Tesla is an electric-vehicle, energy-storage, autonomous-driving, robotics, and AI company. The stock thesis balances weakening auto margins and EV competition against Energy growth, FSD/robotaxi optionality, Cybercab, Optimus, and long-term platform economics.
Tesla Inc. (TSLA) Stock Price & Market Analysis
TSLA · NASDAQ · Auto - Manufacturers
Market closedLatest available session print
$354.72
▼ -$7.72(-2.13%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Regular-session close · Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.
Last session25%
$349.33L Oct 16 '26$370.58H Oct 16 '26
52-week range28%
$297.38L Jul 29 '26$498.83H Dec 22 '25
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Available history(2010-06-29)71%
$0.9987L Jul 7 '10$498.83H Dec 22 '25
Historical range: 2010-06-29–2026-10-16. Earlier trading may not be included.
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Next important events
- Oct 21, 2026Next earnings · After market closeConfirmed · After market close · Last verified 2026-10-18
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Reported fundamentals
TSLA financial overview
Annual revenue
USD 94.83B
Sales for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not trailing twelve-month revenue.
Revenue change
-2.9%
Change versus the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024.
Net profit margin
4.0%
Net income divided by revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not the trailing margin.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
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Tesla Inc.
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Company overview.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Manufacturers
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 2003
- Employees
- 134,785
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
How Tesla Inc. makes money
Auto
EV demand and margins remain the near-term anchor
Deliveries, pricing, regional share, and gross margin decide whether Tesla core auto business can fund the broader AI and autonomy thesis.
Energy
Storage is no longer a side business
Tesla Energy’s storage revenue and margins could offset some pressure in autos if deployment keeps scaling.
Autonomy
Robotaxi and FSD drive the premium multiple
Tesla valuation still embeds meaningful upside from self-driving, Cybercab, software revenue, and fleet utilization, but proof has to arrive in real deployments.
Optionality
Optimus and Semi add long-duration upside
Robotics and commercial transport are important narrative assets, though investors should separate prototype progress from revenue contribution.
Key takeaways for TSLA
TSLA is now a multi-thesis stock: autos, energy, autonomy, robotics, and AI hardware all compete for investor attention.
The bull case requires robotaxi/FSD progress and Energy scaling to offset EV margin pressure.
The bear case is that Tesla remains valued like an AI platform while the current business behaves like a competitive automaker.
Business model & operating evidenceExplore business exposure, reported operating measures and the evidence behind growth and profitability claims.
AI business exposure
- Revenue exposure
- AI-specific revenue is not separated in the available company statements.
- Capital-spending dependency
- No reviewed quantitative dependency model is available.
- Compute role
- See the sourced business description; AI labels do not establish compute revenue.
- Platform examples
- An exhaustive, consistently defined product inventory is unavailable.
- Ecosystem links
- Supplier and customer links require reviewed disclosures.
Narrative versus numbers
Demand is expanding
Supporting observation: 25.5%
Year-over-year growth in the latest quarter. This differs from the fiscal-year revenue change shown above. · 2026-06-30
Growth produces accounting profit
Supporting observation: 3.7%
Reported-period net margin. A positive figure supports accounting profitability, not cash generation. · 2026-10-18T09:15:35.786Z
The business generates cash after investment
Contradicting observation: USD -1.09B
Latest reported free cash flow. It is not a forecast and may cover a different period from the fiscal-year figures above. · 2026-06-30
These are explicit tests of individual claims, not an overall bull/bear rating. Demand growth can coexist with valuation, concentration and financing risk.
Operating measures
- Revenue
- $28.24Bquarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Gross margin
- 16.8%quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Operating margin
- 1.4%quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- EPS
- $0.32quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Capital expenditure
- $5.79Bquarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Free cash flow
- -$1.09Bquarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Free cash flow margin
- -3.9%quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Operating cash / net income
- 4.22×quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- Revenue growth year over year
- 25.5%quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
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Reviewed company relationships
Direct competitors, industry comparables and thematic alternatives have different uses. Compare fiscal periods and business mix before comparing multiples.
Company-specific relationship evidence is not included in this snapshot. Explore the industry comparisons below without assuming that every comparable is a direct competitor.
A disclosed relationship is historical evidence, not a current valuation or a recommendation.
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