Is Lucid Stock Halal?
Lucid Group, Inc. · LCID · NASDAQ
Lucid Group, Inc. (LCID) does not pass Shariah screening: interest-bearing debt / market cap is 181.5% against the < 30% limit (data as of 2026-03-31), and cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap is 47.4% against the < 30% limit (data as of 2026-03-31), and impermissible income / total revenue is 11.6% against the < 5% limit (data as of 2026-03-31). It is not held by Shariah-screened ETFs SPUS or HLAL. Screened alternatives exist in the same sector — see the halal stock screeners and ETF guides below.
Financial data as of 2026-03-31 · Screening basis: AAOIFI · Last reviewed 2026-06-14
Our Analysis
Lucid makes luxury electric vehicles, the Air sedan and Gravity SUV, and supplies EV powertrain technology, all permissible activities. There is an interesting wrinkle that many Muslim investors find appealing on the surface: Lucid is majority-owned and repeatedly bailed out by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. But ownership by a sovereign fund from a Muslim-majority country does not make a stock Shariah-compliant; compliance is judged on the company's own revenue and balance sheet.
On that basis, Lucid's challenge is its capital structure. With FY2025 revenue of only about $1.35 billion and continuing heavy losses, it relies on a large amount of interest-bearing debt (roughly $2.7 billion) plus about $2.3 billion of redeemable convertible preferred stock held by its PIF-linked controlling shareholder, and it paid $95.1 million of interest expense. It also holds around $2 billion of cash and investments that earn interest income. Against a small revenue base, those interest-bearing debt and interest-income ratios tend to sit well above the thresholds Shariah screens allow, so Lucid generally fails on financial ratios even though building EVs is permissible.
Lucid is not in SPUS or HLAL, but that reflects index universe more than a published verdict: it is not an S&P 500 company and was not in HLAL's February 28, 2026 holdings. A Muslim investor should rely on a live stock-level screener for the current ratio-based status and treat the convertible-preferred and debt-heavy structure as the key obstacle.
Business Activity Screen
Lucid Group designs and manufactures luxury electric vehicles (the Lucid Air sedan and Gravity SUV) and licenses/ supplies EV powertrain technology. It is majority-owned and funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) through affiliated entities. Per its FY2025 10-K, total revenue was approximately $1,354 million (including $144 million from related parties), and the company recorded a large net loss (accumulated deficit of $15,611 million at year-end 2025).
Lucid's revenue is from selling and servicing electric vehicles and related technology, a permissible activity. The Shariah-relevant items are financial and capital-structure related. The company funds itself heavily with debt and PIF-linked instruments: at year-end 2025 it reported $671.7 million of current debt plus $2,046.6 million of long-term debt (roughly $2.7 billion total), $2,283 million of redeemable convertible preferred stock issued to its related-party controlling shareholder, and $95.1 million of interest expense, against a relatively small revenue base of about $1.35 billion. It held roughly $1.0 billion of cash plus $0.6 billion short-term and $0.5 billion long-term investments, which generate interest income. The combination of large interest-bearing debt and convertible instruments relative to modest revenue is what stresses Shariah financial-ratio screens; the exact interest-income figure was not separately verified for this brief (null).
Financial Ratio Screen
| Screen | Value | AAOIFI limit | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt / market cap | 181.5% | < 30% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap | 47.4% | < 30% | Fail |
| Impermissible income / total revenueInterest income only — verify other impermissible revenue lines in the 10-K | 11.6% | < 5% | Fail |
Spot market cap at research date (consider trailing average for borderline names). Data as of 2026-03-31 · thresholds per AAOIFI Shariah standards.
This verdict uses the AAOIFI standard — the most widely used and, at a 30% debt limit, the most conservative mainstream Shariah standard. Interest-bearing debt and interest-bearing securities each stay under 30% of market cap, and impermissible income under 5% of revenue. Other standards (Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah, MSCI Islamic, FTSE Yasaar) use ~33% limits or screen against total assets, so a borderline company can be rated differently by each. How we screen & why screeners disagree →
How Lucid screens across Shariah standards
All three mainstream bases below reach the same conclusion for this company.
| Standard | Debt | Cash & interest securities | Limit / basis | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAOIFI (our standard) | 181.5% | 47.4% | < 30% of market cap | Fail |
| Dow Jones Islamic / S&P Shariah thresholdDow Jones and S&P apply this limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; shown here on the same point-in-time market cap for comparison. | 181.5% | 47.4% | < 33% of market cap | Fail |
| MSCI Islamic / FTSE Yasaar basisTotal-assets denominator. MSCI/FTSE also apply entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen we do not reproduce. | 37.8% | 9.9% | < 33.33% of total assets | Fail |
HalalWallet computation reproducing each standard's threshold and denominator from public filings (balance sheet as of 2026-03-31) — not the providers' licensed index determinations, which can differ. Debt is interest-bearing borrowings (operating leases excluded). The impermissible-income screen (< 5% of revenue) is common to all of these standards and is shown in the ratio table above. Dow Jones and S&P apply their limit against a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; MSCI and FTSE add entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen. Full methodology →
Scholars' & Screeners' Positions
Published positions, cited as stated. Screeners can reach different conclusions on the same company because of ratio timing and methodology differences — we report the disagreement rather than flatten it.
SP Funds S&P 500 Sharia ETF (SPUS)
Not held in SPUS as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome.
Source →Wahed FTSE USA Shariah ETF (HLAL)
Not held in HLAL as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome.
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Reviewed by: HalalWallet Editorial Team
Last reviewed: 2026-06-01
- LCID latest quarterly filing (balance sheet 2026-03-31)
- AAOIFI Shariah Standards
- Lucid FY2025 10-K consolidated balance sheets (SEC EDGAR XBRL)
- Lucid FY2025 10-K statements of operations (parenthetical: revenue and interest expense) (SEC EDGAR XBRL)
- Lucid FY2025 10-K (SEC EDGAR primary document)
- SPUS holdings (SP Funds)
- HLAL Schedule of Investments 2026-02-28 (SEC EDGAR)
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