Tesla's Deliveries Plummet: Should You Buy, Hold, or Sell Now?
On April 2, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) released its quarterly vehicle delivery report for the first quarter of 2025. Global electric vehicle (EV) deliveries dropped 13% year over year to 336,681, falling more than 53,000 short of the analyst expectations of 390,000 vehicle deliveries (based on Bloomberg data). It even widely missed the consensus estimate sent by Tesla's investor relations team to some analysts of 377,590 deliveries.Along with the lower-than-expected vehicle deliveries, investors are concerned about the potential escalation in trade wars between the U.S. government and most of its trading partners related to last week's decision to levy various levels of import taxes on all goods coming into the country from elsewhere. This led to Tesla's stock declining by nearly 10.4% on April 4, amid a broader market sell-off. The stock was down an additional 3% on April 7 (as of this writing). Overall, Tesla stock is down by about 42% so far in 2025.Given this valuation retreat, should investors buy, hold, or sell, Tesla stock right now?Continue reading
On April 2, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) released its quarterly vehicle delivery report for the first quarter of 2025. Global electric vehicle (EV) deliveries dropped 13% year over year to 336,681, falling more than 53,000 short of the analyst expectations of 390,000 vehicle deliveries (based on Bloomberg data). It even widely missed the consensus estimate sent by Tesla's investor relations team to some analysts of 377,590 deliveries.
Along with the lower-than-expected vehicle deliveries, investors are concerned about the potential escalation in trade wars between the U.S. government and most of its trading partners related to last week's decision to levy various levels of import taxes on all goods coming into the country from elsewhere. This led to Tesla's stock declining by nearly 10.4% on April 4, amid a broader market sell-off. The stock was down an additional 3% on April 7 (as of this writing). Overall, Tesla stock is down by about 42% so far in 2025.
Given this valuation retreat, should investors buy, hold, or sell, Tesla stock right now?
