{"id":14646,"date":"2025-04-05T06:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:05:48","slug":"tesla-estimates-cut-further-on-unprecedented-brand-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14646","title":{"rendered":"Tesla estimates cut further on \u2018unprecedented brand damage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of Wall Street\u2019s most bearish <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla<\/a> Inc. analysts further reduced estimates for the company\u2019s earnings, citing the magnitude of car-buyer backlash against Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s first-quarter vehicle deliveries were far below even <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/jpmorgan-chase\/\" target=\"_blank\">JPMorgan Chase<\/a> &amp; Co. analyst Ryan Brinkman\u2019s pessimistic estimate, \u201cconfirming the unprecedented brand damage we had earlier feared,\u201d he said in a report Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The sales report \u201ccauses us to think that \u2014 if anything \u2014 we may have underestimated the degree of consumer reaction,\u201d Brinkman wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla shares fell more than 4% at the start of regular trading. Since hitting a record high on Dec. 17, the stock slumped 44% through the close Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the first three months of the year, Tesla delivered 336,681 vehicles, its worst quarterly total\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-02\/tesla-sales-slump-to-lowest-since-2022-amid-anti-musk-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since 2022<\/a>. In addition to changing over production lines at each of its assembly plants to build the redesigned Model Y, the automaker was contending with Musk, its chief executive officer, becoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2025-02-26\/tesla-sales-plunge-as-anti-elon-musk-backlash-takes-hold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a more polarizing figure<\/a>\u00a0due to his interventions in global politics.<\/p>\n<p>JPMorgan now expects Tesla\u2019s first-quarter earnings to slip to 36 cents a share, short of its previous projection of 40 cents and analysts\u2019 average estimate of 46 cents.<\/p>\n<p>Brinkman also trimmed his full-year projection to $2.30 a share. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg are on average estimating the company will earn $2.70 per share \u2014 and Brinkman notes that this figure has dropped 17% since Tesla last reported quarterly earnings in late January.<\/p>\n<p>Musk is expected to step back from his role leading the initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency once his 130-day period as a temporary adviser to President Donald Trump has lapsed, Bloomberg&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-03\/is-elon-musk-resigning-from-doge-trump-adviser-expected-to-step-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But the billionaire will still wield significant influence over the federal cost-cutting effort and remain a Trump confidant after his formal departure, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla CEO is a special government employee, a classification for temporary federal hires who are only supposed to work 130 days out of the year in their roles. A formal date hasn\u2019t been set for Musk to leave, and the White House counsel\u2019s office is in charge of determining when Musk has worked his 130 days, the people said.<\/p>\n<p>After emerging as Trump\u2019s biggest contributor in the US presidential election, Musk set his sights&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-08\/elon-musk-s-political-interventions-in-uk-germany-put-targets-on-back-foot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Europe<\/a>&nbsp;early this year, attacking more mainstream political figures and aligning with far-right parties and activists. That\u2019s backfired for Tesla \u2014 sales&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-03\/tesla-s-62-sales-plunge-opens-gap-for-german-carmakers-to-fill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plummeted 62%<\/a>&nbsp;last quarter in Germany, home to the company\u2019s only vehicle-assembly plant on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/04\/04\/tesla-estimates-cut-further-on-unprecedented-brand-damage-stock-musk-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Wall Street\u2019s most bearish Tesla Inc. analysts further reduced estimates for the company\u2019s earnings, citing the magnitude of car-buyer backlash against Elon Musk. Tesla\u2019s first-quarter vehicle deliveries were far below even JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. analyst Ryan Brinkman\u2019s pessimistic estimate, \u201cconfirming the unprecedented brand damage we had earlier feared,\u201d he said in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":14647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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