TSLA Tesla, Inc.
bearish · high conviction 1/2 calls correct ↓ $371.75 +16.47 (+4.6%) +0.0% since callTesla's EV business shrinks; AI bets fuel debate
Watch: Q1 2026 delivery guidance will clarify if the EV slowdown is temporary or structural, impacting analyst estimates and price targets.
Full analysis
Tesla's core EV business continues to contract, with 2025 vehicle deliveries falling 8.6% to 1.64 million units and revenue dropping 3% year-over-year. This slowdown led HSBC to reiterate a 'reduce' rating with a $131 price target, while analyst Trip Chowdhry flipped bearish to a $150 target, citing a 'collapsed AI narrative.' Countering this, Wedbush maintains an Outperform, pointing to Tesla's aggressive pivot into AI via a planned joint Terafab chip factory with SpaceX and a potential 2027 merger.
This deep divergence between a deteriorating core business and high-capex, long-dated AI speculation is compressing valuation, as evidenced by a 25% price drop in three months and continued insider selling.
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Current filing states approximate 1.66 million vehicles produced and 1.64 million delivered in 2025, down from 1.773 million produced and 1.789 million delivered in 2024 in prior filing. Also, current filing notes a refresh of vehicle lineup with the new Model Y and additional Model 3 and Model Y variants launched in 2025, while prior filing listed Cybertruck active and several other models in development.
The current filing explains tariff impacts having a relatively larger effect on energy generation and storage business compared to automotive business, and mentions more uncertainty due to rapidly evolving trade and fiscal policy. It also references changes in OBBBA impacting tax credits for electric vehicles, impacting demand, which was not present in the previous year's narrative.
The current filing projects capital expenditures exceeding $20 billion in 2026, driven by AI initiatives including compute infrastructure and data centers expansion, manufacturing and R&D production lines and AI-enabled asset fleets, reflecting a significant increase from prior filing projections of $11 billion+ in 2025 and subsequent years.
In the 2026 filing, 2025 revenues are $94.83 billion, down $2.86 billion (3%) from 2024, whereas in prior filing, 2024 revenues were $97.69 billion, up $0.92 billion (1%) from 2023. Also, net income attributable to common stockholders decreased to $3.79 billion in 2025 vs $7.09 billion in 2024 with prior year's drop affected heavily by tax allowance release. This indicates a material revenue decrease and profit decline.
The current filing adds focus on bringing artificial intelligence into real world through products and services like FSD (Supervised) and Robotaxi, including developing AI robots such as Optimus. It highlights expansion and refinement of Robotaxi service after its June 2025 launch, which were not mentioned in the prior filing.
The current filing broadens the discussion by including regulatory scrutiny under NHTSA's Standing General Order for vehicles with advanced driver assistance or autonomous systems, and specific mention of Robotaxi collisions, which were less detailed previously.
The current filing elaborates on cybersecurity risks, including significant supply chain attacks and related impacts on service providers' systems, and the limitations in monitoring service providers' security measures, increasing the scope and complexity beyond the prior filing's description.
The current filing briefly discusses the use of blockchain-based tokens in customer financing programs as part of vehicle and energy system sales, adding complexity to financing risk which was not described in the prior filing.
The current filing introduces risks related to elevated import tariffs and retaliatory export controls impacting costs and availability of certain technologies or components, tied explicitly to the 2025 changes in U.S. trade policies, a detail absent in the prior filing.
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Why We're Bearish
net -3.3⚠ DIVERGENCE: insider_activity bullish vs price_momentum, analyst_revisions, filing_risk_change bearish
⚠ Price DOWN but insiders BUYING — classic accumulation
Direction History
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TSLA likely to miss earnings; downside risk elevated
Thesis
TSLA has missed 3 of last 4 earnings (75% miss rate) with decelerating surprise momentum, suggesting another miss is probable. Insiders are net selling $97.9M with zero buys, signaling lack of confidence. Valuation at 332x P/E is indefensible with minimal estimate upside (+2.7%). Signal consensus is 47% bearish vs 13% bullish, with recent bull-to-bear flips citing AI concerns. While sell-the-news probability is low (35%), this reflects expectations already reset downward (stock down 11% in 1m), not upside potential.
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Current filing states approximate 1.66 million vehicles produced and 1.64 million delivered in 2025, down from 1.773 million produced and 1.789 million delivered in 2024 in prior filing. Also, current filing notes a refresh of vehicle lineup with the new Model Y and additional Model 3 and Model Y variants launched in 2025, while prior filing listed Cybertruck active and several other models in development.
full analysis
The current filing explains tariff impacts having a relatively larger effect on energy generation and storage business compared to automotive business, and mentions more uncertainty due to rapidly evolving trade and fiscal policy. It also references changes in OBBBA impacting tax credits for electric vehicles, impacting demand, which was not present in the previous year's narrative.
full analysis
The current filing projects capital expenditures exceeding $20 billion in 2026, driven by AI initiatives including compute infrastructure and data centers expansion, manufacturing and R&D production lines and AI-enabled asset fleets, reflecting a significant increase from prior filing projections of $11 billion+ in 2025 and subsequent years.
full analysis
In the 2026 filing, 2025 revenues are $94.83 billion, down $2.86 billion (3%) from 2024, whereas in prior filing, 2024 revenues were $97.69 billion, up $0.92 billion (1%) from 2023. Also, net income attributable to common stockholders decreased to $3.79 billion in 2025 vs $7.09 billion in 2024 with prior year's drop affected heavily by tax allowance release. This indicates a material revenue decrease and profit decline.
full analysis
The current filing adds focus on bringing artificial intelligence into real world through products and services like FSD (Supervised) and Robotaxi, including developing AI robots such as Optimus. It highlights expansion and refinement of Robotaxi service after its June 2025 launch, which were not mentioned in the prior filing.
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