Tesla, the US electric vehicle manufacturer, plans to continue its rapid expansion. It is expected that by 2025, the market value will catch up with IT giant Apple. Industrial Sliding High Speed Door Stainless Steel Door SHENZHEN HONGFA AUTOMATIC DOOR CO., LTD , https://www.hongfafd.com
Is the value of Tesla going to catch up with Apple?
This month, Tesla announced its 2014 financial data, which was an increase of 297.3% over the previous year's loss of $294.04 million compared to the 2013 net loss of $74.04 million. In terms of revenue, Tesla achieved US$3.1927 billion (US$319,272.3 million) in 2014, up 59.8% from the US$1.9978 billion (US$199,788.6 million) in 2013.
Shortly after the earnings report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that revenue will rise to $6 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2014; and on the market value of Tesla in 2025, Musk expects Revenue will achieve an average annual growth rate of 50%, and the price-to-equity will reach 20.
According to Musk, it believes that by 2025 Tesla's market value will reach 700 billion US dollars, basically the same as IT giant Apple. According to Tesla's latest share price, its current market capitalization is about $25.9 billion. After the "Tesla whirlwind" in 2013, the company's share price growth slowed significantly.
In contrast, Tesla has skyrocketed from 2013 to the first half of 2014. In February 2014, Tesla announced a huge Gigabit battery factory plan to build the largest lithium battery capacity in history. At that time, Morgan Stanley even set Tesla's final share price to be at $320. Tesla's share price soared to around $250, making the market value exceed $30 billion, and Musk's personal wealth increased by $1.1 billion overnight.
Capital pressure is huge After the financial report, Tesla said that the operating cost will continue to rise in 2015, causing the stock price to fall by nearly 4%. In order to deploy a distribution network and develop Model X crossovers worldwide, Tesla's operating expenses increased to US$336.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, much higher than the US$169.9 million in the same period in 2013.
In 2015, operating expenses will increase by 45% to 50% to reach $1.07 billion.
In the fourth quarter of last year, Tesla's free cash flow was negative $455.1 million.
In 2014, the Tesla Model S electric sedan produced 11,627 units, exceeding expectations; sales of 9,834 units, less than the expected value of 13,000 units; achieved a production target of 35,000 units throughout the year.