AdvancingTime
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When Tesla's stock drops in value the company will have to give up far more to procure the funds to feed its massive cash-burn. To clarify, Tesla is in a capital-intensive business and has a poor record as to spending efficiently. It is amazing that the company garners so much attention while producing so few cars.
In January 2016, Ford Motor sold 173,723 vehicles. This is far more than the 50,580 Tesla is said to have delivered in all of 2015. Ford with its current market cap of 45 billion dollars is a solid cash machine banging out solid profits and big dividends. This makes it hard to understand how Tesla that is spending big and burning cash has a market cap of over 21 billion dollars or around 42% of its much greater competitor.
Just how small is Tesla's footprint? The math shows only about 1 in 325 cars sold in America last year was a Tesla and of the over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in America only 1 in 5,000 sports its name. This brings into question why investors value its stock at such a high premium, more below.
Advancing Time: Tesla So Much Attention, So Few Cars!
In January 2016, Ford Motor sold 173,723 vehicles. This is far more than the 50,580 Tesla is said to have delivered in all of 2015. Ford with its current market cap of 45 billion dollars is a solid cash machine banging out solid profits and big dividends. This makes it hard to understand how Tesla that is spending big and burning cash has a market cap of over 21 billion dollars or around 42% of its much greater competitor.
Just how small is Tesla's footprint? The math shows only about 1 in 325 cars sold in America last year was a Tesla and of the over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in America only 1 in 5,000 sports its name. This brings into question why investors value its stock at such a high premium, more below.
Advancing Time: Tesla So Much Attention, So Few Cars!