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Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
Tesla is Well Positioned to Navigate an Economic Storm
Tesla's December quarter earnings was all about the company's 2023 outlook after the recent price cut threw a wrench into how investors should think about the trade-off between deliveries and profitability. The essence of the guidance calls for 50% delivery growth this year, ahead of the Street's 37% target and gross margin ex credits of above 20%, compared to the concern of many investors that they would dip into the high teens. The bottom line: The company appears to have made the right decisions to successfully navigate what will likely be a difficult year for the auto industry.
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Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
Tesla Hammers its Margins and Competition
When Tesla announced in early January that they would cut car prices in China by about 13%, I began to anticipate price cutting in other countries as well. What was most surprising about the news was the magnitude of price…
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Deepwater
Deepwater’s 2023 Predictions
Over the last six years, we’ve made a habit of offering a few predictions for the year ahead. Here’s what we’re anticipating for 2023: We believe that FAANG will outperform the S&P in 2023. In 2022, the S&P 500 is…
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Netflix
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
Tesla Puts Semi Makers on Notice
After more than five years in development, Tesla has officially delivered its first Semi to PepsiCo—a milestone that will be a wake-up call to the trucking industry. The next five years are likely to be a windy road for traditional…
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Tesla
Gene Munster
Cook’s Crisis Management Superpower
Tim Cook knows that the art of diplomacy is letting someone else have it your way. Recently, Elon Musk declared war on Apple over App Store fees and content moderation. In 2021, the company faced similar pressure in a case…
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Apple
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Gene Munster, Steve Van Sloun
Battery 101: Battery Summit Takeaways
In November, we attended the Piper Sandler Battery Summit. The event hosted 20 panelists in the battery world, from raw materials providers to cell manufacturers and downstream customers. Money managers are beginning to identify battery tech as a growth wave…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
Battery 101: What’s Next in Batteries?
The bottom line: While tech followers await in anticipation of the next battery tech breakthrough, it’s likely that the rate of improvement will prove to be incremental and continuous. We will still refer to the batteries in EVs as lithium-ion…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
Elon Musk Will Always Be Tesla’s Technoking. So, Who Will Be Its Next CEO?
Testimony at Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation trial revealed that the Tesla board has identified a potential successor for the role of CEO. This shouldn’t come as a surprise because it’s good corporate governance. Avoiding the discussion of succession plans would…
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Tesla
Gene Munster
Tesla Earnings Hit a Bump in the Road
After missing delivery expectations by 4% earlier this month, Tesla reported a miss on September revenue expectations by 2%. Two negative points from a company that has made a habit of exceeding expectations over the past 2.5 years. TSLA shares…
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Tesla
Doug Clinton
Asking the Best Questions
There are three big questions that I always return to when investing in companies big or small, public or private: 1. Does this solve a time, money, or meaning problem? From a first principles standpoint, time, money, and meaning are…
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Gene Munster
Tesla & SpaceX Will Still Own Elon’s Focus
Over the past five months, I’ve been unsure about how to interpret Musk’s efforts to dodge a closing of the Twitter deal. Does he really want out or just a better price? In the end, it looks like he will…
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Tesla
Gene Munster, Rebecca Mulberg
AI Day Primer
Tesla’s second annual AI Day is coming up on September 30th. While the event is primarily geared toward recruiting talent for AI, software and chip development (confirmed by Elon on Twitter), it serves a second purpose of outlining the company’s…
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