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Tesla (TSLA) Q3 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
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For the quarter ended September 2024, Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) reported revenue of $25.18 billion, up 7.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.72, compared to $0.66 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $25.55 billion, representing a surprise of -1.45%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +24.14%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.58.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Tesla performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Total vehicle deliveries: 462,890 compared to the 465,802 average estimate based on seven analysts.
Model 3/Y deliveries: 439,975 versus the five-analyst average estimate of 443,510.
Other models deliveries: 22,915 compared to the 23,457 average estimate based on five analysts.
Revenues- Automotive sales: $18.83 billion versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $20.54 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.3%.
Revenues- Energy generation and storage: $2.38 billion compared to the $2.40 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +52.4% year over year.
Revenues- Services and other: $2.79 billion compared to the $2.60 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +28.8% year over year.
Revenues- Automotive regulatory credits: $739 million versus $519.19 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.4% change.
Revenues- Automotive leasing: $446 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $378 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.8%.
Total Automotive Revenue: $20.02 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $19.81 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2%.
Gross profit- Total Automotive: $4.03 billion compared to the $3.55 billion average estimate based on seven analysts.
Gross profit- Services and other: $246 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $154.01 million.
Gross profit- Energy generation and storage segment: $725 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $650.69 million.
Shares of Tesla have returned -14.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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Tesla (TSLA) Q3 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
For the quarter ended September 2024, Tesla (TSLA - Free Report) reported revenue of $25.18 billion, up 7.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.72, compared to $0.66 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $25.55 billion, representing a surprise of -1.45%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +24.14%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.58.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Tesla performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total vehicle deliveries: 462,890 compared to the 465,802 average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Model 3/Y deliveries: 439,975 versus the five-analyst average estimate of 443,510.
- Other models deliveries: 22,915 compared to the 23,457 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Revenues- Automotive sales: $18.83 billion versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $20.54 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.3%.
- Revenues- Energy generation and storage: $2.38 billion compared to the $2.40 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +52.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Services and other: $2.79 billion compared to the $2.60 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +28.8% year over year.
- Revenues- Automotive regulatory credits: $739 million versus $519.19 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.4% change.
- Revenues- Automotive leasing: $446 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $378 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.8%.
- Total Automotive Revenue: $20.02 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $19.81 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2%.
- Gross profit- Total Automotive: $4.03 billion compared to the $3.55 billion average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Gross profit- Services and other: $246 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $154.01 million.
- Gross profit- Energy generation and storage segment: $725 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $650.69 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Tesla here>>>Shares of Tesla have returned -14.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.