Tesla's stock has zoomed to over $100.
It has a P/E over 100 and looks way over bought. Is that price sustainable? Will it drop?
As far as I can determine, Tesla loses over $10K per car sale but it is only making money on selling carbon credits to other car makers under California’s "Zero Emission Vehicle" law.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ 2013-05-13/tesla-profit-aided- by-sales-of-california-u-s- emission-credits.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
BTW. Tesla's cars actually emit as much CO2 as other cars, although not at the car's tailpipe.
http://seekingalpha.com/
http://www.teslamotors.com/
Tesla lost $91M on selling cars, but, gained $103M ($68M + $17M + $11M + 7M) in government credits and one-time gains.
The stock has had huge gains the past few months.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?
Tesla's market cap is about 1/4th GM's even though Tesla's
monthly sales of 1,200-1,500 are about what GM sells in 1 day.
Another way to look at it -- Tesla's market cap equates to about $7M per car sold per month.
I think traders are realizing that Tesla may have saturated its market niche so growth will flatten.
TSLA dropped 5% today even though the general market was up.One reason, besides the reaction to its extreme price, is that the plan for a chain of recharging stations will be expensive to build. Each "Supercharger" station will cost $300K to build. And then there is the additional costs for the property, operational expenses like salaries and insurance, and the cost of powering the recharging.
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