Elon Musk Thinks Tesla Will Be Worth More Than Nvidia. Is It Time to Finally Buy the Stock?

Elon Musk likes to make bold claims. Some of these claims come true, but many do not. Recently, he has stated that he believes Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) can be the most valuable company in the world someday, claiming that it could be worth more than the next five companies combined in market capitalization. Today, these stocks such as Nvidia are worth more than $10 trillion in combined market capitalization. Tesla's market cap is under $900 billion, meaning that Elon Musk is claiming that Tesla has a chance to go up by around 10x in price from here. Is he correct, and should you buy Tesla stock today? Let's dig further into Musk's claims and find out.After growing for years, Tesla's automotive business has flat-lined in the last few quarters. In Q1 of this year, deliveries to customers were down 13% year over year to 337,000 while competitors take share in countries around the globe. Automotive revenue slipped 20% year over year, a faster drop than deliveries because of Tesla's huge price cuts implemented on its models. The new Cybertruck vehicle has been a major flop and will not be generating significant sales for the company anytime soon.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool