Tesla Reclaims 200-Day Average After 30% Slide—$160 Call Looms

Sunita Somvanshi

Tesla's stock climbed above its 200-day moving average - the ONLY "Magnificent Seven" stock to achieve this technical recovery - despite being down nearly 30% year-to-date.

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Redburn Atlantic slapped Tesla with a "SELL" rating and $160 price target, warning investors about falling sales and profit headwinds from potential EV credit cuts.

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While Tesla's stock shows signs of life, its Q1 delivery numbers missed targets and auto gross margins hit their lowest levels since 2012 at just 12.5%.

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Safety watchdogs at NHTSA are investigating 2.4 million Teslas over Full Self-Driving collisions and 2.6 million vehicles for "Smart Summon" incidents.

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Chinese competitor BYD doubled its net income in Q1, proving that Tesla's dominance in the EV market faces serious threats from overseas.

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Did you know Tesla hasn't launched a completely new vehicle model since the Model Y in 2019? That's SIX YEARS of incremental updates while competitors flood the market.

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Tesla trades at a staggering 164 times forward earnings and 9.8 times sales - multiples that dwarf traditional automakers and even many tech companies.

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Financial sleuths spotted a concerning $1.4 billion gap between Tesla's capital expenditure and reported asset increases, raising questions about financial controls.

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Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja warned investors about "negative impact of vandalism and unwarranted hostility" in certain markets due to political entanglements.

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While car sales struggle, Tesla's energy storage business surged to 10.4 GWh deployed in Q1 - more than DOUBLE the 4,053 MWh from a year earlier.

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Industry experts suggest Tesla might benefit from hiring an operations-focused CEO (think Apple's Tim Cook) while Musk focuses on vision and innovation.

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Tesla's promised June 2025 robotaxi trial in Austin has investors split between excitement and skepticism after years of missed deadlines for autonomous driving.

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The company is hiring over 1,000 workers at its Nevada Gigafactory to scale up Semi truck production, aiming for mass output by 2026.

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