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Tesla IncTSLACOMMENTNov 08, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
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.
If you took what has happened at this company, missing on their production forecast, the margin impact, and blowing through about $4 million this year in cash, and if you took the name of Tesla off, this stock would react incredibly differently. It seems that these newer type technology companies have so much hype and enthusiasm and people treat them differently. When you are paying today what you expect people to be paying in the future, and then it doesn't happen, that is a really dangerous proposition.