Despite lagging EV sales and declining market share, Tesla's stock has surged in recent weeks, fueled by CEO Elon Musk's $1 billion personal investment and investor optimism over the company's artificial-intelligence potential, Investor's Business Daily reported.
"We think TSLA's multiple is so high because the company is using AI to disrupt markets that are almost unimaginably large," opined Alex Potter, an analyst at Piper Sandler, per IBD. "Given the size of the addressable market — as well as Elon Musk's track record — long-term investors have proved willing to 'front load' the valuation, in anticipation of an eventual upward inflection in fundamentals."
In other words, investors have been betting big on the billionaire CEO's promises to deliver everything from fully autonomous vehicles to AI-powered robots, despite the fact that the company's current financial situation does not justify the high stock price.
Ben Kallo, an analyst for Baird, has been similarly bullish on Tesla, despite projecting that its EV sales will continue to decline and that the company's short-term performance "will be choppy," according to IBD.
Amid Musk's controversial foray into politics and government with his time at the Department of Government Efficiency, as well as increased competition from other automakers, Tesla has seen both its EV sales and its U.S. market share decline sharply.
In the first half of 2025, Tesla's sales declined 13% while EV sales at competitor GMC soared by 106%, Chevrolet grew by 143%, and Honda skyrocketed by 340%, according to a report by Cox Automotive and Kelley Blue Book.
Despite Tesla's EV struggles, the strength of its competitors indicates that the overall EV marketplace has remained relatively strong. Further, consumers now have more EV choices than ever before, with options ranging from sporty coupes to powerful pickups and everything in between.
In addition to producing less planet-heating pollution per mile than gas-powered vehicles, EVs can save owners thousands of dollars per year in fuel costs, according to the Department of Energy.
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