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Tesla (TSLA)


Market Price (9/15/2025): $395.45 | Market Cap: $1.3 Tril
Sector: Consumer Discretionary | Industry: Automobile Manufacturers

Tesla (TSLA)


Market Price (9/15/2025): $395.45
Market Cap: $1.3 Tril
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Automobile Manufacturers

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 17%, CFO LTM is 16 Bil, FCF LTM is 5.6 Bil
Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -26%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 14x, P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 158x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 81x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 209x
1   Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -2.7%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -12%
2   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -4.0%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 17%, CFO LTM is 16 Bil, FCF LTM is 5.6 Bil
1 Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -26%
2 Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 14x, P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 158x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 81x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 209x
3 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -2.7%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -12%
4 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -4.0%

Market Valuation

 9/15/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$395.45$403.84$248.48$123.18$352.26
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)1,274.51,297.1790.9389.21,071.9
Total Debt ($ Bil)13.113.69.65.78.9
Total Cash ($ Bil)36.836.629.122.217.7
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)1,250.91,310.7800.5394.91,080.8
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM13.813.28.24.719.4
P/EBIT TTM158.3138.277.927.7155.2
P/E TTM208.8181.152.630.6188.7
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.80.90.81.3
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.36.97.05.57.4
P/E TTM (Sector)9.68.18.97.39.2
 9/15/2520242023
Share Price CYE$395.45$403.84$248.48
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)1,274.51,297.1790.9
Total Debt ($ Bil)13.113.69.6
Total Cash ($ Bil)36.836.629.1
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)1,250.91,310.7800.5
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM13.813.28.2
P/EBIT TTM158.3138.277.9
P/E TTM208.8181.152.6
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)0.80.80.9
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.36.97.0
P/E TTM (Sector)9.68.18.9

Business Description

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
TSLA Return743%50%-65%102%63%-2%1320%
Peers Return3%43%-34%26%-1%17%41%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: GM, PCAR, F, RIVN, OSK. See TSLA Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

TSLAGMPCARFRIVNOSKMedian
NameTesla General .PACCAR Ford Mot.Rivian A.Oshkosh  
Mkt Price395.9458.50102.5111.6813.46137.0280.50
Mkt Cap1,276.156.353.946.315.58.850.1
Rev LTM92,720187,60032,361182,8745,15110,38462,541
Op Inc LTM5,77810,6534,3564,313-3,5999634,334
FCF LTM5,586-1,8422,3639,309-4,4935891,476
FCF 3Y Avg4,488-3,1922,6515,908-4,9052091,430
CFO LTM15,76523,9704,08217,717-3,6158119,924
CFO 3Y Avg13,75121,6144,10313,986-3,8064898,927

Growth & Margins

TSLAGMPCARFRIVNOSKMedian
NameTesla General .PACCAR Ford Mot.Rivian A.Oshkosh  
Rev Chg LTM-2.7%5.3%-8.6%3.0%2.7%0.2%1.4%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg12.9%12.9%11.3%11.1%183.6%9.9%12.1%
Rev Chg Q-11.8%-1.8%-14.9%-5.0%12.5%-4.0%-4.5%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-3.1%-0.4%-3.9%-1.1%2.9%-1.1%-1.1%
Op Mgn LTM6.2%5.7%13.5%2.4%-69.9%9.3%6.0%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg9.1%6.3%14.8%3.1%-132.7%8.9%7.6%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-1.2%-0.9%-1.1%-0.5%7.2%-0.0%-0.7%
CFO/Rev LTM17.0%12.8%12.6%9.7%-70.2%7.8%11.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg14.6%12.1%12.4%7.9%-101.1%5.0%10.0%
FCF/Rev LTM6.0%-1.0%7.3%5.1%-87.2%5.7%5.4%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg4.8%-1.8%8.0%3.3%-128.0%2.2%2.7%

Valuation

TSLAGMPCARFRIVNOSKMedian
NameTesla General .PACCAR Ford Mot.Rivian A.Oshkosh  
Mkt Cap1,276.156.353.946.315.58.850.1
P/S13.80.31.70.33.00.91.3
P/EBIT158.57.212.46.3-4.99.08.1
P/E209.111.815.59.2-4.413.612.7
P/CFO80.92.413.22.6-4.310.96.8
Total Yield0.5%9.6%10.6%14.7%-22.5%8.8%9.2%
Dividend Yield0.0%1.1%4.1%3.9%0.0%1.4%1.3%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg0.5%-6.2%5.3%12.4%-32.4%3.2%1.9%
D/E0.02.40.33.40.40.20.3
Net D/E-0.01.90.12.6-0.10.10.1

Returns

TSLAGMPCARFRIVNOSKMedian
NameTesla General .PACCAR Ford Mot.Rivian A.Oshkosh  
1M Rtn19.8%4.2%4.4%2.1%10.0%-1.1%4.3%
3M Rtn21.7%20.6%11.9%13.5%0.3%23.9%17.0%
6M Rtn58.4%21.7%4.0%23.4%25.2%44.3%24.3%
12M Rtn71.9%27.7%12.2%17.6%-0.3%38.9%22.6%
3Y Rtn30.4%48.5%103.8%-0.6%-66.1%81.1%39.4%
1M Excs Rtn14.8%3.7%0.0%0.3%7.8%-5.1%2.0%
3M Excs Rtn15.2%10.1%0.9%3.5%-12.2%14.7%6.8%
6M Excs Rtn45.3%5.6%-14.4%6.8%7.6%26.2%7.2%
12M Excs Rtn55.3%12.1%-6.9%2.0%-18.1%23.0%7.0%
3Y Excs Rtn-25.9%-14.9%31.6%-69.5%-125.0%17.0%-20.4%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Automotive segment90,73877,55351,03429,54223,047
Energy generation and storage segment6,0353,9092,7891,9941,531
Total96,77381,46253,82331,53624,578


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity78,272,760
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520252.0%
Average Daily Volume73,523,676
Days-to-Cover Short Interest1.06
Basic Shares Quantity3,223,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares2.4%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
7/2/20255.0%3.0%0.6%
4/2/20255.3%-17.4%4.5%
1/2/2025-6.1%-2.2%-5.0%
10/2/2024-3.5%-5.2%-0.2%
7/2/202410.2%25.0%10.6%
4/2/20241.1%6.2%8.0%
1/2/2024-4.0%-5.4%-24.0%
10/2/20230.6%4.1%-21.1%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive151314
# Negative91110
Median Positive5.0%4.1%25.7%
Median Negative-6.1%-5.2%-13.8%
Max Positive13.5%26.1%81.3%
Max Negative-12.2%-17.4%-24.0%

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0MURDOCH JAMES R8282025Sell350.29120,00042,034,320244,160,201Form
1Gebbia Joseph 4282025Buy256.314,0001,025,2321,053,682Form
2Musk Kimbal 2102025Sell367.8774,07727,250,558538,611,357Form