Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are still soaring in premarket trading after the company’s major surprise last night. The stock rose as much as 15 percent to a new record high of more than $150 a share, but most analysts remain cautious about the company.
Goldman Sachs analysts say the company is expensive by almost every metric, while Wedbush analysts want to see more market penetration before they’ll be converted into Tesla believers.
When Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will be a “real car company”
Like analysts at Wedbush, those interviewed by NPR say the key to Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s long term success is going to be consistency and whether the company can grow beyond its current small niche of early adopters. Nonetheless, they also say that the EV automaker has managed to do things that now-dead car makers have tried to do and continues to show that it can overcome the hurdles put in its way.
NPR’s Sonari Glinton reports that analysts believe investors are rewarding Tesla for getting past the point where other EV automakers have gotten. They also note that while shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) have topped $150, century-old General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is at less than $40 while Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) hovers in the mid-teens.
Can Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) remain consistent?
Analysts generally say Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) must still prove itself by continuing to grow stronger over the long term. The company must show consistency, not only in the quality of its vehicles but also in the strength of its financial situation.
They said it’s important that the automaker keep producing 500 to 600 vehicles every week without any problems and to hit the numbers it has set for itself. And finally, they need to see a low cost, high volume electric vehicle that’s a success. Currently, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has made a high cost, low volume model profitable, which no one else has done, so the company is heading in the right direction.
