1-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Tesla Motors?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors (NAS: TSLA) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Tesla's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Teslafacts
Headquarters (founded) | Palo Alto, Calif. (2003) |
Market Cap | $3.6 billion |
Industry | Automobile manufacturers |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $204.2 million |
Management | Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO Elon Musk |
Trailing-12-Month Return on Capital | (40.1%) |
Cash/Debt | $280.3 million / $280.2 million |
Competitors | General Motors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 50% of the 841 members who have rated Tesla believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this year, one of those Fools, All-Star BuffettJunior1, succinctly summed up the bear case for our community:
Extremely overvalued stock. The company's [capital expenditures] is growing faster than its revenues, and free cash flow has never been positive. The auto manufacturing industry in general has never been very profitable, and most likely never will. I wouldn't touch this stock with a ten foot pole!
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