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Why Tesla is up: Investors have been on a tear since Tesla reported its first annual profit last week, betting on future growth powered in part by the company's new plant in Shanghai. The move higher could also be getting some juice from short sellers who are trying to cover their losses, as well as battery maker Panasonic's positive remarks on the state of its Tesla partnership.

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Breakdown

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12/31/2018

12/31/2017

12/31/2016







Total Revenue


24,420,268

21,461,268

11,758,751

7,000,132






Cost of Revenue


20,299,247

17,419,247

9,536,264

5,400,875






Gross Profit


4,121,021

4,042,021

2,222,487

1,599,257







Operating Expenses







Research Development


1,354,370

1,460,370

1,378,073

834,408






Selling General and Administrative


2,614,491

2,834,491

2,476,500

1,432,189






Total Operating Expenses


3,968,861

4,294,861

3,854,573

2,266,597








Operating Income or Loss


152,160

-252,840

-1,632,086

-667,340






Interest Expense


690,071

663,071

471,259

198,810






Total Other Income/Expenses Net


-110,367

-113,367

-125,373

111,272






Income Before Tax


-606,745

-1,004,745

-2,209,032

-746,348






Income Tax Expense


89,837

57,837

31,546

26,698






Income from Continuing Operations


-696,582

-1,062,582

-2,240,578

-773,046






Net Income


-827,091

-976,091

-1,961,400

-674,914






Net Income available to common shareholders


-827,091

-976,091

-1,961,400

-674,914





Reported EPS






Basic


-

-5.72

-11.83

-4.68




Diluted


-

-5.72

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New York (CNN Business)Tesla posted its first annual profit, easily topping Wall Street's forecasts in the final three months of 2019.



Tesla has had only a handful of quarterly profits in its 10 years as a public company. On a strict accounting basis the company posted yet another loss for 2019. However, Tesla posted a $386 million profit in the final three months of 2019 using the operating basis followed by most analysts and investors. That left it with a narrow $35.8 million profit for the year.

"2019 was a turning point for Tesla," the company said in its statement.

The company said it should be able to continue to grow, with the opening of its Shanghai factory ahead of schedule and a new, lower priced SUV, the Model Y, on which the company recently started production. It expects the first limited deliveries of the Model Y later in this quarter.

It also plans to open a new factory near Berlin in 2021. It said it should "comfortably exceed" 500,000 cars sold this year, a 36% increase from its 2019 sales total.


The results are a validation for Tesla's controversial CEO Elon Musk, who has fans and detractors on Wall Street as he bucked the traditional auto industry. The company has often fallen short of its promises, but it has not entered a period in which results are regularly exceeding expectations.

Tesla said that even on a strict accounting basis it expects to be profitable going forward. In the past it was known for burning through cash, raising fears of a cash crunch. Now it said it expects to be cash flow positive going forward except for brief periods tied to the launch and ramp-up of new vehicles.

"We continue to believe our business has grown to the point of being self-funding," said the company in its earnings release. "Continuous volume growth, capacity expansion and cash generation remain the main focus.

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