Stock Deep Dive · 2026-08-06
Tesla (TSLA) closed at $319.53, down 0.63% on the day. Year-to-date return is -28.9%, sitting at 11% of its 52-week range. Next earnings: 2026-10-21 (in 75 days).
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Close
$319.53
-0.63% · YTD -28.9%
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Market Cap
$1,262.00B
Auto Manufacturers
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Forward P/E
144.0x
PER 331.8x
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52-wk Range
11%
High $498.83 · Low $297.38
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🔍 At a Glance
Tesla still posts real growth — revenue up 25.5% year-over-year last quarter, and analysts (40 strong, average target $397.87) remain net “buy” — but the stock has been battered, down 28.9% YTD and sitting just 11% off its 52-week low. The bear case is hard to ignore: an operating margin of just 4.6%, ROE of 4.7%, and a valuation (trailing PER 331.8, EV/EBITDA 117.7) that leaves almost no room for execution stumbles.
🏢 How It Makes Money
Tesla’s core is the Automotive segment — designing, manufacturing, and selling EVs, plus monetizing regulatory credits, financing, insurance, and service. The Energy Generation and Storage segment adds a second, smaller growth engine. Margins have thinned as competition and pricing pressure bite, even as top-line growth stays healthy.
📈 Quarterly Results — Is Business Growing?
| Quarter | Revenue | Op. Income | Net Income | Op. Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Q2 | $22.50B | $923M | $1.17B | 4.1% |
| 25Q3 | $28.09B | $1.86B | $1.37B | 6.6% |
| 25Q4 | $24.90B | $1.57B | $840M | 6.3% |
| 26Q1 | $22.39B | $941M | $477M | 4.2% |
| 26Q2 | $28.24B | $398M | $1.11B | 1.4% |
Latest-quarter revenue up +25.5% versus the same quarter a year ago.
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⚖️ Valuation — Cheap or Expensive?
| Metric | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 331.8x | Price vs last 12 months’ earnings |
| P/E (forward) | 144.0x | Price vs next 12 months’ expected earnings — growth hopes baked in |
| P/S | 12.2x | Price vs revenue — for high-growth names with thin profits |
| P/B | 15.4x | Price vs book value — below 1x means priced under liquidation value |
| PEG | 4.6x | P/E ÷ growth — near 1 is fair for the growth; above 2 is demanding |
| EV/EBITDA | 117.7x | Enterprise value (incl. debt) vs cash generation |
Peer comparison
| Name | Mkt Cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | P/S |
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| Tesla, Inc. | $1,262.00B | 293.1x | 144.0x | 12.2x |
| General Motors Company | $78.63B | 38.8x | 5.9x | 0.4x |
| Ford Motor Company | $54.99B | — | 7.2x | 0.3x |
| Rivian Automotive, Inc. | $22.27B | — | -8.6x | 3.8x |
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🎯 Street Consensus
- Price target (mean): $397.87
- Target high / low: $600.00 / $125.00
- Implied upside: +24.5%
- Rating: Buy (2.4/5)
- Analysts covering: 40
- Next earnings: 2026-10-21
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📉 Price Action — Technical Check
| Indicator | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14d) | 27.8 | Above 70 overbought · below 30 oversold |
| vs 60-day MA | -18.0% | Above/below the medium-term trend |
| vs 200-day MA | -21.9% | Above/below the long-term trend |
| Golden/death cross | 50-day below 200-day (bearish alignment) | 50-day MA crossing above (golden) or below (death) the 200-day |
| Volume (vs 20d avg) | 0.6x | 2x+ means a spike in market attention |
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📰 Recent News
- Should You Forget Tesla Stock Near a 52-Week Low? — Yahoo Finance
- After Earnings, Is Tesla Stock a Buy, a Sell, or Fairly Valued? — Morningstar
- Tesla and SpaceX Are Secretly Merging—Not on Paper, But in AI Power — Barron’s
- The Surprising Tesla-SpaceX Correlation Investors Can’t Ignore — TheStreet Pro
- SpaceX And Tesla Earnings Have A Similar Theme: Capex Spending — Investor’s Business Daily
- Why Tesla Stock Plunged 26% in July — The Motley Fool
How to read these headlines
The common thread is scrutiny over Tesla’s valuation after a sharp July selloff, alongside growing investor focus on how heavily capital spending — increasingly intertwined with SpaceX and AI infrastructure — is consuming resources. If capex tied to AI/robotics ambitions keeps rising without a near-term profit payoff, it may weigh on already thin margins and complicate the bull case that current lofty multiples are pricing in future, not present, earnings power.
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🔭 Scenarios & What to Watch
Bull case: revenue growth reaccelerates, margins stabilize, and energy storage scales, supporting the case for the stock to close the wide gap to the $397.87 average target (as high as $600 in bull scenarios). Bear case: margin erosion continues, macro or demand softness pressures deliveries, and the stock drifts toward the $125 low-end target. RSI at 27.8 signals oversold conditions technically, but shares remain well below both MA60 (-18%) and MA200 (-21.9%), meaning any bounce needs to prove durable. The next earnings report on 2026-10-21 is the key catalyst — watch margin trends and delivery guidance closely.
Next earnings on 2026-10-21 (in 75 days) — guidance usually decides the stock’s direction more than the reported quarter.
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Stock report · published 2026-08-07 07:25 KST
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