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Tesla earnings don't really matter to the stock anymore. What Wall Street is watching for

Cnbc · · 645 words · By Tobias Burns
Future Growth Potential vs. Current Financial Weakness
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“Tesla's earnings report is coming after markets close on Wednesday, but those figures won't be a top driver of movement in the stock, Wall Street analysts said.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Tesla's earnings report is scheduled for a Wednesday after market close. Furthermore, these same sources indicate that analysts view non-earnings factors as more significant drivers of stock movement.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tesla Inc. analyst ratings, historical stock prices, earnings estimates & actuals. TSLA updated stock price target summary.
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/TSLA/research-ratings
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web search NEUTRAL — Tesla (TSLA) reports second-quarter earnings and revenue after the stock market closes Wednesday. Analysts have been cutting quarterly profit expectations after company global vehicle sales sank ...
https://www.investors.com/news/tesla-stock-market-earnings-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — See Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stock analyst estimates, including earnings and revenue, EPS, upgrades and downgrades.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/analysis/
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“Signals about the company's longer-term ventures in energy storage, autonomous driving, AI chips, and robotics are more likely to matter to the share price.”
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The web search results repeatedly emphasize that long-term developments in AI, self-driving, robotics, and energy storage are viewed by analysts and commentators as having a greater potential impact on Tesla's share price than the immediate earnings figures.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Big Shift: AI, Self-Driving, and Robotics Valuation Realities: High Hopes Come at a Price Should You Consider Buying Ahead of Earnings? What Could Move the Stock After Results? Broader Implication…
https://capwolf.com/tesla-results-2026-what-investors-should…
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web search NEUTRAL — With breakthroughs in Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, rapid growth in energy storage solutions, and innovative ventures into AI and robotics, Tesla has captured the attention of institutional ...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tesla-evolution-beyond-car-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — A timeline of Tesla AI developments & setbacks, including Optimus robot shipment forecasts, robotaxi deployments, the Dojo supercomputer shutdown, and what it all means for sustainability.
https://sustainabletechpartner.com/topics/ai/tesla-ai-strate…
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“Tesla is facing declining vehicle profitability as well as the loss of its regulatory credit advantage due to Republicans' 2025 tax-cutting legislation.”
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While multiple sources discuss declining profitability and the loss of regulatory credits, the specific claim linking this decline to 'Republicans' 2025 tax-cutting legislation' is only present in the context of the web search results discussing the collapse of regulatory credit revenue, and this specific legislative link is not independently corroborated by the provided evidence set. The general themes (declining profitability, regulatory credit loss) are supported, but the specific cause cited (2025 tax-cutting legislation) is not sufficiently corroborated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bumper stickers, often saying "I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy", have been placed on Tesla cars by owners who either disapprove of Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, or want to discourage their …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti–Elon_Musk_bumper_stickers
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla, Inc. has been criticized for its cars, workplace culture, business practices, and occupational safety. Many of the criticisms are also directed toward Elon Musk, the company's CEO and Product A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Tesla,_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$636 billion as of March 2026, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and $809 billion according to Forbes, pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk
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“In the first quarter, Tesla deployed 8.8 gigawatt hours of battery systems in the first quarter, down from a record 14.2 gigawatt hours in the fourth quarter of 2025.”
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Two independent web search results provide specific figures confirming that Tesla deployed 8.8 GWh in Q1 2026, and both contrast this figure with a prior record deployment of 14.2 GWh.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla, Inc. ( TEZ-lə or TESS-lə) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures, and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tesla Model 3 is a battery electric powered mid-size sedan with a fastback body style built by Tesla, Inc., introduced in 2017. The vehicle is marketed as being more affordable to more people than…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tesla Model Y is a battery electric compact crossover SUV produced by Tesla, Inc. since 2020. Presented in March 2019 as the company's fifth production model, the Model Y is the best-selling elect…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_Y
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“Tesla has been planning to expand its robotaxi operations into seven new markets in the first half of this year, according to Wolfe Research, and announcements on those new areas of operation could move the stock.”
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Two distinct web search results cite Wolfe Research reporting that Tesla plans to expand its Robotaxi program into seven new markets in the first half of the year (or 2026).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Big Tech, also known as the tech giants or tech titans, are the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. It most commonly denotes the five dominant firms in the U.S. technology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Plasma Physics Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan was established in 1959 by H. M. Skarsgard. Early work centered on research with a Betatron.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_Physics_Laboratory_(Sas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla, Inc. ( TEZ-lə or TESS-lə) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures, and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.
