Tesla (TSLA) slipped today following disclosure of another stock sale from CEO Elon Musk, with the shares now down nearly 49% year to date. In a filing submitted with the SEC on Tuesday, Musk declared he sold around 19,500,000 shares over the course of three days in November, worth around $3.95 billion. The latest sale comes only a few days after Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter on October 27, in a deal worth $44 billion. It is unclear how much outside equity and personal money Musk has… Source link
Read More »Tesla China deliveries slip from record high despite price cuts
Despite fresh price cuts in the region, Tesla sales in China tapered off in October. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) reported Tesla delivered 71,704 China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in October, which was a 14% drop from September. Tesla’s September sales of 83,135 were an all-time high for Tesla in China, after the automaker upgraded its Shanghai Gigafactory this summer in order to boost production to over 750K vehicles a year. Despite the drop in Tesla deliveries, total… Source link
Read More »Is Elon Musk getting too distracted to run Tesla? Experts weigh in
Elon Musk doesn’t just wear a lot of hats when it comes to juggling his many roles — he’s more like a hat rack overflowing with headwear. Following the close of his deal to acquire Twitter (TWTR), Musk appointed himself the CEO of the company, as well as its lone board member. Adding that his other day jobs as CEO of Tesla, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX, in addition to his role as founder of companies like The Boring Company, Neuralink, and OpenAI, the question has arisen whether the… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk could have to sell up to $10 billion in Tesla stock next week to get the ‘train wreck’ Twitter deal done, Wedbush says
Elon Musk.Adrees Latif/Reuters Elon Musk could have to sell up to $10 billion in Tesla stock next week to complete his Twitter buyout, according to Dav Ives of Wedbush. “The more investors that bail on this deal is the more money that Musk needs to contribute and therefore sell more Tesla stock,” Ives said. Ives called Musk’s $44 billion deal for Twitter a “train wreck.” Elon Musk could be forced to sell $5 billion to $10 billion in Tesla stock next week as he prepares to complete a $44 billion… Source link
Read More »Tesla valuation reaching $4 trillion is ‘quite a bit of a stretch,’ analyst says
Elon Musk’s latest lofty prediction for Tesla (TSLA) looks pie in the sky, even by his standards. “I see a potential path to be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco combined,” Musk proudly proclaimed on the company’s earnings call on Wednesday. Doing the math, that would put Tesla’s worth at about $4 trillion at some point. Tesla’s current market cap is $652 billion, according to Yahoo Finance data. Analysts say that valuation may not happen for eons, if at all. “That seems quite a bit of a… Source link
Read More »Tesla, IBM, Las Vegas Sands and more
Tesla (TSLA): Shares dropped after the company’s third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates. Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share on sales of $21.45 billion. The company also reaffirmed that it still expects to see 50% average annual growth rate on vehicle deliveries, despite logistics volatility and supply chain bottlenecks. IBM (IBM): IBM boosted its full-year revenue forecast and posted better than expected third-quarter results, sending shares up more than… Source link
Read More »Tesla Q3 earnings preview: It’s all about demand
It will be another big quarter for Tesla (TSLA), and the markets overall, when the EV giant reports Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Wall Street is expecting Tesla to report: That revenue figure would represent more than a $5 billion jump from Q2, where Tesla experienced COVID-related and operations optimizing shutdowns in Shanghai. Year over year that estimated revenue figure would be a nearly 61% jump from Q3 of 2021. On the profitability end, Tesla is expected to report adjusted net… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk lights blaze of speculation over gonzo share buyback a week before Tesla Q3 earnings
All it took for Elon Musk to set the hearts of Tesla investors aflutter was one simple word. A full week after Singapore-based billionaire Leo KoGuan warned only a stock buyback or 100% earnings growth would pull Tesla out of its current slump, Musk finally replied to his third largest shareholder. “Noted,” he wrote on Thursday. Minutes later the stock reversed its losses as investors took this as a clear sign that Musk might greenlight Tesla spending anywhere between $5 billion to even… Source link
Read More »Tesla ‘is a solution’ to the economy’s problems
Tesla (TSLA) “is a solution” to the economy’s turmoil, says Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. “We think with supply chain issues, and with [the] food and energy crisis … that once again, innovation is going to help solve these problems,” said Wood during an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance Live. “There’s been an accelerated consumer preference towards electric vehicles, like Tesla, because of oil prices. And we think there’s no stopping that trend now,” she said. The investment firm’s ARK… Source link
Read More »Rivian announces big recall; Tesla Hits sales record in China: EV roundup
EV (electric vehicle) stocks are on the move today as third quarter earnings season approaches. Here are two big stories that have investors’ attention. Rivian announces a big recall Rivian (RIVN) shares are sliding today after the electric adventure truckmaker announced it would recall all of the vehicles it has produced thus far due to a safety issue. The recall affects around 13,000 vehicles Rivian has delivered to customers. The safety concern at issue is a nut that attaches the front… Source link
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