Market Cap
US$64.8b
Last Updated
2019/11/20 00:27 UTC
Data Sources
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Executive Summary
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, Netherlands, Norway, and internationally.
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Fundamentals
Reasonable growth potential with adequate balance sheet.
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Share Price & News
How has Tesla's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: TSLA's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
3.9%
TSLA
0.2%
US Auto
0.9%
US Market
1 Year Return
6.3%
TSLA
8.6%
US Auto
16.8%
US Market
Return vs Industry: TSLA underperformed the US Auto industry which returned 8.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: TSLA underperformed the US Market which returned 16.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| TSLA | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 3.9% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| 30 Day | 41.8% | 11.7% | 4.5% |
| 90 Day | 61.8% | 16.1% | 6.2% |
| 1 Year | 6.3%6.3% | 11.6%8.6% | 19.4%16.8% |
| 3 Year | 86.1%86.1% | 37.1%23.9% | 47.5%38.0% |
| 5 Year | 44.7%44.7% | 15.4%-2.8% | 62.0%44.1% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Tesla's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Is Tesla, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Paid At A Competitive Rate?Valuation
Is Tesla undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
10.71x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: TSLA ($359.52) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($156.95)
Significantly Below Fair Value: TSLA is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: TSLA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Auto industry average.
PE vs Market: TSLA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate TSLA's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: TSLA is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (10.7x) compared to the US Auto industry average (3.5x).
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Future Growth
How is Tesla forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 28 analysts?
62.7%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: TSLA is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered faster growth than the savings rate (2.7%).
Earnings vs Market: TSLA is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered above average market growth.
High Growth Earnings: TSLA's is expected to become profitable in the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: TSLA's revenue (18.9% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (7.3% per year).
High Growth Revenue: TSLA's revenue (18.9% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: TSLA's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (15.7%).
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Past Performance
How has Tesla performed over the past 5 years?
-21.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: TSLA has large one-off items impacting its financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: TSLA is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: TSLA is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of -21.1% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare TSLA's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: TSLA is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Auto industry (-12.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: TSLA has a negative Return on Equity (-9.31%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Financial Health
How is Tesla's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: TSLA's short term assets ($10.9B) exceeds its short term liabilities ($10.1B)
Long Term Liabilities: TSLA's short term assets ($10.9B) do not cover its long term liabilities (15.2B)
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: TSLA's debt to equity ratio (157.5%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: TSLA's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 255.5% to 157.5% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: TSLA has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: TSLA's debt is not covered by short term assets (assets are 0.9x debt).
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable TSLA has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: TSLA is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 48.1% per year.
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Dividend
What is Tesla's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate TSLA's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate TSLA's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if TSLA's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if TSLA's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of TSLA's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
What is the CEO of Tesla's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
0.7yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Elon Musk (47yo)
11.1yrs
Tenure
US$2,284,044,884
Compensation
Mr. Elon R. Musk is a Founder of Tesla, Incorporated and has been its Chief Executive Officer since October 2008 and serves as its Director since April 2004. Mr. Musk is the Chief Executive Officer and Fou ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Elon's total compensation ($USD2.28B) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD11.07M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Elon's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Management Age and Tenure
0.7yrs
Average Tenure
43yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: TSLA's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.7 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Age and Tenure
9.2yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: TSLA's board of directors are considered experienced (9.2 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: TSLA insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Accounting Officer Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer |
| Shares | 452 |
| Max Price | US$350.80 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Technology Officer Chief Technology Officer |
| Shares | 366 |
| Max Price | US$314.51 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Member of the Board of Directors Independent Director |
| Shares | 360 |
| Max Price | US$221.71 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Independent Chairwoman |
| Shares | 1,000 |
| Max Price | US$232.72 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer Founder |
| Shares | 102,880 |
| Max Price | US$243.00 |
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 3.2%.
Management Team
Elon Musk (47yo)
Founder
- Tenure: 11.1yrs
- Compensation: US$2.28b
JB Straubel (43yo)
Senior Advisor
- Tenure: 0.3yrs
- Compensation: US$11.67m
Jonathan Chang
Vice President of Legal & General Counsel
- Tenure: 0.8yrs
Martin Viecha
Senior Director for Investor Relations
- Tenure: 0yrs
Jerome Guillen (46yo)
President of Automotive Division
- Tenure: 1.2yrs
- Compensation: US$17.75m
Dave Arnold
Senior Director of Global Communications
- Tenure: 1.2yrs
Zachary Kirkhorn (34yo)
Chief Financial Officer
- Tenure: 0.7yrs
Brian Scelfo
Senior Director of Corporate Development
- Tenure: 0yrs
Vaibhav Taneja (41yo)
Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
- Tenure: 0.7yrs
Drew Baglino
Chief Technology Officer
- Tenure: 0.3yrs
Board Members
Ira Ehrenpreis (50yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 12.5yrs
- Compensation: US$9.91m
Steve Jurvetson (52yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 10.4yrs
- Compensation: US$27.50k
Larry Ellison (75yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 0.9yrs
James Murdoch (46yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 2.3yrs
- Compensation: US$9.03m
Elon Musk (47yo)
Founder
- Tenure: 11.1yrs
- Compensation: US$2.28b
Robyn Denholm (56yo)
Independent Chairwoman
- Tenure: 1yrs
- Compensation: US$6.89m
Antonio Gracias (49yo)
Lead Independent Director
- Tenure: 9.2yrs
- Compensation: US$13.32m
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson (62yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 0.9yrs
Kimbal Musk (46yo)
Director
- Tenure: 15.6yrs
- Compensation: US$6.86m
Company Information
Tesla, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Tesla, Inc.
- Ticker: TSLA
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 2003
- Industry: Automobile Manufacturers
- Sector: Automobiles
- Market Cap: US$64.802b
- Shares outstanding: 180.24m
- Website: https://www.tesla.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Tesla, Inc.
- 3500 Deer Creek Road
- Palo Alto
- California
- 94304
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA | NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Jun 2010 |
| US_TSLA | KAS (Kazakhstan Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | KZ | KZT | Jun 2010 |
| TL0 | XTRA (XETRA Trading Platform) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA * | BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) | Yes | Common Stock | MX | MXN | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA | SWX (SIX Swiss Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | CH | CHF | Jun 2010 |
| 0R0X | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | GB | USD | Jun 2010 |
| TL0 | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA | BIT (Borsa Italiana) | Yes | Common Stock | IT | EUR | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA | WBAG (Wiener Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | AT | EUR | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA | BVL (Bolsa de Valores de Lima) | Yes | Common Stock | PE | USD | Jun 2010 |
| TL0D | BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe') | Yes | Common Stock | GB | EUR | Jun 2010 |
| TSLA34 | BOVESPA (Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo) | BDR EA REPR 1/4 COM SHS USD0.001 | BR | BRL | Jul 2016 | |
| TSLA | BASE (Buenos Aires Stock Exchange) | CEDEAR EACH 15 REP 1 COM USD0.001 | AR | ARS | Apr 2019 |
Biography
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, Netherlands, Norway, and internationally. The company operat ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2019/11/20 00:27 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2019/11/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2018/12/31 |
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