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Tesla IncTSLACOMMENTJul 12, 2016Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He's removing this from the Magnificent 7. It's fallen 16% year to date while all its peers have gained, especially Nvidia. Sales are flagging in China where a Chinese company is overtaking them. Meanwhile, US demand may be peaking. Also consider the declining value of their cards. The EV space is challenged unless Musk develops a battery that lasts twice as long as a gas car tank.
It has been a tough year with cost over-runs along with having to reduce prices and therefore margins. The growth rate is slowing down. It expects to produce 1.8 million vehicles this year and could be falling behind other EV producers, There is intellectual value in their chargers as well as solar and battery technology, but most of their revenue today comes from their production of EV vehicles.
Thinks they are going to have difficulty living up to their production targets they had set out. This is really a long term play on electric cars. Company is not profitable, and yet are looking at acquiring a non-profitable company. She would like to see more visibility as to when they are actually going to start making money.