Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)
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Rating:62Neutral
Price Target:
$443.00
▲(10.58% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:04/23/26
The score is driven primarily by solid underlying financial capacity (strong balance sheet and ongoing cash generation) tempered by materially compressed profitability and weaker cash conversion. A very high P/E meaningfully drags the rating, while technicals are mixed and the latest call reinforces strong long-term initiatives but higher near-term cash flow pressure from heavy CapEx and production constraints.
Positive Factors
Balance Sheet Strength
Low leverage (debt-to-equity ~0.10) gives Tesla durable financial flexibility to fund capital-intensive factory, battery and chip investments without risky refinancing. This balance-sheet strength supports multi-year buildouts, absorbs temporary operating volatility, and preserves optionality for R&D and strategic investments.
Negative Factors
Margin Compression
Material margin compression (TTM gross ~18%, net ~4%) signals durable pressure on profitability and returns. Sustained lower margins reduce reinvestment efficiency, weaken return on equity and limit the company’s ability to absorb higher costs or accelerate new initiatives without eroding shareholder returns over the next several quarters.
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Positive Factors
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Balance Sheet Strength
Low leverage (debt-to-equity ~0.10) gives Tesla durable financial flexibility to fund capital-intensive factory, battery and chip investments without risky refinancing. This balance-sheet strength supports multi-year buildouts, absorbs temporary operating volatility, and preserves optionality for R&D and strategic investments.
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Tesla Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Revenue by Geography
Breakdown of Tesla’s revenue by region, showing which markets drive sales growth and where exposure to local economic conditions, regulation, or currency moves could affect results.
Breakdown of Tesla’s revenue by region, showing which markets drive sales growth and where exposure to local economic conditions, regulation, or currency moves could affect results.
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Market Cap
$1.57T
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)60.60M
Price to Earnings (P/E)612.1
Beta (1Y)1.82
Revenue Growth2.25%
EPS Growth-39.81%
CountryUS
Employees125,665
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Sector Strength84
IndustryAuto - Manufacturers
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.20
Shares Outstanding3,755,723,900
10 Day Avg. Volume55,739,875
30 Day Avg. Volume60,601,763
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-8.12
Price to Book (P/B)17.66
Price to Sales (P/S)15.29
P/FCF Ratio233.17
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue16.27
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit85.34
Enterprise Value/Ebitda152.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$403.86Price Target Upside0.81% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering29
EPS Forecast (FY)1.91
Revenue Forecast (FY)$102.84B
Tesla Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storag...
How the Company Makes Money
Tesla makes money primarily through the sale and leasing of electric vehicles, supported by software, services, and energy products. Its major revenue streams include: (1) Automotive sales: revenue from selling new vehicles (e.g., Model 3/Y, Model...
Tesla Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 22, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 29, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presented a largely positive long-term strategic outlook driven by rapid progress on AI (AI5/Dojo), strong FSD adoption, product roadmaps (Optimus, Cybercab, Semi), factory throughput gains (Giga Berlin) and high energy gross margins. However, the near term contains notable operational and financial headwinds: a sharp sequential decline in energy deployments (−38%), battery pack capacity constraints limiting vehicle growth, significant multi‑year CapEx (over $25B) that will suppress free cash flow, mark-to-market Bitcoin losses (−22% q/q), tariff uncertainty and hardware retrofit requirements for unsupervised FSD. Overall, management’s tone was confident and forward‑looking, but the company is trading short‑term profitability and cash flow for large strategic investments that should benefit growth and margins longer term.Positive Updates
Large, Strategic Capital Investment Plan
Management announced a major increase in capital expenditures to fund batteries, AI, chip fabs, Optimus and factory expansion — targeting over $25 billion of CapEx across 2025–2026 to position Tesla for significantly higher future production and revenue.
Negative Updates
Energy Deployments Declined Sequentially
Energy storage deployments were 8.8 GWh in Q1, a 38% sequential decline, reflecting lumpy demand and timing volatility in the energy storage business despite a strong order backlog and expectation that 2026 deployments will exceed 2025.
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Q1-2026 Updates
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Large, Strategic Capital Investment Plan
Management announced a major increase in capital expenditures to fund batteries, AI, chip fabs, Optimus and factory expansion — targeting over $25 billion of CapEx across 2025–2026 to position Tesla for significantly higher future production and revenue.
