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TSLA

Tesla, Inc.

NMS · Consumer Cyclical

$353.48

$4.53 (+1.30%)up 1.30%

25 August 2026 · delayed 15+ min

F

Quality score35.5 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Tesla, Inc. earns a F on strong revenue growth (>20%) and positive free cash flow but low ROE (<5%) and high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0). Does not meet investment criteria for your profile.

Model stance AVOID Suggested position 2.8% · $280.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Medium-term investors 2.8% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in dollars.

IQ-TSLA-20260825engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

Lowest analyst target

$125.00

52-week low

$297.38

Today's price

$353.48

Mean analyst target

$390.09

52-week high

$498.83

Highest analyst target

$600.00

TSLA trades 28% of the way up its 52-week range, between $297.38 and $498.83. The mean analyst target of $390.09 is 10.4% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthStrong revenue growth (>20%); Positive free cash flow; Low ROE (<5%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 60.023%

Profit margin

3.67%

Net profit per unit of revenue

thinWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

Thin margins leave little room for a bad year — typical of retail and airlines.

Operating margin

1.41%

Before interest and tax

thinWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

Little cushion between operating costs and revenue.

Gross margin

18.85%

After the cost of goods only

lowWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Costs of goods eat most of the revenue — normal in retail, distribution and hardware assembly.

Return on equity

4.67%

Profit per unit of shareholder capital

weakWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of shareholder capital.

Below about 10% the business is not doing much with the money invested in it.

Return on assets

1.93%

Profit per unit of assets

lowWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

Common in asset-heavy industries such as utilities, telecoms and airlines.

Debt to equity

18.37

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Current ratio

1.94

Short-term assets over short-term debts

adequateWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Enough to cover near-term bills.

Quick ratio

1.35

As above, excluding inventory

comfortableWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Liquid assets exceed short-term obligations.

Revenue growth

25.50%

Year on year

fast-growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Rapid growth, though the question is always how long it can hold.

Earnings growth

-3.00%

Year on year

fallingWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Profit is declining even if revenue is not.

Revenue

$50.62B

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

$4.84B

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

$18.68B

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

0.00%

Dividends as a share of earnings

noneWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

All earnings are retained in the business.

Growth & momentumLow Sharpe ratio (0.40); Severe max drawdown (-73.6%) 0.022%

Return, 1 month

14.98%

Return, 3 months

-19.73%

Return, 6 months

-15.31%

Return, year to date

-19.31%

Return, 1 year

1.98%

Return, 3 years

52.84%

Sharpe ratio

0.40

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

51.75%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.10%

Best day

22.69%

Worst day

-15.43%

ValuationHigh P/E ratio (327.2) - may be overvalued; High PEG ratio (5.32) 0.018%

P/E ratio

327.25

Price against trailing earnings

very highWhat this means

You pay 327.25 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Above 40 the price assumes growth that then has to actually arrive.

Forward P/E

163.73

Price against forecast earnings

highWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

Even next year's expected earnings do not bring the multiple down much.

PEG ratio

5.32

P/E adjusted for growth

expensive for the growthWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Above 2 you pay more per unit of growth than the convention treats as reasonable.

Price to book

16.07

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

13.47

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

125.65

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

$1.35T

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

3,949,547,394

Shares the profit is split across

TechnicalRSI in healthy range (30-70); MACD bullish (positive histogram); Price well below 200-day SMA (downtrend) 85.015%

RSI (14)

53.2

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

-1.48

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

5.34

Positive is bullish

ADX

20.5

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

trendingWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Above 25 is conventionally read as a genuine trend in force.

20-day average

$332.43

50-day average

$363.79

200-day average

$402.30

Price vs 50-day

-2.84%

Price vs 200-day

-12.14%

Bollinger upper

$364.06

Bollinger lower

$300.80

Average true range

13.37

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

74.5

RiskHigh volatility risk; High beta (1.83) - more volatile than market 0.012%

Volatility, annualised

59.71%

How far it swings in a year

turbulentWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

Large swings in both directions — position size matters more than usual here.

Beta

1.83

Moves against the wider market

more volatile than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Amplifies the index — bigger gains, bigger falls.

Maximum drawdown

-73.63%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

severeWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A fall this deep needs roughly a doubling to recover.

Risk category

Very High

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Strong analyst coverage (39 analysts) 90.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

39

Mean price target

$390.09

Highest target

$600.00

Lowest target

$125.00

Implied upside

10.36%

Target against today's price

meaningfulWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts see real room above today's price.

Price against the S&P 500

180 trading days to 2026-08-25

TSLA is 22.3% down over the window, against 11.6% up for the S&P 500 — behind by 33.9 points.
TSLA -22.3%S&P 500 +11.6%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2025-12-05, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseTSLA rebasedS&P 500 rebased
2025-12-05$455.00100.0100.0
2025-12-29$459.64101.0100.5
2026-01-21$431.4494.8100.1
2026-02-11$428.2794.1101.0
2026-03-05$405.5589.199.4
2026-03-26$372.1181.894.3
2026-04-17$400.6288.0103.7
2026-05-08$428.3594.1107.7
2026-06-01$415.8891.4110.6
2026-06-23$381.6183.9107.2
2026-07-15$394.4686.7110.2
2026-08-05$321.5570.7112.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health60.023%13.8
Growth & momentum0.022%0.0
Valuation0.018%0.0
Technical85.015%12.8
Risk0.012%0.0
Analyst view90.010%9.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%35.5

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35.5 / 100

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All 65 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Shares outstandingValuation3,949,547,394Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation13.47Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation16.07Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation5.32Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation327.25Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation163.73Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation125.65Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation$1.35TYahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical74.5Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical53.2Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical-2.84%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical-12.14%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical5.34Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-1.48Yahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical$364.06Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical$300.80Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical13.37Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical20.5Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical$363.79Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical$402.30Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical$332.43Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk59.71%Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskVery HighYahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-73.63%Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk1.83Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data14,854,051Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data$348.95Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data$349.63Yahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data134,785Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data$349.20Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data$354.88Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data42,015,017Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data$297.38Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data$498.83Yahoo Finance
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-15.43%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum51.75%Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.40Yahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum-19.31%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum-15.31%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum52.84%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-19.73%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum1.98%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum14.98%Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum22.69%Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.10%Yahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health25.50%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health$50.62BYahoo Finance
Return on equityFinancial health4.67%Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health1.93%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health1.35Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health3.67%Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health0.00%Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health1.41%Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health$18.68BYahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health18.85%Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health$4.84BYahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health-3.00%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health18.37Yahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health1.94Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view$390.09Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view$125.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view10.36%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view$600.00Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view39Yahoo Finance
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