Are Tesla investors losing confidence in Elon Musk’s vision of the future? Or are they still inflating the company’s value based on their faith in the cofounder? For the past several quarters after Tesla has unveiled earnings, I’ve been calculating a metric that I’ve dubbed The Musk Magic Premium. The figure estimates both the portion…
Tesla shares fell on Thursday after CEO Elon Musk said the company could face a “few rough quarters” as it transitions to a future focused less on selling cars and more on offering self-driving taxis. Many prospective buyers have been turned off by Musk’s foray into right-wing politics, and the competition has ramped up in…
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday he has no interest in stripping Elon Musk-owned companies of billions in federal money — adding that he wants the former “first buddy” to “thrive.” “Everyone is stating that I will destroy Elon’s companies by taking away some, if not all, of the large scale subsidies he receives from…
Tesla just had its roughest quarter in at least a decade, but some analysts and investors are still dreaming big. Elon Musk’s carmaker said on Wednesday that revenues plunged 12% year-over-year to $22.5 billion in the second quarter. Tesla’s stock fell as much as 9% in early trading on Thursday morning on the disappointing earnings,…
Tesla shares plunged as much as 10% in early trading Thursday after the company posted its steepest sales drop in more than a decade – and CEO Elon Musk warned the slump may not end anytime soon. The embattled electric carmaker reported that revenue from car sales fell 16% to $16.7 billion in the second…
NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter. The car company that has faced boycotts for months said Wednesday that revenue dropped 12% and profits slumped 16% in the three…
In the midst of perhaps the worst year in the company’s history, Tesla finally has some good news to tout. Despite a prolonged sales slump throughout much of Europe of late, Norway has stuck by the embattled electric vehicle powerhouse, CNBC reported. The Scandinavian country has actually recorded a 54% increase in year-over-year Tesla purchases…
US stock futures were mixed after Google-parent Alphabet (GOOG) and Tesla (TSLA) reported earnings. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) rose 0.4%, while futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.3%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) wavered around flatline. Google beat Wall Street’s second-quarter earnings expectations and…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk just confessed that he thinks his 13% ownership stake in the electric vehicle manufacturer leaves him vulnerable to activist shareholders who could move to oust him from the $1 trillion company. Still, he admitted he shouldn’t have so much control over Tesla that the board can’t fire him if he goes…
Tesla wants to bring its robotaxi service to new markets, including cities in Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. The company is testing its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature in Europe and China, and hopes the launch the controversial product in the near future. And it is plotting a…