Matt Frankel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Now it trades at just nine times its forward earnings.
That looks really just too cheap for me.
It just repurchased
1.4 billion in its own shares for the first three quarters of the year, which is good for more than 10% of its market cap right now.
I think this business is important, it's profitable, and the stock is darn cheap right now.
I'm on the fence between the two sides that Tyler mentioned.
On one hand, Tesla's auto segment revenue declined 11% in the fourth quarter.
I don't really think it's a surprise to anyone.
There's just a lot more competition for EVs than there were just a couple of years ago.
GM is making a big push into EVs, and others are following suit.
I'm not sure if Tesla is necessarily papering over its declining auto business.
or that its leaders suddenly have a renewed sense of urgency to adapt to it before things get worse.
I'm also not surprised to see the Model S and X discontinued.
As John mentioned, it's roughly 5% of sales, and that includes the Cybertruck in that 5%.
They hadn't received a substantial refresh since their introduction other than the powertrain itself.
The Model S in particular has been in production since 2013, essentially looks exactly the same today.
Another issue is that I'm not sure how close Tesla is to actually producing a mass-produced autonomous humanoid robot like they say they're going to.
Elon Musk has said it's going to be available by the end of 2026, this year.