The steep slide in Tesla’s (TSLA) stock price this year is starting to catch the eye of valuation watchers. “Not since 2018 has Tesla traded at these levels,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in an email to Yahoo Finance. “On an EV/EBITDA [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization] basis it’s the cheapest valuation to date.” Ives — a former Tesla bull who made headlines in mid-November for removing the EV maker’s stock from Wedbush’s best ideas list — isn’t too far… Source link
Read More »FTX collapse is ‘a black swan event’: Wedbush’s Dan Ives
The crypto market is experiencing a stunning downfall following the collapse of the exchange FTX (FTT-USD). FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection followed a failed takeover by rival Binance (BNB-USD) earlier in the week, with Sam Bankman-Fried resigning as CEO after engineering a liquidity hole of billions. “It’s a black swan event,” Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It’s a cautionary tale for what you see in sectors and unfortunately, many will… Source link
Read More »‘The elephant in the room for Tesla,’ according to WedBush’s Dan Ives
Some storm clouds are appearing on the horizon for Tesla bulls after a respectable second quarter. “The elephant in the room for Tesla (and the broader market) is with dark economic storm clouds on the horizon and Musk himself thinking recession risk is imminent, what does this mean for Tesla’s demand story going forward?” Wedbush Wedbush Senior Equity Research Analyst Dan Ives stated in a new note to clients. “In a nutshell, while June delivery numbers were ugly and nothing to write home… Source link
Read More »Meta could be ‘bracing for a tornado-like quarter’: Wedbush’s Dan Ives
Meta (META) could be bracing for a “tornado-like quarter,” says Wedbush Managing Director Dan Ives. The social media giant, like other tech companies, is scaling back hiring plans as it braces for an economic downturn. This week Meta’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company would cut back its hiring target for this year by at least 30%. “If I had to bet, I’d say that this might be one of the worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history,” Zuckerberg told employees during a weekly… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk stake in Twitter ‘just the appetizer,’ Wedbush’s Dan Ives says
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be just getting started when it comes to trying to shake up Twitter. It was disclosed on Monday that the somewhat unpredictable Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter. The stake — valued at close to $3 billion as of Twitter’s closing price on Friday — is defined as a passive one. Shares of Twitter surged 20% in the session. “This is just the appetizer. Ultimately, we believe he will have an active stake over the coming weeks or month. This is just a start. I think he will… Source link
Read More »Tesla leading auto world’s ‘biggest transformation since the 1950s’: Wedbush’s Ives
Tesla (TSLA) strong rally this week points to more gains ahead, according to Wedbush, with the U.S. electric vehicle maker primed to transform the auto industry after ending 2021 on a strong note. Better-than expected fourth quarter delivery figures spurred investors to remain bullish on Tesla’s stock, while the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas preps for production this month. “We’re seeing, it’s a $5 trillion market opportunity in terms of EV and it’s the… Source link
Read More »Apple building a car ‘is a matter of when, not if’: Wedbush’s Dan Ives
Apple’s (AAPL) project to build an electric car with full autonomous capabilities has a “75%, 80% plus chance” of becoming a reality, Wedbush Securities managing director and senior equity analyst Dan Ives told Yahoo Finance Live in an interview Friday. Apple has reportedly long been working on building an electric car model, but has yet to release any public information on the project. Apple’s EV project first came to public light in early 2015 when it became known that Apple was… Source link
Read More »Tesla’s ‘future holy grail’ hits snag with autopilot probe, Wedbush’s Dan Ives explains
The federal government’s investigation into Tesla’s (TSLA) Autopilot system following a series of crashes in recent years is a major setback for the car company, one analyst says. “This is definitely a bit of a black eye,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “From an investor perspective, especially given it’s the gold standard from a technology perspective, this formal investigation definitely takes a bit of the bloom off the rose when it comes to”… Source link
Read More »Tesla scores about $1 billion in profits from Bitcoin: Wedbush’s Dan Ives
Tesla’s (TSLA) investment in Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has garnered the electric vehicle company about $1 billion in profits — at least on paper, according to estimates from Wedbush Securities Managing Director Dan Ives. “That’s more than all they made on EV vehicles in 2020, but that continues to be the double-edge sword. It’s going to add risk to the story, and we’re seeing that in terms of the volatility,” Ives told Yahoo Finance Live on Monday. Earlier this month Tesla announced it had… Source link
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