Tesla inventory (TSLA) is tumbling after the EV maker reported a major supply miss for the primary quarter. The Q1 supply report comes after Tesla warned in January that its car quantity progress price could be “notably lower” than in 2023.
For Q1, Tesla reported 386,810 international deliveries, effectively under estimates of 449,080 as compiled by Bloomberg. Tesla produced 433,371 autos, which was additionally under estimates of 452,976.
Tesla’s Q1 supply whole is a major drop sequentially from the fourth quarter, throughout which it delivered 484,000 autos. However extra regarding to traders is that the Q1 determine represents a year-over-year decline in comparison with Q1 final 12 months, when Tesla delivered 423,000 autos. Tesla’s Q1 determine is the primary annual Q1 decline in deliveries since 2020.
Tesla inventory was down 6% in early buying and selling following the discharge of the report.
“While we were anticipating a bad 1Q, this was an unmitigated disaster 1Q that is hard to explain away,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives mentioned in a be aware shortly after the report’s launch. “We view this as a seminal moment in the Tesla story for Musk to either turn this around and reverse the black eye 1Q performance. Otherwise, some darker days could clearly be ahead that could disrupt the long-term Tesla narrative.”
Trying throughout mannequin strains, Tesla mentioned it produced 412,376 Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y autos and delivered 369,783. Tesla’s reported manufacturing of its “other models,” which now embrace the Cybertruck in addition to the costlier Mannequin S and Mannequin X autos, got here in at 20,995, with deliveries standing at 17,027.
“The discrepancy between deliveries and production implies ~46k in incremental inventory, which confirms that beyond the known production bottleneck [in Fremont and Berlin], there may also be a serious demand issue,” Deutsche Financial institution’s Emmanuel Rosner wrote in a be aware following the discharge.
Tuesday’s supply report comes after Tesla hiked costs of its well-liked Mannequin Y SUV on Monday throughout all three trim ranges by $1,000. Tesla did the identical in China, with the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary model rising by 5,000 yuan ($675) for a complete price of 304,900 yuan and the Efficiency model growing by 5,000 yuan to 368,900 yuan.
“Although the company most recently raised prices in the US and China as previously previewed, we believe it may have to revert, posing further downside risks to ASP for the rest of the year,” Deutsche Financial institution’s Rosner added.
Tesla additionally revealed that it’ll report first quarter outcomes after the bell on Tuesday, April 23.
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