on the automotive sector’s shift towards software-defined vehicles, especially in the electric vehicle and intelligent car markets.