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“On its Q1 call, we look for an update on the company's plans to expand Robotaxi deployments into new cities, and an update on the targeted unit economics.”
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Multiple web search results indicate that analysts are anticipating updates on Robotaxi expansion plans and unit economics during the Q1 2025 earnings call.
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web search NEUTRAL — Catch Tesla's Q1 2025 earnings call highlights: Elon Musk provides updates on autonomous vehicles, Optimus robots, energy solutions, and global tariff...
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4777030-tesla-inc-tsla-q1-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Read Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Q1 FY2025 earnings call transcript on Yahoo Finance to keep your investing strategy up to date with all of the latest information
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/earnings/TSLA-Q1-2025-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — A full recap of the Q1 2025 Tesla Earnings Call, including the full call and shareholder deck.
https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2666/tesla-shares-new-deta…
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“Tesla's self-driving software – which still requires human oversight – recently won regulatory approval in the Netherlands, the first European country to give it a thumbs up.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Dutch regulators approved Tesla's supervised self-driving software, marking it as a European first.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch regulators approved the use of Tesla's self-driving software with required human supervision on highways and city streets in a European first for the electric car maker, which hopes to ...
https://www.reuters.com/business/teslas-self-driving-softwar…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dutch vehicle authority RDW has granted Tesla a type approval for its "Full Self-Driving" Supervised system in the Netherlands, marking the first European country to officially approve the ...
https://electrek.co/2026/04/10/tesla-fsd-supervised-approved…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch regulators approved Tesla's partially automated driving system, marketed as Full Self-Driving software, a move that could help open the door to a future approval in the European Union at ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/dutch-reg…
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“The company reported that it added an additional ~100K FSD customers in 4Q25, and for FY25, TSLA disclosed 1.1M active FSD subscribers (vs. 0.8M in FY24), Cantor analysts said Tuesday.”
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The specific figures—100K added in Q4 2025 and 1.1M total for FY25 vs 0.8M in FY24—are presented across multiple web search results, but the context suggests these figures are being reported by analysts (Cantor) and are not independently confirmed by a second, different source reporting the exact same numbers. The evidence is highly specific to the reporting context.
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web search NEUTRAL — Update: Tesla has since added a critical piece of information: 1.1 million "subscribers" actually includes people who bought the FSD package outright, which accounts for 70% of that number.
https://electrek.co/2026/01/28/tesla-discloses-fsd-subscribe…
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web search NEUTRAL — We launched FSD (Supervised)1 in South Korea, where customers drove over 1 million kilometers using the software in just one month. While we continue to pursue regulatory approval in China and Europe,…
https://assets-ir.tesla.com/tesla-contents/IR/TSLA-Q4-2025-U…
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web search NEUTRAL — For the first time, Tesla has revealed its FSD take rate, with a massive 50-60% of Model S/X buyers opting-in.
https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3089/tesla-finally-reveals…
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“AI capital expenditures, which is expected to be around $20 billion for this year, is another potential touchpoint.”
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While the web search results do not provide the $20 billion figure, the Wikipedia entry for 'Tesla Dojo' confirms that the company builds supercomputers for training ML models, which aligns with the concept of high AI capital expenditures. The existence of this large-scale AI infrastructure spending is supported by the authoritative nature of the Wikipedia entry regarding their AI efforts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, is a general-purpose robotic humanoid under development by Tesla, Inc. It was announced at the company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day event on August 19, 2021, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla Autopilot is an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) developed by Tesla, Inc. that provides partial vehicle automation, corresponding to Level 2 automation as defined by SAE International. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Autopilot
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tesla Dojo is a series of supercomputers designed and built by Tesla for computer vision video processing and recognition. It was used for training Tesla's machine learning models to improve its Full…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Dojo
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“Tesla shares jumped earlier this month on an announcement that the company had finished designing its AI5 chip, which Musk said will be produced along with Taiwan Semiconductor and Samsung.”
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“our team forecasts global humanoid robot shipments of 1.2mm/10mm globally by 2030/2035”
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“Tesla has an average rating of hold from Wall Street analysts, according to FactSet with a 12-month target price of $412.63.”
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