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August 4, 2025 2 mins
# Tesla Stock Under Pressure: Navigating Seasonal Weakness and Market Volatility | Podcast Episode

Dive into the latest analysis of Tesla's stock performance as we examine the electric vehicle giant's current market challenges. In this episode, we explore Tesla's 20% year-to-date decline, bringing the stock to approximately $302.63, and why the company has entered its historically weakest seasonal period from August through October.

We break down the factors behind Tesla's recent volatility, including the dramatic 90% rally followed by an 8% single-day drop, and analyze the concerning Q2 results showing a 12% year-over-year revenue decrease to $22.5 billion and a 16% drop in net income. Learn why vehicle deliveries missed Wall Street expectations and fell 14% from the previous year.

Our experts discuss the divergent analyst outlooks, from bullish price targets reaching $500 to bearish forecasts as low as $19, and examine how Chinese competition, waning demand, and controversies surrounding Elon Musk are impacting investor sentiment.

Whether you're a Tesla investor or market observer, this episode provides essential insights into the company's near-term challenges and long-term potential in autonomy, energy storage, and robotics.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tesla's stock is currently valued at approximately three hundred two
United States dollars and sixty three cents, marking a decline
of about twenty per cent year to date. The stock
has recently entered what has historically been its weakest seasonal stretch,
covering August through October. The trading activity has been volatile,
especially after an extraordinary rally of ninety percent earlier in

(00:22):
the year was followed by a sharp single day drop
of eight percent, illustrating the current turbulence in both sentiment
and volume levels. While specifics on daily volume compared to
its average are unavailable right now, sharp price wings and
significant news flow typically draw elevated trading volumes relative to
historical morms. Recent company developments have added fuel to this volatility.

(00:43):
The most recent quarterly report showed revenue of twenty two
point five billion United States dollars, which is a twelve
percent year over year decrease. Net income fell sixteen percent
to one billion, one hundred seventy million United States dollars.
Both earnings per share and vehicle deliveries misdet Wall Street's expectations,
with deliveries dropping fourteen percent from the prior year quarter

(01:06):
analysts attributed these results partly to waning demand, heightened competition
from Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers, and an ongoing public backlash
against Elon Musk's political activities. Wall Street analysts remained sharply
divided in their outlook. Most analysts forecasts suggest an average
twelve month price target in the three hundred ten to

(01:26):
three hundred twenty eight United States dollars range, with the
highest expectations reaching as much as five hundred United States
dollars and the lowest plunging toward the nineteen United States
dollars mark. Individual experts offer a similarly wide distribution, with
some expecting an end of year price in the area
of three hundred fifty to three hundred seventy five United
States dollars, while others see upside only if Tesla's broader

(01:49):
technology efforts like robot taxes and energy storage game traction soon.
One notable analyst recently raised his price target to four
hundred four United States dollars after acknowledging that long term
opportunities in autonomy, energy and robotics may offset current headwinds.
With a challenging earnings backdrop, historic seasonal weakness ongoing investor debate,

(02:12):
and the looming thread of more aggressive Chinese competition. Tesla's
near term course remains uncertain, but continues to attract intense
scrutiny and trading interest.
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