Tesla shares stumbled before the first quarter profit report

Timing The shares decreased by approximately 6 % on Monday, a day before the profit report in the first quarter of the electricity company, where analysts are concerned about the “constant erosion of the brand”.

The stock was closed at $ 227.50, leaving less than 6 dollars above its lowest level for this year on April 8. The stocks have now decreased by 44 % for this year after their conclusion The worst quarter Since 2022 in March. It is the twelfth time this year that the stock decreases by at least 5 % in one session.

CEO Elon Musk Focusing on many deviations outside Tesla, especially its role within the Trump administration, is focused, as well as the company’s progress in a long imagined roboty and self -driving technology for its current cars.

in Forum online Tesla use it to request investor inquiries before its profit calls, more than 300 questions have been provided with regard to TESLA self -driving systems, about 200 came about OPTIMUS human robots in development, and more than 160 questions that were poured about musk individually. One of the investors asked, “What are the steps taken by the Board of Directors to alleviate the damage of the brand caused by Elon’s political activities?”

After spending $ 290 million to help returning Trump to the White House, Musk is now leading an initiative to reduce tens of thousands of federal jobs, sale, rent or end of federal offices buildings, and reduce the ability of the US government.

Musk and its strange policies have sparked a major violent reaction in Europe and parts of the United States this year, and the company has wounded waves ProtestsThe boycott and some criminal activities that targeted Tesla vehicles and facilities in response to musk.

Earlier this month, Timing 336,681 delivery of a vehicle in the first quarter, a 13 % decrease from the same period in the previous year.

The company is expected to report revenues of $ 21.24 billion for the first quarter, according to LSEG, which would constitute a slight decrease from the same period last year. Analysts expect profits per share of 40 cents. Investors will be particularly attention to any comment on Trump’s widespread definitions and the potential impact of revenues and profits with the progress of the year.

Oppeenheimer analysts wrote in a memorandum on Monday that “the constant erosion of the brand” of Tesla in the United States and Europe is already weighing sales, but “a greater issue for the company is a possible weakness in the demand for China and the effect of the margin due to the Trump tariff.”

They have written that competition in China, along with the “national” consumer trends there, could “push sales towards local brands.” Obenheimer analysts said that Tesla will have to export more Chinese Chinese cars, which may lead to “low pressure on prices.”

Caliber, a research company that tracks how consumer feelings in the United States around the main brands have been found that only 27 % of the respondents in the survey in March will consider buying Tesla, compared to 46 % in January 2022.

The Wedbush Securities Dan IVES analyst, Tesla Bull for a long time, hoped to “see a transformation” from Musk in a profit call on Tuesday.

“Tesla has now become a political symbol worldwide from the Trump/Doug administration,” he wrote, noting that “Tesla has been crushed since Trump returned to the White House.”

Evis estimated 15 % to 20 % “destroying the permanent demand for Tesla buyer in the future due to the brand damage created by Musk” by working at Trump.

Late last week, Barclays maintained the equivalent of the sale classification and reduced its target price on Tesla to $ 275 from 325 dollars, citing a “confusing preparation” in the first quarter with “weak basics”. The company said it may see a positive reaction if Musk is more focused on its auto industry company, and depending on the expected “FSD event”, in reference to the full TESLA presentation of the self.

Tesla said in Announcing the date of reports In addition to profits, it will provide a “direct company update”, a language that the company usually used in disclosures.

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