Tesla

TSLA

Auto - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical

Price

$380.84

-10.22 (-2.61%)

Market Cap

$1.43T

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+4.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.39B (2021) → 3.53B (2025)

Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services. This segment also provides sedans and sport util

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+18.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$6.4B/ year

↑ Rising (+41% vs prior year)

6.8% of revenue

1.7x the sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

30.1%ownership

↑ Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$16.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Tesla is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 16%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

21.1%

Thin — 21.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

4.2%

Thin — 4.2% operating margin

ROCE

1.0%

Weak — 1.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+2.3%

Nearly flat sales (2.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

-38.8%

Earnings shrinking (-38.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

426%

Turns 426% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

7.2%

Modest free cash flow (7.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.11

Conservative — low debt load (0.11)

Interest Cover

14.45x

Comfortably covers interest (14.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

316.4x

Expensive — P/E 316.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+198.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (316.4 → 118.4)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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