Tesla Inc. (TSLA)


October 3, 2025

As Expected, Tesla’s Q3 Deliveries Beat Consensus; US Sales Jump +29% YoY; But, the “Hangover” from the Party Appears to Just be Getting Started

By Gordon L. Johnson II

End of Tax Credit Pushes Tesla’s Q3 Deliveries to Record High. Everyone knew the U.S. would be strong due to demand pull-forward, but just how strong was the question. Yesterday, we got the answer. TSLA…

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September 17, 2025

Wall Street’s Q3 Delivery Estimates Remain Irresponsibly Low; but if you’re a TSLA Bull, Q3 Earnings are Shaping up to be Scary, with Q4 Looking Downright “Terrifying”

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Consensus hasn’t bothered to update its 3Q25E Tesla delivery estimate since early July – which tells you all you need to know about the rigor of Wall Street coverage here. We believe the Street’s Q3…

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August 21, 2025

How Do Tesla’s Fundamentals Stack Up vs. its Magnificent 6 Peers Over the Next 5-to-10 Years?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Is Tesla’s Valuation Justified When Applying the “Heroic” Assumptions from its Biggest Bulls? In this note, applying the public forecasts from some of Tesla’s most ardent bulls (i.e., Morgan Stanley), we attempt to address why…

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August 8, 2025

Despite Elon Musk’s Touting of the Spectacular Capabilities of Tesla’s Dojo CPU Just Last Month, & Morgan Stanley Currently Valuing it at $500bn, Last Night we Learned the Program has Been Terminated

By Gordon L. Johnson II

All 20 members of Tesla’s Dojo team – including its leader, Peter Bannon – have left the company to join a startup called DensityAI (yes, the entire team). Last night, we learned that the lion’s…

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July 24, 2025

Tesla 2Q25 Review – Elon Musk’s Lack of Usual “Puffery” on Q2 Conf. Call + Guidance that 4Q25E-2Q26E Could be “Rough” + -89%/-42% YoY Fall in Q2 Free-Cash-Flow/Op. Income = “Big” Problems Ahead for Struggling Auto Maker Trading at 181x Forward P/E

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Our Take on Tesla’s 2Q25A Results. While TSLA reported Q2 top-line sales and non-GAAP adj. EPS that missed Cons. ests. – i.e., Cons. ests. that were revised sharply lower through 2Q25, lowering the “bar” for…

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July 22, 2025

Tesla 2Q25 Earnings Preview – We See Results Coming in Largely In line Due to Bitcoin Gain + Aggressive FSD Revenue Recognition Offsetting Neg. FOREX Hit + Margin Slashing Rate Buy-Downs

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Tesla 2Q25E Earnings Preview. In this note, we adjust our 2Q25E TSLA model after our review of: (a) our expectation for an increase in gross profit/car sold QoQ as other cars sold saw price increases…

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June 26, 2025

Tesla’s Supervised “Robotaxi” Launch Has been a “Woeful” Flop

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What’s Up? In this note, we provide on-the-ground feedback from Tesla’s widely acclaimed “Robotaxi” rollout this past Sunday. That is, Tesla’s “launch” has been limited to a handful of its most loyal cult members (not…

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June 16, 2025

GLJ Research Updated Tesla Delivery Forecasts and Model Estimates

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Re-Publishing Our Tesla 2025E-26E Estimates and Model for Maintenance Purposes. In this note (Ex. 1-4) we provide our most recent estimates for TSLA. More specifically, we update our quarterly: (a) delivery ests., (b) revenue ests.,…

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June 10, 2025

Tesla’s Week 11 China Sales Collapse Further (& miss Consensus by -36.5%), Falling -33.5%/37.4% WoW/QoQ, Respectively; and, What to Expect this Thursday at Tesla’s Austin “Robotaxi” Event

By Gordon L. Johnson II

It’s Now Clear… Tesla has a Demand Problem in China. In this note we detail the collapse in TSLA’s China sales year-to-date (“YTD”), based on both new monthly and weekly data released yesterday/today, despite: (a)…

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May 7, 2025

Tesla’s Week 5 China Sales Miss Consensus by a “Whopping” -44.7% & its European April Car Registrations Plunge (Falling -65.1%, -59.5%, & -45.9%, YoY, in the Key Markets of the U.K., France, & Germany); What’s it Mean for 2Q25E Deliveries vs. Wall Street’s Current Estimate?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Even the Tesla “Faithful” are Beginning to Realize the Stock Price Could be in (Big) Trouble Should its Car Sales Continue to Falter in 2025. When a Mag7 stock (i.e., TSLA) trades at 138x its…

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April 21, 2025

GLJ Research 1Q25E Tesla Earnings Preview Sheds Light on Rather One Should be Short, Neutral, or Long into Tomorrow’s Quarterly Report

By Gordon L. Johnson II

We have Updated our Bottoms-Up Tesla Earnings Driver Model and See a “Big Problem” w/ the Current 1Q25E non-GAAP EPS Consensus Est. In the following update, when considering the impact(s) from: (a) TSLA’s transition from…

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April 17, 2025

Has the Collective of Wall Street and TroyTeslike Made a “Grave Error” in Forecasting Tesla’s 2Q25E Car Deliveries (in favor of “TSLAQ”)?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Is Consensus Making a Grave Error in its Estimate for Tesla’s 2Q25E Global Auto Sales? The best investing opportunities arise when there are material dislocations between what Consensus expects vs. what is most likely to…

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March 31, 2025

GLJe Tesla 1Q25E and 2025E Delivery Estimate Update – What will Tesla Tell Us Tomorrow, and is it “Priced In”?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

GLJ Tesla 1Q25E and 2025E Delivery and Production Estimate Update. While we have, previously, generalized TSLA’s 1Q25E deliveries at 360K-370K, in what follows we provide the thought process around the evolution of our TESLA 1Q25E/2025E…

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February 12, 2025

Nearly Halfway Thru 1Q25 Tesla’s Global Demand Headwinds are Proving Acute/Structural; & Why the Company has a Serious/Budding “FSD Problem”

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Tesla’s Week 6 China Sales Update Yesterday = No Bueno; U.S./European Sales Show (very) Troubling Signs; and June Unsupervised Robotaxi Rollout Appears Set to Severely Disappoint. In this note, we update TSLA’s global sales trend…

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January 28, 2025

Tesla Q4 Preview – We See a -8.8% Adj.-EPS Miss on Deck & a 14.0% Automotive Gross Margin (Excl. Credit Sales) vs. Consensus’ Est. of 16.2%

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Will Earnings be a Positive Catalyst (Similar to 3Q24) or a Negative Catalyst (Similar to 2Q24)? Due to: (a) a record mix of negative-gross-margin Chinese car sales in Q4 (i.e., 39.7% vs. 39.6% in Q3,…

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