Shares of Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA) have been unstoppable since its February earnings release, when Elon Musk forecast the company would be profitable by the end of 2016 and used the opportunity to announce the launch of the company’s Model 3. Even missing its goal of delivering 16,000 vehicles for the quarter (the company came in 1,180 short) when it released 1st quarter 2016 earnings last week couldn’t stop the stock. Shares increased 3.4% on the day as the company affirmed its full-year delivery goal and analysts clung to estimates for $1.29 in per share earnings for the year. #-ad_banner-#But… Read More
Shares of Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA) have been unstoppable since its February earnings release, when Elon Musk forecast the company would be profitable by the end of 2016 and used the opportunity to announce the launch of the company’s Model 3. Even missing its goal of delivering 16,000 vehicles for the quarter (the company came in 1,180 short) when it released 1st quarter 2016 earnings last week couldn’t stop the stock. Shares increased 3.4% on the day as the company affirmed its full-year delivery goal and analysts clung to estimates for $1.29 in per share earnings for the year. #-ad_banner-#But blind exuberance for future sales may be hiding some major risks for the company. Worse yet, a competitor may be about to beat Tesla to the punch for mass market electric cars… and it’s trading at a 97% discount to the upstart company’s valuation. Tesla “Books” $10 Billion In Sales On The Model 3 Investors and analysts have jumped back into Tesla, sending the shares 81% higher since the February low on the promise of profitability and the company’s move into the mass market. The company started taking orders for the $35,000 Model 3 this month, reporting 276,000… Read More