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Tesla IncTSLACOMMENTSep 20, 2017Stock 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.
This is going to need a lot of cash. They advertise model 3 at $35,000, and when it comes to Canada, it will be in the $70,000 range. Need a lot of money to get production up and running to the levels they want to go to. The cash burn rate is very high. Thinks you will have lots of opportunities to back up the truck going forward. A large part of the company is due to subsidies. Not a company he would be looking to own at this time. A momentum play rather than an investment.