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    Home»Best of the Web»Tesla shares continue to plunge

    Tesla shares continue to plunge

    Best of the Web By Agency Staff25 May 2022
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    Tesla’s share price continued their plunge on Tuesday as the electric vehicle maker’s production woes in China refuse to go away, leading another analyst to slash their 12-month price target on the once high-flying stock.

    “With about 13 000 units of production per week and higher than average margins, any production loss at Shanghai is bound to have a significant impact on margins and earnings,” said Daiwa analyst Jairam Nathan, who cut his price target to US$800 from $1 150.

    Until recently, Tesla was considered the ultimate growth stock, rising 50% last year and closing at $1 145 on 4 April, when CEO Elon Musk announced his 9.2% stake in Twitter. Since then, Musk has been engaged in highly public attempt to buy the social media platform. And Tesla’s stock has been in a freefall, sinking to around $635 and wiping out almost half its market capitalisation since touching a record high in November.

    Since Musk revealed his Twitter stake, Tesla shares have plunged 43% compared to a 14% decline in the S&P 500

    Since Musk revealed his Twitter stake, Tesla shares have plunged 43% compared to a 14% decline in the S&P 500 Index and a 28% drop in the S&P 500 consumer discretionary sector. It’s the eighth worst performing stock in the S&P 500 over that time and the fourth biggest drag in terms of index points.

    Tesla also has dramatically underperformed most of the market’s other major tech growth stocks since 4 April, including Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon.com and Google parent Alphabet. Streaming service Netflix is the only Faang name to be putting up a worse performance than Tesla since the news broke of Musk’s Twitter position.

    All of this helps explain why Musk’s highly public back-and-forth with Twitter has captivated markets, particularly as he sold $8.5-billion of Tesla stock to pay for the buyout. With the billionaire’s seeming recent reluctance to go forward with the purchase, Musk and Tesla are getting the wrong kind of publicity at a pivotal time for investors. The deal spread, or the difference between Musk’s offer price and Twitter’s share price, is $18, the widest since the takeover plan was announced in April.

    Disruptions

    Beyond the Twitter distraction, Tesla’s key Shanghai factory has faced disruptions due to long-running Covid-19 lockdowns in the city. The company also was dropped from the ESG version of the S&P 500 earlier this month, a move that could lead to some forced selling by funds benchmarked to that gauge. And the company has also dealt with the supply shortages and surging raw material costs that other car makers face.

    The broader market environment has also turned against highly valued growth companies with the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates to tame inflation. Goldman Sachs on Monday said hedge funds continue to reduce exposure to growth stocks, incrementally rotating away from Apple, Amazon and Tesla.

    “Tesla is a high-growth company, so the majority of its valuation is driven by future growth expectations,” said Seth Goldstein, equity strategist at Morningstar Research Services. “Even small changes in future growth assumptions can have a large impact on the stock’s valuation.”  — Esha Dey, (c) 2022 Bloomberg LP

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