Tesla (TSLA) This fall EPS Outcomes
EPS vs. Wall St. Estimates: $0.50 precise, $0.45 anticipated (beat by 11%)
EPS: Down 32% yr over yr.
Income vs. Wall St. Estimates: Income of $24.901B precise, $24.78B anticipated.
Income: Down 3% yr over yr.
TSLA 4Q Working Revenue: $1.41B (vs. $1.32B est.)
This fall Deliveries Drop
This fall car deliveries dropped 15.6%. As I wrote previous to the Tesla EPS launch, buyers have already priced in a slowdown within the legacy EV enterprise because of the lack of federal tax credit. Regardless of the slowdown in gross sales, margins elevated by 4% – optimistic signal.
Tesla to Purchase $2B of Most well-liked Inventory in XAI
Tesla will spend money on xAI to “convey AI into the bodily world.” Elon Musk’s xAI has skilled explosive progress in 2025-2026, pushed by a $20 billion Sequence E spherical that pushed its valuation to roughly $230 billion. The corporate is quickly scaling its infrastructure, together with the “Colossus” supercomputer in Memphis, and has achieved important person adoption, with 38 million month-to-month energetic customers by late 2025. Shareholders must be happy with this for 4 causes:
1. With Tesla’s legacy EV enterprise slowing, Tesla buyers can participate within the scorching sizzling AI growth.
2. xAI’s valuation lately boomed to $230 billion following a profitable Sequence E
3. Grok is persistently one of many best-performing AI fashions. (has backing from Nvidia, Constancy, Qatar Funding Authority, and many others.)
4. Tesla buyers will be capable to leverage synergies between the 2 firms.
Tesla Vitality Continues to Impress
Tesla Vitality’s complete gross revenue rose, each sequentially and year-over-year, to a document $1.1 billion, marking the fifth consecutive document quarter. Megapack 3 & Megablock manufacturing to start out on the Megafactory Houston this yr. These large-scale, built-in battery power storage methods will likely be in excessive demand as hyperscalers search to stay off the electrical grid and generate and retailer their very own energy.
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Optimus Timeline Confirmed
Tesla confirmed its timeline for the manufacturing of the Optimus Humanoid robotic.
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Cybercab & Semi Replace
In line with Tesla,“Preparations proceed in North America for the manufacturing ramps of Tesla Semi and Cybercab, each commencing 1h26, and manufacturing of the next-generation roadster.” Tesla additionally unveiled the most recent, refreshed design of the Semi. Earlier this week, Tesla signed a cope with Warren Buffett-backed Pilot Journey Facilities to put in Semi Chargers throughout 35 places within the U.S. Building of those Tesla Semi Chargers will start within the first half of 2026.
Robotaxi/FSD Replace
Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet has cumulatively pushed 650,000 miles since June 2025.
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Tesla expects to develop to seven extra robotaxi markets in 1H26.
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For the primary time, Tesla has revealed what number of clients are subscribed to FSD (Supervised). Whole subscribers:
• 2025: 1.1 million
• 2024: 800K
• 2023: 600K
• 2022: 500K
• 2021: 400K
Tesla is now producing about $1.3 billion a yr from FSD subscriptions.
Analyst Feedback
Buyers are shifting their focus away from Tesla’s slowing “legacy EV enterprise” (the place deliveries dropped 15.6% and income fell 3% year-over-year) and are as an alternative valuing the corporate based mostly on three rising pillars:
1. Bodily AI Firm: Optimus, Robotaxis, FSD.
2. Vitality Firm: With document profitability, new merchandise within the pipeline, and the AI revolution simply getting began, Tesla Vitality is quick changing into an integral income stream for Tesla.
3. A Broad Ecosystem: As Apple did with the iPhone, Mac, & iTunes, Tesla is doing with transportation, power, and software program.
In the meantime, the corporate has confirmed the manufacturing and launch of a number of key future progress drivers which were within the pipeline for years. Primarily based on the pre-EPS and post-EPS worth motion, buyers are signaling that they’re eager to guess on Tesla’s future progress prospects and execution moderately than dwell on the slowing progress within the EV enterprise.
With that in thoughts, to ensure that the inventory to proceed rising, Tesla might want to:
· Start Optimus manufacturing on time.
· Scale the robotaxi community and obtain regulatory approval.
· Make sure that the legacy EV enterprise doesn’t proceed to bleed.
Perspective/Takeaways: Tesla is launching a tsunami of latest merchandise in 2026 (Cybercab, Megablock, Semi, and Roadster. Regardless of its slowing EV enterprise and the price of launching them, Tesla nonetheless has a pristine steadiness sheet, with greater than $40 billion in money available.
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Backside Line
Tesla is presently navigating a high-stakes transition, from its cooling EV enterprise to a tsunami of innovation arriving in 2026. With a large money reserve of over $40 billion, the corporate has the runway to bridge the hole till the rollout of its next-generation merchandise.
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