In the past 7 days, Musk's series of operations have attracted people's attention, and many related dynamics have "dominated the screen" news hot list, but this cannot cover up the risks faced by Tesla .
This week, Tesla's stock price plummeted nearly 16%, and closed at $223.07, marking its worst single-week performance since March 2020. , Tesla has fallen by more than 44% since the beginning of the year.
First, there were negative reviews from humanoid robots, and then the delivery volume was lower than expected. Then, Musk's remarks about Russia and Ukraine caused a political storm, and finally restarted the acquisition of Twitter . Musk attracted a lot of attention, but Tesla was plagued by nightmares.
Last weekend, the highly anticipated Tesla humanoid robot was widely criticized by experts and the media after its official debut. Hype, scams, crappy, etc. are all labels given by comments to Tesla's humanoid robots, which can be said to be a trend of bad reviews.
At the same time, Tesla released data that was lower than expected. Tesla delivered 343,830 vehicles in the third quarter of this year, a record high, but lower than the expected 358,000 vehicles on Wall Street . On Monday, Tesla fell sharply against the market, and the S&P 500 intraday gains exceeded 2%, Tesla's stock price plummeted by more than 8%.
analysis pointed out that Tesla's "disguised price reduction" measures to launch high insurance subsidies in the Chinese market in September reflects its weakening demand. In addition, fierce competition in China's new energy vehicle market has shaken Tesla's throne.
On Tuesday, Tesla unexpectedly decided to resume its acquisition of Twitter. Since the entanglement between Musk and Twitter, Tesla's stock seems to have fallen into trouble. Whether it is Musk's passionate pursuit of Twitter, later in the lawsuit, and now being forced to buy Twitter, Tesla's stock price seems to have not improved.
As the financing party is considering withdrawing, Musk may sell more Tesla shares to get enough financing to buy Twitter.
. Analysis points out that any sale by Musk will drive Tesla's stock price to fall. market analysis believes that part of the reason for the decline in Tesla's stock price is that investors are worried that Musk's focus is too fragmented. Another reason is that to buy Twitter, Musk may have to sell Tesla's shares to pay for some of the purchases. Statistics say that in order to buy Twitter Musk, they will need to sell Tesla stock worth $2 billion to $7 billion.
If you do not sell your Tesla stock, then Musk may need another round of private financing or mortgage his Tesla stock. But Jim Osman, founder of research firm The Edge Consulting Group, said selling some Tesla shares could be part of Musk's plan to buy Twitter:
Among the various methods, the fastest option is to sell Tesla shares. I think the final solution will be a mixture of the three above, but more than 50% of the remaining $7 billion will come from the sale of Tesla stock.
Musk has sold more than $15 billion of Tesla stock this year. He sold $8.5 billion in stock in April and another $6.9 billion in August.
However, despite the sell-off, Tesla's market value still surpasses most S&P 500 components. Tesla's current share price is 51 times its expected earnings, compared with the S&P 500's average P/E ratio of 16 times and the Apple 's P/E ratio of 23 times.
"The upcoming economic recession, the growing threat of competition, consumers are more cautious in spending due to high inflation, and the company's stock price is overvalued." The various headwinds faced by Tesla have made investors cautious. (Editor Wang Li)
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Investors are worried that Musk will cash out significantly again