Tesla Inc TSLA
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Tesla Inc is a mega-cap company in the Consumer Cyclical sector (Auto Manufacturers), with a market value of $1.46T, based in the USA.
It employs about 134,785 people and has been listed since Jun 29, 2010.
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive; and Energy Generation and Storage.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Price-to-earnings (p/e): 333.9. We have no good comparison group for this stock, so the number stands alone.
Revenue is growing 26% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 158.7 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 395.57, 7% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 36% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.8) — big daily moves both ways.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 4 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (19 vs 4).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 26% a year.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLY -0.5%).
This week's news
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- Why Tesla (TSLA) Stock Is Trading Up Today finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Sector Update: Consumer Stocks Rise Late Afternoon finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.