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Company Guidance
Management reiterated a very investment‑heavy 2026, guiding to over $25 billion of CapEx for 2025–2026 to fund six factories and AI/robotics initiatives (expecting negative free cash flow for the rest of the year after Q1 free cash flow of just over $1.4 billion); Q1 operational metrics included Giga Berlin output of >61,000 units, the highest Q1 order backlog in over two years, and auto margins (ex‑credits) improving sequentially from 17.9% to 19.2% (with ~$230M of warranty true‑downs and some tariff relief), while energy deployments were 6–8.8 GWh (a 38% sequential decline) but 2026 deployments are expected to exceed 2025 and energy gross margin ran >39.5% (helped by >$250M of tariff recognitions). On software and product timing, FSD reached nearly 1.3M paid customers (≈180k net new this quarter, subscriptions driving most growth; upfront purchases +7%), unsupervised FSD is targeted for gradual fleet rollout with customer availability likely in Q4 and Robotaxi revenue expected modest in 2026 but material next year, v14.3 is a key step with v15 due later, HW3 lacks the memory bandwidth for unsupervised FSD (1/8 of HW4), AI5 is taped out, an AI4.1 upgrade (32GB per SoC → 64GB total, ~10% compute uplift) is targeted mid‑next year, a ~$3B research fab (a few thousand wafers/month) is planned, and Optimus production is assumed to start in late July–August with a second Giga Texas Optimus line aimed for summer next year.Tesla Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
62
Positive
Balance Sheet
84
Very Positive
Cash Flow
71
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 97.88B | 94.83B | 97.69B | 96.77B | 81.46B | 53.82B |
| Gross Profit | 18.66B | 17.09B | 17.45B | 17.66B | 20.85B | 13.61B |
| EBITDA | 10.48B | 11.76B | 14.71B | 14.80B | 17.66B | 9.63B |
| Net Income | 3.88B | 3.79B | 7.13B | 15.00B | 12.58B | 5.52B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 143.72B | 137.81B | 122.07B | 106.62B | 82.34B | 62.13B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 44.74B | 44.06B | 36.56B | 29.09B | 22.18B | 17.71B |
| Total Debt | 9.23B | 8.38B | 13.62B | 9.57B | 5.75B | 8.87B |
| Total Liabilities | 58.98B | 54.94B | 48.39B | 43.01B | 36.44B | 30.55B |
| Stockholders Equity | 84.11B | 82.14B | 72.91B | 62.63B | 44.70B | 30.19B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 7.00B | 6.22B | 3.58B | 4.36B | 7.55B | 3.48B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 16.53B | 14.75B | 14.92B | 13.26B | 14.72B | 11.50B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -18.85B | -15.48B | -18.79B | -15.58B | -11.97B | -7.87B |
| Financing Cash Flow | 2.64B | 1.14B | 3.85B | 2.59B | -3.53B | -5.20B |
Tesla Technical Analysis
Positive
400.62
Price Trends
388.33
Positive
405.12
Positive
410.03
Positive
Market Momentum
10.17
Positive
58.30
Neutral
44.74
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For TSLA, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 400.62 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 409.26, above the 50-day MA of 388.33, and below the 200-day MA of 410.03, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 10.17 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 58.30 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 44.74 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for TSLA.
Tesla Risk Analysis
Tesla disclosed 40 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Tesla reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Tesla Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 Neutral | $243.79B | 10.45 | 10.10% | 2.57% | 6.73% | -16.97% | |
62 Neutral | $1.57T | 612.14 | 4.79% | ― | 2.25% | -39.81% | |
61 Neutral | $18.38B | 12.79 | -2.54% | 3.03% | 1.52% | -15.83% | |
52 Neutral | $16.22B | 4,652.09 | 1.55% | ― | -22.18% | -86.28% | |
46 Neutral | $17.83B | ― | -69.98% | ― | 10.43% | 21.58% | |
44 Neutral | $13.57B | ― | -328.93% | ― | 51.42% | 66.12% | |
44 Neutral | $2.28B | ― | -193.02% | ― | 61.03% | -5.36% |
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
TSLA
Tesla
426.01
63.12
17.39%
TM
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189.08
6.78
3.72%
NIO
Nio
5.20
1.38
36.13%
LI
Li Auto
15.89
-13.02
-45.04%
LCID
Lucid Group
5.84
-19.76
-77.19%
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
14.22
-1.41
-9.02%
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