Tesla is biggest market bubble in world history: Short seller

Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 8:19 AM

Many analysts and Wall Street experts have shared new, incredibly bullish forecasts for the EV company, including Wedbush's Dan Ives — whose latest call sees Tesla's market cap reaching over $1 trillion in 2025 — and Ark Invest (ARKK) Founder, CEO, and CIO Cathie Wood, who believes the stock could reach $2,600 by 2029.

However, not everyone shares this enthusiasm around Tesla and Elon Musk. Clean Energy Transition CEO and Portfolio Manager Per Lekander — a long-time Tesla short-seller — joins The Morning Brief to explain his $15 price target, likening Tesla to "the next Enron."

"Let's not forget, that the stock is down 60% from all-time high at the same time as the market has gone up, 20, 25% in the meantime," Lekander says, citing Tesla's earnings and its year-to-date stock losses. "So the stock needs to go down. Once it goes down, it's going to go down more. And I think what drives it down is earnings. And I think we are very, very close to the turning point because so far it's been a slippery slope. They've sold cars poorly therefore they lowered the price, therefore earnings went down..."