The debate between $TSLA longs and shorts comes down to this: Will the slew of new EV competition cause TSLA growth to slow as EV adoption soars? As EV % goes from 3% to 24% by 2025 (50%+ CGR), will TSLA hold its current 23% EV share (so TSLA CGR also 50%+)? Shorts say no.
2/ There’s no debate about my 2025 P/E of 50x if vol growth continues at 50%+ CGR. It’s math. The debate is over what will $TSLA ‘s growth rate be as new EV competition comes in. Shorts naively assume growth reverts to the mean as ICE mfrs respond with new EVs of their own.
3/ What shorts miss: a) $TSLA TAM keeps expanding to new categories (CUV, pickups, <€25k), and b) TSLA demand is still constrained by lack of supply. FY’22 is setting up as repeat of FY’20 as we get combo of entry to new segments (pickups) and simultaneous double in capacity.
4/ FY’20 was a disaster for shorts who never saw the TAM expansion from $TSLA entering CUVs (40% share of market), China (bigger EV market than US) and simultaneously doubling capacity. With CyTruck, M-A, and Berlin/Austin coming on stream, FY’22 is the same setup as FY’20. Image

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24 May
Of course $TSLA would want to understand the intricacies of Lidar and install it on one of their cars. That’s what competitors do. $AAPL bought dozens of Samsung phones to see how their tech measured up to Apple’s. It doesn’t mean TSLA wants to add Lidar to FSD. $LAZR
My only criticism: Why would $tsla put its own license plate on the car with Lidar? These guys don’t think.
$TSLA benchmarking their camera-centric self-driving system against lidar makes perfect sense. Testing it for future use with cameras in FSD does not.
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22 May
$TSLA -18% YTD vs NDX +4% can be viewed positively or negatively. On one hand many long only PMs and HFs have exited given the noise. On the other, vol and eps estimates continue to rise, so TSLA intrinsic value hasn’t changed. Against my $1,000 PT, TSLA now has +72% upside.
Before 6/30 qtr/end, several potential catalysts may help:

1/ June 3 Model S Plaid unveil - showing off the worlds fastest production car (0-60 in 1.9 sec) has no downside. It will get the media talking again about how great Tesla cars are, instead of its $1.5B stake.
2/ FSD v9 launch/subscription plan - This one’s tough. If priced right ($99/mo first year), TSLA will get a high take rate, and the launch could be very positive. If priced too high, with low acceptance, the FSD v9 release may be branded by the media as just a driver assist aid.
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17 May
Looks like Michael Burry buys into the FUD that ex-Reg Credits and #btc profits, $TSLA makes no money. Guess we’ll find out after 2Q vols and earnings who is right. Half a billion dollars is a big bet. @elonmusk @MartinViecha cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/17…
The CNBC article is likely incorrect. The $530B is likely the notional value of the puts since the 800,100 x $668 price on 3/31 = $530B. The actual value of Burry’s puts is likely far less (multiply by the delta on the puts). Still, let’s burry him @elonmusk. $tsla
Sorry…meant 800,100 (8,001 contracts) x $668 = $530M (not $B). If Burry has $TSLA Jan 2022 puts at $500 strike, his exposure is 800,100 x $72 = $58M.
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14 Apr
At $100B market cap ($375/sh.), $COIN valuation isn’t extreme if one naively annualizes 1Q results:
- 13.9x FY’21 Rev (1Q $1.8B)
- 22.7x FY’21 Ebitda (1Q $1.1B)
- 34.2x FY’21 EPS (1Q $730M)

I’m using fully diluted shares of 261.3M (261.3 x $375 = $100B)

$COIN is #btc tollbooth
I’m standing clear at $380 but would be interested <$300. No PT. $COIN
I think $COIN will trade below $381 first trade by end of today.
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10 Apr
When an investor tells me $TSLA is expensive and posts a Bloomberg screenshot showing a 157x forward EPS I lose it. Nobody would value a long tail growth name like $SQ or $SHOP or $TSLA on next year’s earnings, just like nobody would’ve valued $AMZN on next year EPS 10 years ago.
2/ Every first year finance student is taught the right way to value any asset is with discounted cash flow (DCF). For $TSLA even if you don’t want to accept @elonmusk 50% volume growth assumption, assume EV adoption will grow from 3% in 2020 to 50% by 2030 (32% CGR).
3/ Next, project $TSLA EV share, which has increased steadily from 17% in 2018 to 19% in 2019 to 23% in 2020 as TSLA has expanded TAM by entering new markets and segments, and despite new competition. Even if you hold TSLA EV share at its current 25%, which is conservative..
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18 Mar
$NKLA negative news flow likely to get much worse: Hanwa, one of two of NKLA’s remaining strategic partners (Iveco other) with 1 board seat, is cutting its 5.6% stake in half, so $175M in stock sales at same time NKLA is trying to raise $100M secondary. Here’s what I see next:
1/ Trevor sells remaining 83M shares (21% stake). Trevor likely hasn’t sold his remaining $NKLA shares so he can cut a better deal with SEC on fraud charges (no cash, unclear NKLA value post-SEC settlement). I believe Trevor will sell his remaining shares once he reaches a deal.
2/ 4/30 lockup expiration - In addition to Trevor’s 83.3M shares, on May 1 the remaining 136.7M NKLA shares subject to lock-up held by execs, board, and partners can be sold, bringing total float to 386M (from 166M). All this cashing out will put huge pressure on $NKLA shares.
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