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“While Tesla has built a very dedicated fan base that has been willing to excuse poor build quality, customer service, and service infrastructure, we continue to be skeptical around broader adoption,” Osborne said. He rates the shares underperform with a price target of $210, implying a 51% decrease. Of the analysts tracked by Bloomberg, 15 analysts rate the shares the equivalent of a sell, while 11 rate it buy and 10 hold, with an average price target of $297.

Bloomberg, 12/30/19

Some other bearish analysts also raised their prices targets after the third-quarter numbers. Credit Suisse analyst Dan Levy took his price target from $189 to $200 a share, and J.P. Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman raised his from $200 to $220 a share.

Barron’s, 10/25/19

Ives maintained a price target on Tesla stock of $270, with a neutral rating.

Investors Business Daily, 11/22/19

Can Tesla Ever Be More Than a Niche Automaker? Wall St. Increasingly Thinks No

New York Times, 6/3/19

Cross-Sell Interactive is trying to give investors a new edge on Tesla stock by tracking new-vehicle registration data in two dozen states. Cross-Sell’s third quarter report—released Monday evening—is alarming, showing lower prices and stagnant sales.

Barron’s, 10/15/19

Goldman: Tesla’s earnings and deliveries likely to disappoint this quarter, so sell the stock

CNBC, 3/13/19

Just because it trades 22% off its high ($302), does not make Tesla a buy.

Forbes, 1/20/19

I expect the stock to continue to fall over the rest of the year and into 2020, as Tesla continues to miss its targets as a result of under-investment, constant turnover in the executive ranks, and unrealistic promises.

I will not be surprised to see the Shanghai Gigafactory run behind schedule and fail to start production this year.

Forbes, 9/9/19

At this point, TSLA stock has had several months of poor performance, both in terms of metrics and the stock price. Therefore, before committing any capital into the shares, I’d like to see the next earnings statement, expected in late October. By then, we might even have an earnings warning statement, which would send the stock even further south.

InvestorPlace.com, 8/19/19

Forget $300, Can Tesla Stock Reliably Get Back to $200?

InvestorPlace.com, 6/5/19

CNBC reports Model Y will ship almost a year early

Tesla is poised to deliver Model Y crossover in first quarter of 2020, says Deutsche Bank
CNBC 12/3/2019

Red Model Y in the wild

Tesla is poised to start deliveries of its crossover SUV, the Model Y, in the first quarter of 2020, according to research out Tuesday from Deutsche Bank.

If Tesla could begin Model Y deliveries in the first-quarter of 2020, that would be a full season ahead of CEO Elon Musk’s promised schedule. Early production and deliveries would be a symbolic win for the company, which has often failed to meet self-imposed delivery deadlines.

This would be a major coup for Tesla and one that was predicted a week ago by Gali on his Hyperchange channe.

Given that 75% of the Model 3 components will be in the Model Y, the ramp up should be much quicker than the M3s. This would catch most of Wall Street and the auto industry sleeping deeper than usual, and would be a particularly nasty surprise for legacy automakers who are years behind Tesla in engineering and design.

Of course, this being CNBC, they had to end on a dig at Tesla:

Musk has promised or is taking pre-orders and deposits for more products than Tesla is able to produce at scale currently, including the Model Y, Semi, the recently unveiled Cybertruck, Solarglass rooftops, an all-electric ATV, and full-self driving software.

I don’t believe that pre-orders for the Y were anywhere near the M3s number (400K), and I don’t know if we will find out what they are anytime soon. I would guess somewhere in the 100K range, but I think there will be a spike in orders as this news filters out. Tesla has no incentive to share the number since, unless it is on par with the M3, the financial press would report it it as a massive failure, and Wall Street shorts would hammer the stock.

This scenario works more in Tesla’s favor since as initial production starts, each model will be snapped up, and the revenue booked. Thus, Tesla is looking at a Q1-2020 with new revenue from the MY in the US and China.

With MY starting at two factories in 2020, Musk’s prediction of 1 million cars sold suddenly looks on the mark.

Remember, he gets paid for this “advice”

CNBC’s Jim Cramer, a longtime Tesla critic, says he might be about to buy a Model X — because his wife says so
MarketWatch.com, 11/26/2020

Back in 2011, with Tesla Inc. shares trading down around $22, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer told a caller to “cut her losses” and unload her position. “Nothing there. Don’t like that stock,” he said.

Booyah! The stock closed Monday at $336.34.

So, for those of you playing at home, assuming she had 1,000 shares, she walked away from a gain of $314,340 by listening to this chowderhead.

Apparently something funny happened over the past couple of days: “I took a ride in a Tesla this weekend that made Lisa say, that’s it, we are buying one. Enough already,” he tweeted on Monday.

This “investment expert” has been advising people about Tesla stock, and yet he never bother to check out the product?

Cramer has had plenty to say about Tesla and its boss, Elon Musk, along the way. Earlier this year, he said Musk is like P.T. Barnum and it’s “annoying.” Before that, he floated the idea of Musk being removed as CEO. More recently, he panned Tesla’s new Cybertruck as “a bit of a bust.”

Hmmm… It seems that Cramer’s job is to talk about companies he doesn’t understand, and advise gullible people about whether they should invest their money, or short the stock. Talk about “one born every minute”.

He explained in a later tweet directed at Musk that the Model X is the version that he took for a spin and it was a “fantastic ride.”

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