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Tesla’s 2024 financial results are out—and they’re terrible (arstechnica.com)

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Tesla's 2024 financial results were disappointing, with several key points highlighted:

Automotive Revenues: Fell by 8% in Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2023, totaling $19.8 billion.
Energy and Storage Revenues: More than doubled, growing by 113% to $3 billion in Q4 2024.
Services: Grew by 31% in Q4 2024, contributing $2.8 billion.
Total Revenue: Increased by 2% in Q4 2024, but income fell by 23%, with an operating margin of 6.2%.
Net Profits: Dropped by 71% to $2.3 billion in Q4 2024.
Annual Performance: Automotive revenues decreased by 6% to $77 billion in 2024. Energy generation and storage increased by 67% to $10 billion. Services grew by 27%, bringing in $10.5 billion.
Gross Profits: Fell by 1%, with net profits dropping by 53% to $7.1 billion for the year.
Free Cash Flow: Decreased by 18% to $3.6 billion.
Regulatory Credits: $2.8 billion of profit came from selling regulatory credits, not from core business activities.
Future Predictions: Tesla expects energy storage revenues to grow by at least 50% year-over-year and aims to grow automotive sales by more than 60% in 2025.

Despite the poor financial results, Tesla's share price increased by 103% over the same period.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't base their company value on the stock market ... you base it on how much power and influence they have over government.

And judging by the amount of stupidly arranged love affair they are having with the government .... they should be very highly valued.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, you base company value on its current and future earnings.

All that government influence is useless if people stop buying your products. And it turns out lots of people don't want to buy products associated with Musk.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not in this world.

People will be pushed to buy the products. Patriotism, xenophobia, lies, economic fear and tariffs, straight up government manipulation and collusion.

That’s the value Elon has, Zuck is jealous of, Tesla and the shareholders will benefit from, and the people allow.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm sure that Musk hopes that "people will be pushed to buy" his products.

But so far, that plan isn't working. In fact it's backfiring, people are running away from his products.