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Tesla Inc TSLA

Tesla Inc scores weak on business quality (4.4 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.

Last price$382.70Oct 10, 2026
Business qualityWeak
Next earningsOct 20, 2026, after the close
Insiders, 90 daysSelling

Why it matters

  1. What Tesla Inc does

    Tesla builds electric vehicles and energy storage systems, selling directly to consumers and commercial fleets to generate its primary revenue.

  2. What it does best

    Tesla dominates electric vehicle manufacturing scale, posting an 18.9% gross margin that comfortably outpaces legacy peers like GM at 5.6% and Ford at 7.1%.

  3. The main risk

    Shrinking top-line momentum threatens the core vehicle business, with revenue contracting 2.9% as price cuts fail to ignite volume growth.

Quality, check by check

Scored against its own industry, from company filings.

ProfitabilityWeak

Operating margins compress down to 4.6% alongside a modest 1.5% FCF margin, proving that scale currently fails to drive expanding profitability.

MoatFair

The brand and manufacturing scale lock in global consumers, though a gross margin sector percentile of 14 points to eroding competitive protection.

GrowthSlow

Revenue growth stalls at -2.9% in the latest period, reversing historical expansions and fading sharply compared to broader sector trends.

Financial healthStrong

A fortress balance sheet holding $44.1 billion in cash dwarfs total debt of $8.4 billion, backed by interest coverage of 14x making debt costs trivial.

Insiders

Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.

1 sold $938K outside pre-planned sales.

Our sealed record on TSLA

Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.

The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.

Questions

Is TSLA a good business?

Tesla Inc scores weak on the Cluenex quality check (4.4 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth slow and financial health strong.

Are insiders buying TSLA?

In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 sold $938K outside pre-planned sales.

When does TSLA report earnings?

Oct 20, 2026, after the close.

For members

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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Tesla Inc (TSLA)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/tsla/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.