Tesla Q1 2025 Earnings Fall Short; Investors Await Elon Musk’s Insights in Special Company Update

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Tesla’s Q1 2025 Earnings Report: A Significant Underperformance

Tesla is facing a tumultuous period, with its stock plunging nearly 50 percent, marking one of the most striking transitions from ecstatic investor sentiment to significant disappointment in recent market history. The company has recently unveiled its earnings for the first quarter of 2025, revealing results that widely fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.

Tesla Earnings — Consensus Expectations for Tesla’s Key Quarterly Metrics

For further insights, you can review Wall Street’s consensus projections (prepared by the company’s investor relations team) regarding Tesla’s key performance indicators, as shown in the snippet above (source).

Tesla (Stock Symbol: TSLA) Q1 Earnings Overview

Tesla reported revenue of $19.335 billion for the first quarter of 2025, a significant drop compared to analysts’ estimated $20.01 billion.

Revenue Breakdown by Segment

Below is a summary of Tesla’s revenue across different segments for the latest quarter. Analysts had projected $14.119 billion from automotive sales, $3.157 billion from energy revenue, and $2.733 billion from other sources.

Tesla Revenue Breakdown — Tesla’s Quarterly Operations Overview

In Q1 2025, Tesla delivered 336, 681 vehicles while producing 362, 615 units.

Notably, Tesla’s automotive gross margin (excluding regulatory credits) came in at 12.50 percent, which narrowly surpassed the expected 12.30 percent.

Additionally, Tesla reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.27, which fell short of analyst expectations of $0.38.

$TSLA earnings today: Despite poor operating leverage associated with TSLA’s 1Q deliveries miss (-13% YoY) there are 5 P&L lines that TSLA can legitimately “manage” to the extent it wants to report a higher adj EPS: – Reg Credits (ranged from $282M – $890M over past eight… https://t.co/yWhyHbm9xH

— Gary Black (@garyblack00) April 22, 2025

In a rare positive development, Tesla reported a free cash flow of $700 million for the quarter and generated $595 million from regulatory credits.

Future Guidance and Production Updates

Tesla Guidance — Tesla’s Future Guidance

Tesla is navigating challenges including brand erosion in the US and EU markets, along with intensified competition in China. Furthermore, due to tariff-related disruptions, the launch of the Cybercab and the Semi has been delayed. The introduction of a more affordable version of the Model Y, previously anticipated in the first half of 2025, has also been pushed back.

Nonetheless, the company has confirmed that the lower-cost Model Y will still begin production in H1 2025, while the Cybercab is projected to launch in 2026.

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Tesla plans to share a special “company update”during its earnings call, and we will keep this article updated with all relevant information as it becomes available.

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